[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39060-39061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13806]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 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: 07-026. Applicant: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 
State University, Blacksburg, VA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Helios 600 Nanolab. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 31287, June 6, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-032. Applicant: University of Missouri-Columbia, 
Columbia, MO. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 600 FEG. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 
72 FR 31287, June 6, 2007.
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.


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    Dated: July 11, 2007.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff,Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-13806 Filed 7-16-07; 8:45 am]
Billing Code: 3510-DS-S