[Federal Register: March 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
The New York Structural Biology Center, Inc., 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 Suite 4100W, Franklin Court 
Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 04-001. Applicant: The New York Structural Biology 
Center, Inc., New York, NY 10027. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai G2 F20 Twin Cryo. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 9301, February 27, 
2004. Order Date: October 7, 2003.
    Docket Number: 04-004. Applicant: University of California, Santa 
Barbara 93106-5050 . Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 
G2 F30 U-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 9301, February 27, 2004. Order Date: 
December 3, 2002.
    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 a conventional 
transmission electron microscope (CTEM) and is intended for research or 
scientific educational uses requiring a CTEM. We know of no CTEM, or 
any other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being

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manufactured in the United States at the time of order of each 
instrument.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 04-7092 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]