[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1846]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 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 5:00 P.M. in Suite 4100W, Franklin Court 
Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW, 
Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 05-011. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, School 
of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model H-7600-I. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, 
Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 13011, March 17, 2005. Order 
Date: July 27, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-013. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model Nova 600 Nanolab. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 13011, March 17, 2005. 
Order Date: September 23, 2004.
    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 an electron microscope and 
is intended for research or scientific educational uses. We know of no 
electron microscope, 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. E5-1846 Filed 4-18-05; 8:45 am]
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