[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 198 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20262]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Northwestern 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: 07-059. Applicant: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 
60208. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 53538, September 19, 
2007.
Docket Number: 07-061. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
1011. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 72 
FR 53538, September 19, 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.

    Dated: October 9, 2007.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-20262 Filed 10-12-07; 8:45 am]
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