[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2317]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Colorado Medical School; 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: 04-016. Applicant: University of Colorado Medical 
School, Aurora, CO 80045. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Technai G\2\ 12 BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 55143, September 13, 2004. Order 
Date: June 9, 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 Staff.
 [FR Doc. E4-2317 Filed 9-21-04; 8:45 am]
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