[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23105-23106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10672]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Baylor College of Medicine, 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: 03-009. Applicant: Baylor College of Medicine, 
Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1230. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 
14197, March 24, 2003. Order Date: September 12, 2002.
    Docket Number: 03-011. Applicant: Rice University, Houston, TX 
77251-1892. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at

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68 FR 14197, March 24, 2003. Order Date: August 30, 2002.

    Docket Number: 03-012. Applicant: Beckman Research Institute of the 
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G \2\ 12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 14197, 
March 24, 2003. Order Date: December 20, 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. 03-10672 Filed 4-29-03; 8:45 am]
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