[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 28954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9927]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 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, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 
part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 
P.M. in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue., NW, Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 07-014. Applicant: U.S. Department of Commerce, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Quanta Series. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 20504, 
April 25, 2007. Order date: September 16, 2006.
    Docket Number: 07-015. Applicant: VA Puget Sound Health Care 
System, Seattle, WA 98108. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM -
1011. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 72 
FR 20504, April 25, 2007. Order Date: September 13, 2006.
    Docket Number: 07-018. Applicant: Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
and State University, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied 
Science, Blacksburg, VA 24061. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Brno, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 20504, April 25, 2007. Order Date: 
December 13, 2006.
    Docket Number: 07-019. Applicant: University of Utah, Department of 
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84132. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM -1400. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 
20504, April 25, 2007. Order Date: November 15, 2006.
    Docket Number: 07-020. Applicant: University of Rhode Island, 
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kingston, RI 02881. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model JEM - 2100. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 20504, April 25, 2007. Order Date: 
September 21, 2006.
    Docket Number: 07-021. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Purchasing Office, Austin, TX 78722. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM -1400. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 72 FR 20504, April 25, 2007. Order Date: December 4, 
2006.
    Docket Number: 07-022. Applicant: Duke University, Durham, NC 
27708-0271. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 20504, April 25, 
2007. Order Date: December 21, 2006.
    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 an electron microscope and 
is intended for research or scientific educational uses requiring an 
electron microscope. We know of no electron microscope, or any other 
instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in 
the United States at the time of order of each instrument.

Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E7-9927 Filed 5-22-07; 8:45 am]
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