Action Affecting Export Privileges; Ernest Koh Chong Tek; In the Matter of: Ernest Koh Chong Tek currently incarcerated at: USM #73762-053 Federal Correctional Inst. (FCI) P.O. Drawer 30 McRae, Georgia 31055 and with an address at: Bkl 136 #09-430 Bishan Street 12 Singapore 570136;, 69649-69650 [07-5986]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2007 / Notices
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: December 4, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–23866 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: December 4, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–23868 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am]
69649
Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th
day of November 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import
Administration,Alternate ChairmanForeign–
Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–23900 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Order No. 1536]
Action Affecting Export Privileges;
Ernest Koh Chong Tek; In the Matter
of: Ernest Koh Chong Tek currently
incarcerated at: USM #73762–053
Federal Correctional Inst. (FCI) P.O.
Drawer 30 McRae, Georgia 31055 and
with an address at: Bkl 136 #09–430
Bishan Street 12 Singapore 570136;
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Certification Requirements for
NOAA’s Hydrographic Product Quality
Assurance Program.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: 0648–0507.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 24.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Average Hours Per Response: 4 hours.
Needs and Uses: NOAA was
mandated by the Hydrographic Service
Improvement Acts of 1998 and 2002 to
develop and implement a quality
assurance program under which the
Administrator may certify privatelymade hydrographic products. The
Administrator fulfilled this mandate by
establishing procedures by which
hydrographic products are proposed for
certification; by which standards and
compliance tests are developed,
adopted, and applied for those products;
and by which certification is awarded or
denied. These procedures are now at 15
CFR 996. The application and
recordkeeping requirements at 15 CFR
part 996 are the basis for this collection
of information.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:35 Dec 07, 2007
Jkt 214001
Expansion of Foreign–Trade Zone 197,
˜
Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Pursuant to its authority under the
Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign–
Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
WHEREAS, the Board of County
˜
Commissioners of Dona Ana County,
New Mexico, grantee of Foreign–Trade
Zone 197, submitted an application to
the Board for authority to expand FTZ
197–Site 1 to include an additional
parcel at the Santa Teresa Logistics Park
and expand the zone to include a site
at the Santa Teresa Bi–National Park
(Site 3) in Santa Teresa, New Mexico,
within the Santa Teresa Customs and
Border Protection port of entry (FTZ
Docket 19–2007; filed 5/25/07);
WHEREAS, notice inviting public
comment was given in the Federal
Register (72 FR 31050, 6/5/07) and the
application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
WHEREAS, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby
orders:
The application to expand FTZ 197 is
approved, subject to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations, including
Section 400.28.
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Order Denying Export Privileges
A. Denial of Export Privileges of Ernest
Koh Chong Tek
On October 13, 2006, in the U.S.
District Court in the Eastern District of
New York, Ernest Koh Chong Tek,
(‘‘Koh’’) was convicted of violating the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1705
(2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). The court found that
Koh did knowingly and willfully export
from the United States to Iran, civilian
aircraft wheel components and vanes
that were listed on the Commerce
Control Lists without first obtaining the
required validated export license from
the Commerce Department and the
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
Foreign Assets Control. In addition, Koh
was also found guilty on one count of
conspiracy and one count of money
laundering. Koh was sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of 52 months
followed by three years of supervised
release.
Section 11(h) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979, as amended
(currently codified at 50 U.S.C. app.
§§ 2401–2420 (2000)) (‘‘Act’’) 1 and
Section 766.25 of the Export
Administration Regulations 2
1 Since August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse
and the President, through Executive Order 13222
of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)),
as extended by the Notice of August 15, 2007 (72
FR 46137, Aug. 16, 2007), has continued the
Regulations in effect under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50) U.S.C. 1701–
1706 (2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’).
2 The Regulations are currently codified at 15 CFR
Parts 730–774 (2007).
E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM
10DEN1
rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES
69650
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2007 / Notices
(‘‘Regulations’’) provide, in pertinent
part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of
Exporter Services, in consultation with
the Director of the Office of Export
Enforcement, may deny the export
privileges of any person who has been
convicted of a violation of * * * any
regulation, license or order issued under
the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act,’’ for a period not to exceed
10 years from the date of conviction. 15
CFR 766.25(a) and (d). In addition,
Section 750.8 of the Regulations states
that Bureau of Industry’s (‘‘BIS’’) Office
of Exporter Services may revoke any BIS
licenses previously issued in which the
person had an interest in at the time of
his conviction.
I have received notice of Koh’s
conviction for violating the IEEPA, and
have provided notice and an
opportunity for Koh to make a written
submission to the Bureau of Industry
and Security as provided in Section
766.25 of the Regulations. Having
received no submission from Koh, I,
following consultations with BIS’s
Office of Export Enforcement, including
its Director, have decided to deny Koh’s
export privileges under the Regulations
for a period of 10 years from the date of
Koh’s conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered.
