[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 15433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7688]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


U.S. Department of Agriculture--Albany, CA, 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: 03-007. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Albany, CA 94710. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G \2\ 
TWIN, G \2\ Upgrade, and Accessories. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 9984, March 3, 2003. 
Order Date: September 27, 2002.

    Docket Number: 03-008. Applicant: The Rockefeller University, New 
York, NY 10021. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G \2\ 12 
BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See 
notice at 68 FR 9984, March 3, 2003. Order Date: February 22, 2002.
    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. 03-7688 Filed 3-28-03; 8:45 am]
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