[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 189 (Monday, October 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 55745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19330]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California at Irvine, 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 Room 2104, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue., NW, Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 07-054. Applicant: University of California at 
Irvine, Irvine, CA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1400. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 
50933, September 5, 2007.
    Docket Number: 07-058. Applicant: Drexel University, Philadelphia, 
PA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100. Manufacturer: 
JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 50933, September 
5, 2007.
    Docket Number: 07-060. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania School 
of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model H-7650. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 50933, September 5, 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.

Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-19330 Filed 9-28-07; 8:45 am]
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