[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 45400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17723]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The Ohio State 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 p.m. 
in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 08-027. Applicant: The Ohio State University, 
Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Helios 600. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company/Phillips Electron Optics, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 37408, July 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-029. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 
TN 37232-8725. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F20 
TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See 
notice at 72 FR 37408, July 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-030. Applicant: University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA 98195. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F20 
S-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See 
notice at 72 FR 34708, July 1, 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: July 25, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-17723 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am]
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