I. Until October 13, 2016, Ernest Koh
Chong Tek, Ernest Koh Chong Tek,
currently incarcerated at: USM #73762–
053, Federal Correctional Inst. (FCI),
P.O. Drawer 30, McRae, Georgia 31055,
and with an address at: Blk 136 #09–430
Bishan Street 12, Singapore 570136, and
when acting for or on behalf of Koh, his
representatives, assigns, agents, or
employees, (collectively referred to
hereinafter as the ‘‘Denied Person’’) may
not, directly or indirectly, participate in
any way in any transaction involving
any commodity, software or technology
(hereinafter collectively referred to as
‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from
the United States that is subject to the
Regulations, or in any other activity
subject to the Regulations, including,
but not limited to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, License Exception, or
export control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or in any
other activity subject to the Regulations;
or
C. Benefiting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:35 Dec 07, 2007
Jkt 214001
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or in
any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
II. No person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
of the Denied Person any item subject ot
the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
United States and which is owned,
possessed or controlled by the Denied
Person, or service any item, of whatever
origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such
service involves the use of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
servicing means installation,
maintenance, repair, modification or
testing.
III. After notice and opportunity for
comment as provided in section 766.23
of the Regulations, any other person,
firm, corporation, or business
organization related to Ernest Koh
Chong Tek by affiliation, ownership,
control, or position of responsibility in
the conduct of trade or related services
may also be made subject to the
provisions of this Order if necessary to
prevent evasion of the Order.
IV. This Order does not prohibit any
export, reexport, or other transaction
subject to the Regulations where the
only items involved that are subject to
the Regulations are the foreignproduced direct product of U.S.-origin
technology.
V. This Order is effective immediately
and shll remain in effect until October
13, 2016.
PO 00000
Frm 00009
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
VI. In accordance with Part 756 of the
Regulations, Koh may file an appeal of
this Order with the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Industry and Security.
The appeal must be filed within 45 days
from the date of this Order and must
comply with the provisions of Part 756
of the Regulations.
VII. A copy of this Order shall be
delivered to Koh. This Order shall be
published in Federal Register.
Dated: November 27, 2007.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 07–5986 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Action Affecting Export Privileges; XU
WEIBO, a/k/a ‘‘KEVIN XU’’; HAO LI
CHEN, a/k/a ‘‘ALI CHAN’’; XIU LING
CHEN, a/k/a ‘‘LINDA CHEN’’ and KWAN
CHUN CHAN, a/k/a ‘‘JENNY CHAN’’
In the Matter of: Xu Weibo, a/k/a ‘‘Kevin
Xu’’, 21 Wood View Drive, Mt. Laurel, NJ
08504, Respondent: and Hao Li Chen, a/k/a
‘‘Ali Chan’’ currently incarcerated at: 40922–
050 FCI Fairton, Federal Correctional
Institution, P.O. Box 420, Fairton, NJ 08320
and with an address at: 11 Long Bridge
Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08504 and Xiu
Ling Chen, a/k/a ‘‘Linda Chen’’, 21 Wood
View Drive, Mount Laurel, NJ 08504 and
Kwan Chun Chan, a/k/a ‘‘Jenny Chan’’, 11
Long Bridge Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ
08504, Related Persons
Ordering Denying Export Privileges
A. Denial of Export Privileges of Xu
Weibo, a/k/a Kevin Xu
On May 4, 2006, in the District Court
for the District of New Jersey, Xu Weibo,
a/k/a ‘‘Kevin Xu’’ (‘‘Xu’’) pled guilty to
knowingly and willfully ordering,
buying, removing, concealing, storing,
using, selling, loaning, disposing of,
transferring, transporting, financing,
forwarding and otherwise servicing, in
whole or in part, items exported and to
be exported from the U.S., specifically,
certain Gallium Arsenide Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuits to the
People’s Republic of China, with
knowledge that a violation of the Act,
the Regulations and any order, license
and authorization issued thereunder,
had occurred, was about to occur or was
intended to occur in connection with
the items, in violation of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706
(2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). The involved
Commerce controlled items were
classified under Export Control
Classification Number 3A001 on the
E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM
10DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 236 (Monday, December 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69649-69650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5986]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Ernest Koh Chong Tek; In the
Matter of: Ernest Koh Chong Tek currently incarcerated at: USM
73762-053 Federal Correctional Inst. (FCI) P.O. Drawer 30
McRae, Georgia 31055 and with an address at: Bkl 136 09-430
Bishan Street 12 Singapore 570136;
Order Denying Export Privileges
A. Denial of Export Privileges of Ernest Koh Chong Tek
On October 13, 2006, in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern
District of New York, Ernest Koh Chong Tek, (``Koh'') was convicted of
violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1705 (2000)) (``IEEPA''). The court found that Koh did knowingly
and willfully export from the United States to Iran, civilian aircraft
wheel components and vanes that were listed on the Commerce Control
Lists without first obtaining the required validated export license
from the Commerce Department and the Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control. In addition, Koh was also found
guilty on one count of conspiracy and one count of money laundering.
