[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 45689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4248]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Dartmouth College, 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: 05-023. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 
03755. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai G \2\ 20 U-TWIN 
with XL30 ESEM FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 38881, July 6, 2005. Order Date: 
February 17, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-027. Applicant: Beckman Research Institute of the 
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 200 ESEM. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 38881, July 6, 2005. 
Order Date: September 8, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-028. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
Madison, WI 53706-1544. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai 
12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See 
notice at 70 FR 38881, July 6, 2005. Order Date: October 1, 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. E5-4248 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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