[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23954]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Pennsylvania; 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: 04-017. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia, PA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai G\2\ 
TWIN bioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at FR 69, 60395, October 8,2004. Order Date: January 20, 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. 04-23954 Filed 10-25-04; 8:45 am]
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