[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13888]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Texas Christian University, 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 p.m. 
in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue., NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 08-019. Applicant: Texas Christian University, Fort 
Worth, TX 76129. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Inc., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 
30378, May 27, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-023. Applicant: Washington University in St. 
Louis, University City, MO 63130. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai G2 Spirit Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 30378, May 27, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-024. Applicant: Washington University in St. 
Louis, University City, MO 63130. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Nova NanoSEM 230. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 73 FR 30378, May 27, 2008.
    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: June 16, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-13888 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]
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