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an additional 12 months thereafter, if
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 6485]
60–Day Notice of Proposed
Information Collection: Request for
Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ)
Determination; OMB Control Number
1405–0163.
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ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
SUMMARY: The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for information
collection described below. The purpose
of this notice is to allow 60 days for
public comment in the Federal Register
preceding submission to OMB. We are
conducting this process in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
Title of Information Collection:
Request for Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ)
Determination.
OMB Control Number: 1405–0163.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Originating Office: Bureau of Political
Military Affairs, Directorate of Defense
Trade Controls, PM/DDTC.
Form Number: None.
Respondents: Business organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
425 (total).
Estimated Number of Responses: 465
(per year).
Average Hours per Response: 10
hours.
Total Estimated Burden: 4,650 hours
(per year).
Frequency: On Occasion.
Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to 60 days
from March 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments and questions
should be directed to Mary F. Sweeney,
Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy,
Department of State, who may be
reached via the following methods:
E-mail: Sweeneymf@state.gov.
Mail: Mary F. Sweeney, SA–1, 12th
Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls, Bureau of Political Military
Affairs, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, DC 20522–0112.
Fax: 202–261–8199.
You must include the information
collection title in the subject line of
your message/letter.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including a copy of
the supporting document, to Mary F.
Sweeney, PM/DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls,
Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
20522–0112, who may be reached via
phone at (202) 663–2865, or via e-mail
at sweeneymf@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are
soliciting public comments to permit
the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of our
functions.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate
of the burden of the proposed
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of technology.
Abstract of proposed collection: The
information will be used to evaluate
whether or not a particular defense
article or defense service is covered by
the U.S. Munitions List; to change the
U.S. Munitions List category
designation; to remove a defense article
from the U.S. Munitions List; or to
reconsider a previous commodity
jurisdiction determination.
Methodology: This information
collection is an exchange of letters and
may be sent to the Directorate of
Defense Controls via mail.
Dated: January 9, 2009.
Frank J. Ruggiero,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade
and Regional Security, Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6486]
Nonproliferation Sanctions
ACTION: Imposition of Sanctions on
Persons Associated With the A.Q. Khan
Nuclear Proliferation Network.
SUMMARY:
Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act
A determination has been made that
foreign persons have engaged in
activities that require the imposition of
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measures pursuant to the Nuclear
Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA), 22
U.S.C. 6301. Pursuant to the NPPA, the
United States determined on January 9,
2009 that the following foreign persons
have materially and with requisite
knowledge contributed, through an
export of certain goods or technology, to
the efforts by a non-nuclear weapon
state to acquire unsafeguarded special
nuclear material or to use, develop,
produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire
any nuclear explosive device that
requires the imposition of the sanctions
described in Sections 6301(C)(1) of 22
U.S.C. 6301:
Selim Alguadis;
Kursad Zafer Cire;
Muhammad Nasim ud Din;
EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi
ve Ticaret A.S.;
ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S.;
Muhammad Farooq;
Paul Griffin;
Peter Griffin;
Abdul Qadeer Khan;
Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban;
Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir; and
Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain.
Accordingly, the following sanctions
are being imposed on these persons:
(A) The United States shall not
procure, or enter into any contract for
the procurement of, any goods or
services from these persons.
These measures become effective
immediately and shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies of the United States
Government as provided in the NPPA.
Export Import Bank Act
A determination was made on January
9, 2009 that foreign persons have
engaged in activities that require the
imposition of measures pursuant to
Section 2(b)(4) of the Export Import
Bank Act of 1945, 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(4).
Specifically, the U.S. Government
determined that the following foreign
persons knowingly aided or abetted,
after September 23, 1996, a non-nuclear
weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded
special nuclear material:
Selim Alguadis;
Kursad Zafer Cire;
Muhammad Nasim ud Din;
EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi
ve Ticaret A.S.;
ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S.;
Muhammad Farooq;
Daniel Geiges;
Paul Griffin;
Peter Griffin;
Abdul Qadeer Khan;
Gotthard Lerch;
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Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban;
Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir;
Gerhard Wisser; and,
Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain.
