[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12340-12341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6182]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Chicago; 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

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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: 02-052. Applicant: University of Chicago, Chicago, 
IL 60637. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F30 S-TWIN. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
68 FR 6415, February 7, 2003. Order Date: December 12, 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. 03-6182 Filed 3-13-03; 8:45 am]
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