[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3980]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 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: 03-051. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Tecnai G \2\ 20 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 69659, December 15, 2003. Order Date: 
August 27, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-054. Applicant: Frostburg State University, 
Frostburg, MD 21532. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1011. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 
74217, December 23, 2003. Order Date: August 14, 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. 04-3980 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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