[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 43126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, San Diego, 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: 05-020. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0332. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Technai G[bdi2] Sphera. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 36117, June 22, 2005. Order Date: 
December 9, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-021. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0332. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Technai G[bdi2] Polara. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 36117, June 22, 2005. Order Date: 
December 9, 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. 05-14730 Filed 7-25-05; 8:45 am]
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