E7-22041. University of Oklahoma, et. al.

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 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue., NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 07-055. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 200. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 2007.

Docket Number: 07-057. Applicant: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0017. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7650-II. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 2007.

Docket Number: 07-064. Applicant: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 2007.

Docket Number: 07-065. Applicant: State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Nova 600. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 58286, October 15, 2007.

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: November 5, 2007.

Faye Robinson,

Director.

Statutory Import Programs Staff Import Administration.