[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23457]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin, 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: 03-036. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
WI 53705-4494. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7600. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 68 FR 48341, August 13, 2003. Order Date: February 
19, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-039. Applicant: University of Texas, Houston, TX 
77030. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G\2\ Polara. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
68 FR 48341, August 13, 2003. Order Date: March 28, 2002.
    Docket Number: 03-040. Applicant: Georgetown University, 
Washington, DC 20007. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7600-1. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 68 FR 48342, August 13, 2003. Order Date: May 19, 
2003.
    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. 03-23457 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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