Koh was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 52 months followed by
three years of supervised release.
Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended
(currently codified at 50 U.S.C. app. Sec. Sec. 2401-2420 (2000))
(``Act'') \1\ and Section 766.25 of the Export Administration
Regulations \2\
[[Page 69650]]
(``Regulations'') provide, in pertinent part, that ``[t]he Director of
the Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the Director of
the Office of Export Enforcement, may deny the export privileges of any
person who has been convicted of a violation of * * * any regulation,
license or order issued under the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act,'' for a period not to exceed 10 years from the date of
conviction. 15 CFR 766.25(a) and (d). In addition, Section 750.8 of the
Regulations states that Bureau of Industry's (``BIS'') Office of
Exporter Services may revoke any BIS licenses previously issued in
which the person had an interest in at the time of his conviction.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Since August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse and the
President, through Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR,
2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), as extended by the Notice of August 15, 2007
(72 FR 46137, Aug. 16, 2007), has continued the Regulations in
effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50)
U.S.C. 1701-1706 (2000)) (``IEEPA'').
\2\ The Regulations are currently codified at 15 CFR Parts 730-
774 (2007).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have received notice of Koh's conviction for violating the IEEPA,
and have provided notice and an opportunity for Koh to make a written
submission to the Bureau of Industry and Security as provided in
Section 766.25 of the Regulations. Having received no submission from
Koh, I, following consultations with BIS's Office of Export
Enforcement, including its Director, have decided to deny Koh's export
privileges under the Regulations for a period of 10 years from the date
of Koh's conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered.
I. Until October 13, 2016, Ernest Koh Chong Tek, Ernest Koh Chong
Tek, currently incarcerated at: USM 73762-053, Federal
Correctional Inst. (FCI), P.O. Drawer 30, McRae, Georgia 31055, and
with an address at: Blk 136 09-430 Bishan Street 12, Singapore
570136, and when acting for or on behalf of Koh, his representatives,
assigns, agents, or employees, (collectively referred to hereinafter as
the ``Denied Person'') may not, directly or indirectly, participate in
any way in any transaction involving any commodity, software or
technology (hereinafter collectively referred to as ``item'') exported
or to be exported from the United States that is subject to the
Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the Regulations,
including, but not limited to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using any license, License
Exception, or export control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering, storing, disposing of,
forwarding, transporting, financing, or otherwise servicing in any way,
any transaction involving any item exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the Regulations, or in any other
activity subject to the Regulations; or
C. Benefiting in any way from any transaction involving any item
exported or to be exported from the United States that is subject to
the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the Regulations.
II. No person may, directly or indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf of the Denied Person any item
subject ot the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the acquisition or attempted
acquisition by the Denied Person of the ownership, possession, or
control of any item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be
exported from the United States, including financing or other support
activities related to a transaction whereby the Denied Person acquires
or attempts to acquire such ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or to facilitate the acquisition
or attempted acquisition from the Denied Person of any item subject to
the Regulations that has been exported from the United States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in the United States any item
subject to the Regulations with knowledge or reason to know that the
item will be, or is intended to be, exported from the United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service any item subject to the
Regulations that has been or will be exported from the United States
and which is owned, possessed or controlled by the Denied Person, or
service any item, of whatever origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such service involves the use of any
item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be exported from
the United States. For purposes of this paragraph, servicing means
installation, maintenance, repair, modification or testing.
III. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in
section 766.23 of the Regulations, any other person, firm, corporation,
or business organization related to Ernest Koh Chong Tek by
affiliation, ownership, control, or position of responsibility in the
conduct of trade or related services may also be made subject to the
provisions of this Order if necessary to prevent evasion of the Order.
IV. This Order does not prohibit any export, reexport, or other
transaction subject to the Regulations where the only items involved
that are subject to the Regulations are the foreign-produced direct
product of U.S.-origin technology.
V. This Order is effective immediately and shll remain in effect
until October 13, 2016.
VI. In accordance with Part 756 of the Regulations, Koh may file an
appeal of this Order with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry
and Security. The appeal must be filed within 45 days from the date of
this Order and must comply with the provisions of Part 756 of the
Regulations.
VII. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Koh. This Order
shall be published in Federal Register.
Dated: November 27, 2007.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 07-5986 Filed 12-7-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DT-M
