[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6932]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


MetroHealth Medical Center; 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: 03-006.
    Applicant: MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109-1998.
    Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 12 
TWIN.
    Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands.
    Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 8210.
    Order Date: December 23, 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. 03-6932 Filed 3-21-03; 8:45 am]
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