National Renewable Energy Laboratory, et al.

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Docket Number: 03-051. Applicant: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G ² 20 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 69659, December 15, 2003. Order Date: August 27, 2003.

Docket Number: 03-054. Applicant: Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD 21532. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1011. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 74217, December 23, 2003. Order Date: August 14, 2003.

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