[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 58035] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-28242] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration National Institutes of Health, et al. Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscopes This is a decision consolidated pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. Docket Number: 99-020. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 50058, September 15, 1999. Order Date: July 13, 1999. Docket Number: 99-021. Applicant: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM- 2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 50058, September 15, 1999. Order Date: June 30, 1999. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such purposes as these instruments are intended to be used, was being manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were ordered. Reasons: Each foreign instrument is a conventional transmission electron microscope (CTEM) and is intended for research or scientific educational uses requiring a CTEM. We know of no CTEM, or any other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of each instrument. Frank W. Creel, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. 99-28242 Filed 10-27-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P