[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24782]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope

    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 p.m. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC.
    Docket Number: 02-035. Applicant: West Chester University of 
Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai 12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 52944, August 14, 2002. Order Date: 
May 1, 2002.
    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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-24782 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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