[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27436-27437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11226]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Stevens Institute of Technology, et al.; Notice of Consolidated 
Decision on Applications 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 3720, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
    Docket Number: 12-008. Applicant: Stevens Institute of Technology, 
Hoboken, NJ 07030. Instrument: Quanta 450 Scanning Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 
77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-009. Applicant: Humboldt State University, 
Arcata, CA 95521. Instrument: Quanta 250 Scanning Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 
77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-010. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Instrument: Tecnai G2 F20T Transmission Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
See notice at 77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.

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    Docket Number: 12-012. Applicant: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, 
Golden, CO 80401-3305. Instrument: Tecnai G2 20 S-TWIN Transmission 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-014. Applicant: California Institute of 
Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125. Instrument: Nova NanoSEM 450 Scanning 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-015. Applicant: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
Lincoln, NE 68588. Instrument: Nova NanoSEM 450 Scanning Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
See notice at 77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-016. Applicant: University of Nebraska- Lincoln, 
Lincoln, NE 68588. Instrument: Tecnai Osiris Field Emission Scanning 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 77 FR 20360, April 4, 2012.
    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: 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 1, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-11226 Filed 5-9-12; 8:45 am]
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