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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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), we invite comments on the question of whether an instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the United States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and be filedwithin 20 days with the Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Application may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 98-067. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM300. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in an electron microscopy laboratory that has been designed to benefit researchers in biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, earth and planetary sciences, environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and physics. Examples of specific research projects which will be conducted include: (a) Processing and characterization of nanoscale materials, (b) dislocation of core structures in intermetallic alloys, (c) environmental chemistry, (d) development and characterization of rare-earth magnetostictive materials, (e) nanoscale observations of porous semiconductors, (f) identification of failure mechanisms in materials with applications to manufacturing processes and (g) investigations in crystal chemistry and geochemistry. In addition, the instrument will be used to supplement and expand course offerings on electron microscopy, especially analytical based electron microscopy. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 4, 1999. Frank W. Creel, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 99-2349Filed1-29-99; 8:45 am]

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