Additional Designation of Individuals and Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 12978, 51883-51884 [E8-20573]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 173 / Friday, September 5, 2008 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Docket No. AB–57 (Sub-No. 56X)] Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway CompanyAbandonment Exemption-in Bottineau, Rolette, and Towner Counties, ND mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 61-mile line of railroad between milepost 535 +/¥ (in Kramer) and milepost 474.5 +/¥ (in Bisbee), in Bottineau, Rolette, and Towner Counties, ND. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 58748, 58384, 58366, 58353, and 58317. CPR has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) all overhead traffic can and has been rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met.1 As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line R. Co.— Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on October 7, 2008, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,2 1 CPR has filed a correction to its notice of exemption to correct pages 8 and 13, to reflect the correct Board docket number. 2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board’s Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent investigation) cannot be made before the exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:40 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214001 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September 15, 2008. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by September 25, 2008, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to CPR’s representative: W. Karl Hansen, Leonard, Street and Deinard, 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN 55402. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. CPR has filed environmental and historic reports that address the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic resources. SEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by September 12, 2008. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 800–877–8339.] Comments on environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes available to the public. Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent decision. Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), CPR shall file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If consummation has not been effected by CPR’s filing of a notice of consummation by September 5, 2009, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at ‘‘https:// www.stb.dot.gov.’’ Decided: August 27, 2008. so that the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption’s effective date. 3 Effective July 18, 2008, the filing fee for an OFA increased to $1,500. See Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection with Licensing and Related Services-2008 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 15) (STB served June 18, 2008). PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 51883 By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings. Anne K. Quinlan, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–20530 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Additional Designation of Individuals and Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 12978 Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of eight newly-designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ‘‘Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.’’ DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the eight individuals and entities identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 12978 is effective on August 28, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622–2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. Background On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 Fed. Reg. 54579, October 24, 1995) (the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that they cause in the United States and abroad. Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, or that hereafter come within the United States or that are or E:\FR\FM\05SEN1.SGM 05SEN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 51884 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 173 / Friday, September 5, 2008 / Notices hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) The persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, to play a significant role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, or to materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for or goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant to the order; and (3) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated pursuant to the Order. On August 28, 2008, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, as well as the Secretary of Homeland Security, designated eight individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order. The list of additional designees is as follows: 1. ALMACEN Y COMPRAVENTA LOS 3 OROS, Carrera 7 No. 11–60, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; NIT # 16219873–3 (Colombia) [SDNT]. 2. GANADERIA ARIZONA, Carrera 43A No. 1 Sur-188 of. 903, Medellin, Colombia; Hacienda Arizona, Caucasia, Antioquia, Colombia; NIT # 10026001– 7 (Colombia) [SDNT]. 3. GRANJA PORCICOLA LA FORTALEZA, Carrera 22 No. 8–71, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; Vda. La Hondura, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; NIT # 31423447–7 (Colombia) [SDNT]. 4. MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Carrera 22 No. 8–71, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; NIT # 900089381–9 (Colombia) [SDNT]. 5. RESTREPO ENCIZO, Luz Piedad, c/ o GRANJA PORCICOLA LA FORTALEZA, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Cartago, Valle, Colombia; Calle 17 Bis. 2N–74, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; DOB 27 Dec 1975; POB Sevilla, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 31423447 (Colombia); Passport AH411251 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 6. SANCHEZ JIMENEZ, Jesus Maria Alejandro (a.k.a. ‘‘CHUCHO’’; a.k.a. ‘‘EL PRIMO’’; a.k.a. ‘‘SCUBI’’; a.k.a. ‘‘SCUBY’’), c/o GANADERIA ARIZONA, Medellin, Colombia; Calle 11 No. 23–80, Pereira, Colombia; Hacienda Arizona, Caucasia, Antioquia, Colombia; DOB 06 Nov 1975; POB Pereira, Colombia; Cedula No. 10026001 (Colombia); Passport AF400955 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:40 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214001 7. SANCHEZ RUA, Rafael Angel, c/o ALMACEN Y COMPRAVENTA LOS 3 OROS, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o GRANJA PORCICOLA LA FORTALEZA, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Cartago, Valle, Colombia; Calle 17 Bis. No. 2N–74, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; Finca El Encanto, Anserma, Colombia; Finca La Fortaleza, Anserma, Colombia; Finca La Perlita, Anserma, Colombia; Finca La Quichita, Anserma, Colombia; Finca Quiebra de Italia, Anserma, Colombia; DOB 22 Aug 1966; POB Ansermanuevo, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 16219873 (Colombia); Passport AF866705 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 8. VIEDMA ABONCE, Marisol, c/o ALMACEN Y COMPRAVENTA LOS 3 OROS, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Cartago, Valle, Colombia; Calle 10B No. 14A–90 Manz. C Casa 14, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; DOB 30 Mar 1970; Cedula No. 31415437 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. Dated: August 28, 2008. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. E8–20573 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4811–45–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Unblocking of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers Pursuant to Executive Order 12978 Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 21 individuals and entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers. DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers of 21 individuals and entities identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, is effective on August 28, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation Office of Foreign Assets Control Department of the Treasury Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622–2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. Background On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 Fed. Reg. 54579, October 24, 1995) (the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that they cause in the United States and abroad. Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, or that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) The persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, to play a significant role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, or to materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for or goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant to the order; and (3) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated pursuant to the Order. On August 28, 2008, the Director of OFAC removed from the list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers 21 individuals and entities listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Order. The listing of the unblocked individuals and entities follows: 1. ARIAS ESPINOSA ARIES S.A. (a.k.a. ARIES S.A.), Calle 22D No. 34– 55, Bogota, Colombia; NIT # 830012619–1 (Colombia) [SDNT]. 2. ARIAS JARAMILLO, Diego De Jesus, c/o ARIAS ESPINOSA ARIES S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o EXCIPIENTES FARMACEUTICOS EXCIPHARMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o INVERSIONES ASE LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; Calle 7 Oeste No. 2–207, Cali, Colombia; Carrera 2A No. 7–30 203, E:\FR\FM\05SEN1.SGM 05SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 173 (Friday, September 5, 2008)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designation of Individuals and Entities Pursuant to 
Executive Order 12978

