[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23394-23395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11677]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 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,

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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, 14\th\ and Constitution Avenue., NW, 
Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 09-009. Applicant: University of North Carolina at 
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 18350, 
April 22, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-010. Applicant: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 
47408. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 18350, April 22, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-011. Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 18350, 
April 22, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-012. Applicant: Ohio State University Medical Center, 
Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 18350, April 22, 
2009.
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 May 13, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-11677 Filed 5-18-09; 8:45 am]
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