[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5017]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Animal Disease Center; Notice of Decision on Application 
for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope

    This decision is made 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: 05-030. Applicant: National Animal Disease Center, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Technai G2 12 TWIN/BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 43125, July 26, 2005. Order 
Date: August 16, 2004.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as the instrument is intended to be used, was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instrument was 
ordered. Reasons: The 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 the instrument OR at 
the time of receipt of the application by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-5017 Filed 9-13-05; 8:45 am]
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