[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 60239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24202]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Stanford University; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-
Free Entry of Electron Microscopes

    This is a decision 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: 08-047. Applicant: Stanford University, Stanford, CA 
943005-5126. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F20 TWIN. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
73 FR 54560, September 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 being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were 
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: October 6, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-24202 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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