[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 49363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23384]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Renewable Energy Laboratory, et al.

Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of an 
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: 09-047. Applicant: Washington State University, Pullman, 
WA 99164. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 44350, August 28, 
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, was 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 these purposes, which was being manufactured in 
the United States at the time of order of this instrument.

    Dated: September 22, 2009.
Christopher D. Cassel,
Director.
Subsidies Enforcement Office.
Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-23384 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]
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