[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Virginia Commonwealth University, 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: 04-022. Applicant: Virginia Commonwealth University, 
Richmond, VA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1230. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 
77995, December 29, 2004. Order Date: January 29, 2004.
    Docket Number: 04-023. Applicant: Oklahoma Medical Research 
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
H-7600-1 TEM. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at 69 FR 7794, December 29, 2004. Order Date: December 11, 2003.
    Docket Number: 04-024. Applicant: The University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, IA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1230. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 
77994, December 29, 2004. Order Date: May 4, 2004.
    Docket Number: 04-025. Applicant: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 
Oak Ridge, TN. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2200FS. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 
77995, December 29, 2004. Order Date: December 31, 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. E5-539 Filed 2-8-05; 8:45 am]
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