[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 47887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18847]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Connecticut, 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, and Constitution Avenue., 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 08-033. Applicant: University of Connecticut, 
Storrs, CT 06269-3136. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 
G\2\ Spirit TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended 
Use: See notice at 73 FR 42549, July 22, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-034 Applicant: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 
02115. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G\2\ F20. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
73 FR 42549, July 22, 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 bing 
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 the order of each instrument.

    Dated: August 11, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18847 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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