[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19269]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Santa Cruz; Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope

    This decision is made 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: 04-014.
    Applicant: University of California, Santa Cruz.
    Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1230.
    Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan.
    Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 43805.
    Order Date: January 29, 2004.
    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 either at the time of order of the instrument OR at 
the time of receipt of the application by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-19269 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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