[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5820-5821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2181]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


House Ear Institute, 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: 08-055. Applicant: House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, 
CA 90057. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Technai G2 20 TEM. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 
73 FR 74703, December 9, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-057. Applicant: Louisiana State University, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70803. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model FEI Quanta 3D 
FEG DualBeam. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: 
See notice at 73 FR 70961, November 24, 2008.

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    Docket Number: 08-058. Applicant: University of New Mexico, 
Albuquerque, NM 87131. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model FEI 
Quanta 3D FEG Focused Ion Beam. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 70961, November 24, 
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: January 26, 2009.
Christopher D. Cassel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E9-2181 Filed 1-30-09; 8:45 am]
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