[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 217 (Friday, November 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 63558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22041]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration University of Oklahoma, 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, DC.
Docket Number: 07-055. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 
73019. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 200. Manufacturer: 
FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 58286, 
October 15, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-057. Applicant: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 
Birmingham, AL 35294-0017. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-
7650-II. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-064. Applicant: Stowers Institute for Medical 
Research, Kansas City, MO 64110. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Tecnai G2. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See 
notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-065. Applicant: State University of New York at 
Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Nova 600. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Netherlands. Intended Use: 
See notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 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: November 5, 2007.
Faye Robinson,
Director.
Statutory Import Programs Staff Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-22041 Filed 11-8-07; 8:45 am]
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