[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9235]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

National Institutes of Standards and Technology


 Notice of Consolidated Decision on Application for Duty-Free 
Entry of Electron Microscope

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 5:00 
P.M. in Room 3705, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue., NW, Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 09-008. Applicant: National Institutes of Standards and 
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
74 FR 16835, April 13, 2009.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as this instrument is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instrument was 
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 this purpose, which is being manufactured in the 
United States at the time of order of this instrument.

    Dated: April 16, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-9235 Filed 4-21-09; 8:45 am]
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