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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

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 instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are 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, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 98-043. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, Electron Microscopy Core Laboratory, B-110 Richards Building, 36th and Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the effects of various agents or disease conditions on cellular morphology determined by routine ultrastructural analysis. In addition, the instrument will be used to teach the techniques of electron microscopy and ultrastructural analysis to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty members. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 1998.

Docket Number: 98-044. Applicant: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, 501 North Columbia Road, Box 9037, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for biological studies including observations of normal and diabetic human eye and kidney tissues, laboratory animal central nervous system tissues and scleral tissues from the posterior portion of the eye globe in newborn chicks. In addition, the instrument will be used in the training of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in the use of transmission electron microscopy for biological research. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 1998. Gerald A. Zerdy, Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98-25115Filed9-18-98; 8:45 am]

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