[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 101 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 30051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Dayton Research Institute, 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, DC.
    Docket Number: 08-010. Applicant: University of Dayton Research 
Institute, Dayton, OH 45469-0106. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model FEI Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 21310, April 21, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-011. Applicant: University of Minnesota Institute 
of Technology Characterization Facility, Minneapolis, MN 55455. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F30 Twin. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 73 
FR 21310, April 21, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-012. Applicant: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for 
Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model FEI Inspect S. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 21310, April 21, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-013. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 20 
Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 73 FR 21310, April 21, 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: 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: May 19, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-11624 Filed 5-22-08; 8:45 am]
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