[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51274-51275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20307]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 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: 08-022. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended 
Use: See notice at 73 FR 44968, August 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-025. Applicant: Oklahoma State University, 
Stillwater, OK 74078-3011. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended 
Use: See notice at 73 FR 44968, August 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-028. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
NOVA 630 NanoSEM. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended 
Use: See notice at 73 FR 44968, August 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-031. Applicant: University of Rochester Medical 
Center, Rochester, NY 14642. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Hitachi H-7650. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 44968, August 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-035. Applicant: Washington State University, 
Pullman, WA 99164-1020. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model FEI 
Quanta 200. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
See notice at 73 FR 44968, August 1, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-037. Applicant: Duke University, Durham, NC 
27710. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1400. Manufacturer: 
JEOL, Ltd.,

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Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 44968, August 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: August 27, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-20307 Filed 8-29-08; 8:45 am]
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