[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46741-46742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21964]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Oklahoma, 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 5:00 
P.M. in Room 3705, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue., NW, Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 09-019. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 
73019. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 37979, July 30, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-027. Applicant: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 
Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 37979, July 
30, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-042. Applicant: Temple University Hospital, 
Philadelphia, PA 19140. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 37979, July 30, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-043. Applicant: University of Central Florida, 
Orlando, FL 32816. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
Tescan, s.r.o., Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 
37979, July 30, 2009.
Docket Number: 09-044. Applicant: Missouri State University, 
Springfield, MO 65897. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 37979, 
July 30, 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

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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: September 4, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-21964 Filed 9-10-09; 8:45 am]
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