[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 16913] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-8619] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration University of Michigan; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument This is a decision 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, D.C. Docket Number: 99-001. Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi Scientific Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 9981, March 1, 1999. Order Date: April 23, 1998. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such purposes as the instrument is intended to be used, was being manufactured in the United States at the time the instrument was ordered. Reasons: The 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 the instrument. Frank W. Creel, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. 99-8619 Filed 4-6-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P