[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11619]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Department of Health and Human Services, NIH; 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: 03-014. Applicant: Department of Health and Human 
Services, NIH, Research Triangle, NC 27709. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 BioTWIN, BioTWIN Upgrade, and Accessories. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
68 FR 16472, April 4, 2003. Order Date: August 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. 03-11619 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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