[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42687-42688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Catawba College, 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: 04-011. Applicant: Catawba College, Salisbury, NC 
28114.

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Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1011. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 34654, 2004. Order Date: 
December 16, 2003.
    Docket Number: 04-012. Applicant: University of Los Angeles, Los 
Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: Dual Beam Electron Microscope/
Focused Ion Beam Milling Machine, Model Nova 600 Nanolab. Manufacturer: 
Fei Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 34654, 
June 22, 2004. Order Date: August 6, 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 either at the time of order of each 
instrument OR at the time of receipt of application by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 04-16129 Filed 7-15-04; 8:45 am]
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