[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 85 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24041-24042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9447]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Southern California; Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope

    This is a decision 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 p.m. in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 08-007. Applicant: University of Southern 
California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9045. Instrument: Transmission 
Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100. Manufacturer: Jeol,

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Inc., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 18258, April 3, 2008.
    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: The 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: April 24, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-9447 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am]
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