[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77144-77145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8092]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Vermont, 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: 05-045. Applicant: University of Vermont, School of 
Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Morgagni 268. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
See notice at 70 FR 71465, November 29, 2005. Order Date: December 
29,2004.
    Docket Number: 05-048. Applicant: Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Nova 200 
NanoLab. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See 
notice at 70 FR 72609, December 6, 2005. Order Date: December 17, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-045. Applicant: Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai 
G[bds2] F30 S-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 72609, December 6, 2005. Order Date: 
December 22, 2004.
    Docket Number: 05-050. Applicant: Ohio State University, Columbus, 
OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Titan F30 S-TWIN. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
70 FR 72609, December 6, 2005. Order Date: April 14, 2005.
    Docket Number: 05-051. Applicant: The Rockefeller University, New 
York, NY 10021. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai G[bds2] 
12 Spirit Bio Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 72609. Order Date: April 13, 2005.
    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 provides a conventional

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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. E5-8092 Filed 12-28-05; 8:45 am]
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