[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Minnesota, 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: 13-028. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Department of Engineering & Material Science, Minneapolis, MN 55455. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 59916, September 30, 
2013.
    Docket Number: 13-035. Applicant: Colorado State University, 
Department of Chemistry, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at 78 FR 59916, September 30, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-038. Applicant: Air Force Institute of 
Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
See notice at 78 FR 59916, September 30, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-039. Applicant: Department of Transportation, 
McClean, VA 22101. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 59916, 
September 30, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-040. Applicant: Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Atlanta, GA 3041-5539. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 
78 FR 59916, September 30, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-041. Applicant: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research, 
La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 59916, 
September 30, 2013.
    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 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: December 19, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-31272 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
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