[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 58355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 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 p.m. in Suite 4100W, Franklin Court 
Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 02-025. Applicant: Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Tecnai G\2\ F20 U-TWIN STEM. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 47524, July 19, 2002. 
Order Date: September 7, 2001.
    Docket Number: 02-026. Applicant: University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2010F FasTEM. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice 
at 67 FR 47524, July 19, 2002. Order Date: March 25, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-029. Applicant: University of Delaware, Newark, 
DE 19716. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-3010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 
47524, July 19, 2002. Order Date: October 24, 2001.
    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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-23495 Filed 9-13-02; 8:45 am]
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