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of eight newly-designated 
individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, 
``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant 
Narcotics Traffickers.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the eight individuals 
and entities identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 
12978 is effective on August 28, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control,Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.

Background

    On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter 
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 Fed. Reg. 54579, October 
24, 1995) (the ``Order''). In the Order, the President declared a 
national emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant foreign 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that they cause 
in the United States and abroad.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or 
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or

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hereafter come within the possession or control of United States 
persons, of: (1) The persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any 
foreign person determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation 
with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, to play a significant 
role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, or to 
materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for 
or goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking 
activities of persons designated in or pursuant to the order; and (3) 
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to be owned or 
controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated 
pursuant to the Order.
    On August 28, 2008, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Attorney General and Secretary of State, as well as the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, designated eight individuals and entities whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
    The list of additional designees is as follows:
    1. ALMACEN Y COMPRAVENTA LOS 3 OROS, Carrera 7 No. 11-60, Cartago, 
Valle, Colombia; NIT  16219873-3 (Colombia) [SDNT].
    2. GANADERIA ARIZONA, Carrera 43A No. 1 Sur-188 of. 903, Medellin, 
Colombia; Hacienda Arizona, Caucasia, Antioquia, Colombia; NIT 
 10026001-7 (Colombia) [SDNT].
    3. GRANJA PORCICOLA LA FORTALEZA, Carrera 22 No. 8-71, Cartago, 
Valle, Colombia; Vda. La Hondura, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; NIT 
 31423447-7 (Colombia) [SDNT].
    4. MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Carrera 22 No. 8-71, Cartago, Valle, 
Colombia; NIT  900089381-9 (Colombia) [SDNT].
    5. RESTREPO ENCIZO, Luz Piedad, c/o GRANJA PORCICOLA LA FORTALEZA, 
Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Cartago, Valle, 
Colombia; Calle 17 Bis. 2N-74, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; DOB 27 Dec 
1975; POB Sevilla, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 31423447 (Colombia); 
Passport AH411251 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
    6. SANCHEZ JIMENEZ, Jesus Maria Alejandro (a.k.a. ``CHUCHO''; 
a.k.a. ``EL PRIMO''; a.k.a. ``SCUBI''; a.k.a. ``SCUBY''), c/o GANADERIA 
ARIZONA, Medellin, Colombia; Calle 11 No. 23-80, Pereira, Colombia; 
Hacienda Arizona, Caucasia, Antioquia, Colombia; DOB 06 Nov 1975; POB 
Pereira, Colombia; Cedula No. 10026001 (Colombia); Passport AF400955 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
    7. SANCHEZ RUA, Rafael Angel, c/o ALMACEN Y COMPRAVENTA LOS 3 OROS, 
Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o GRANJA PORCICOLA LA FORTALEZA, Cartago, 
Valle, Colombia; c/o MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Cartago, Valle, Colombia; 
Calle 17 Bis. No. 2N-74, Cartago, Valle, Colombia; Finca El Encanto, 
Anserma, Colombia; Finca La Fortaleza, Anserma, Colombia; Finca La 
Perlita, Anserma, Colombia; Finca La Quichita, Anserma, Colombia; Finca 
Quiebra de Italia, Anserma, Colombia; DOB 22 Aug 1966; POB 
Ansermanuevo, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 16219873 (Colombia); Passport 
AF866705 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
    8. VIEDMA ABONCE, Marisol, c/o ALMACEN Y COMPRAVENTA LOS 3 OROS, 
Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o MOTEL MOMENTOS E.U., Cartago, Valle, 
Colombia; Calle 10B No. 14A-90 Manz. C Casa 14, Cartago, Valle, 
Colombia; DOB 30 Mar 1970; Cedula No. 31415437 (Colombia) (individual) 
[SDNT].

    Dated: August 28, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8-20573 Filed 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
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