[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 134 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39949-39950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15832]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Notice of Decision on 
Application 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 Public Law 106-36;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: 08-026. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 
Spirit T12BT. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
See notice at 73 FR 34704, June 18, 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

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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: July 8, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-15832 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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