[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4532]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Washington, 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, 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: 07-072. Applicant: University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA 98105. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F20 
Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 73 FR 7250, February 7, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-002. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 
Austin, TX 78721. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 600 
FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See 
notice at 73 FR 7250, February 7, 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: March 3, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-4532 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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