[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1115]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Texas, Medical Branch 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, DC.
    Docket Number: 05-052. Applicant: University of Texas, Medical 
Branch, Galveston, TX. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 
77145, December 29, 2005. Order Date: June 3, 2002.
    Docket Number: 05-053. Applicant: Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute, 
Chevy Chase, MD. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai G[bds2] 
F20 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See 
notice at 70 FR 77145, December 29, 2005. Order Date: July 19,2005.
    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 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. E6-1115 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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