[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 34745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3082]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
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: 05-016. Applicant: Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Technai G[bds2] F20 S-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 25016, May 12, 2005. Order Date: 
January 30, 2005.
    Docket Number: 05-019 Applicant: The University of Texas at
    Austin, Texas Materials Institute, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model Technai G[bds2] F20 X-TWIN. Manufacturer: 
FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 25016, 
May 12, 2005. Order Date: November 8, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-022. Applicant: The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 
55905. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai G[bds2] 12 TWIN. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
70 FR 25016, May 12, 2005. Order Date: August 2, 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 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. E5-3082 Filed 6-14-05; 8:45 am]
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