Accordingly, the following sanctions
are being imposed on these persons:
(A) The Board of Directors of the
Export Import Bank shall not give
approval to guarantee, insure, or extend
credit, or participate in the extension of
credit in support of United States
exports.
These measures become effective
immediately and shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies of the United States
Government as provided in the Export
Import Bank Act of 1945 (as amended).
any assistance to these entities, and
none of these entities shall be eligible to
participate in any assistance program of
the United States Government.
(C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall
prohibit the importation into the United
States of any goods, technology, or
services produced or provided by these
entities, other than information or
informational materials within the
meaning of section 203(b)(3) of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).
These measures become effective
immediately and shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies as provided in Executive Order
12938.
Executive Order 12938
Executive Order 13382
Pursuant to the authority in section
1(ii) of Executive Order 13382,
‘‘Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Proliferators and Their
Supporters’’, the United States
Government determined on January 9,
2009 that foreign persons have engaged,
or attempted to engage, in activities or
transactions that have materially
contributed to, or pose a risk of
materially contributing to, the
proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction or their means of delivery.
The following foreign persons’ property
and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13382:
1. ALGUADIS, Selim; DOB 27 May
1944; POB Turkey; Nationality Turkey;
Passport 585843 (Turkey) issued 11
November 1999 in Istanbul;
2. CIRE, Kursad Zafer (a.k.a. CIRE,
Kursat Zafer); DOB 30 August 1967;
POB Germany; Nationality Turkey;
Passport 778456 (Turkey) issued 14 May
1997 in Istanbul expired 13 May 2007;
3. FAROOQ, Muhammad; DOB 12
March 1949; Nationality Pakistan;
Passport S122252 (Pakistan);
4. GEIGES, Daniel; DOB 25 January
1938; POB Lachen, Switzerland;
Nationality Switzerland; Passport
8071366 (Switzerland);
5. GRIFFIN, Paul Nicholas; DOB 16
February 1964; Nationality United
Kingdom;
6. GRIFFIN, Peter; DOB 9 September
1935; POB Oxford, United Kingdom;
Nationality United Kingdom; Passport
B401584 (United Kingdom) issued 28
September 1989 in Newport, Gwent,
expired 28 September 1999; Passport
B109455 (United Kingdom) issued 3
October 1979;
7. KHAN, Abdul Qadeer (a.k.a.
ZAMAN, Haydar); DOB 27 April 1936;
POB Bhopal, India; Nationality
Pakistan; Passport D000428 (Pakistan);
8. LERCH, Gotthard; DOB 21
December 1942; POB Germany;
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Pursuant to the authorities vested in
the President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of
America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and Section
301 of title 3, United States Code, and
Executive Order 12938 of November 14,
1994, as amended, the U.S. Government
determined that the following entities
have engaged in proliferation activities
that require the imposition of measures
pursuant to sections 4(b), 4(c), and 4(d)
of Executive Order 12938:
Selim Alguadis (Turkey);
Kursad Zafer Cire (Turkey);
Muhammad Nasim ud Din (Pakistan);
EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi
ve Ticaret A.S. (Turkey);
ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
(Turkey);
Muhammad Farooq (Pakistan);
Daniel Geiges (Switzerland);
Paul Griffin (United Kingdom);
Peter Griffin (United Kingdom);
Abdul Qadeer Khan (Pakistan);
Gotthard Lerch (Germany);
Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban (Malaysia);
Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir (Sri Lanka);
Tradefin Engineering (South Africa);
Gerhard Wisser (Germany); and,
Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain
(Malaysia).
Accordingly, pursuant to the
provisions of Executive Order 12938,
the following measures are imposed on
these entities, and as applicable, their
subunits, and successors for two years:
(A) No department or agency of the
United States Government may procure
or enter into any contract for the
procurement of any goods, technology,
or services from these entities;
(B) No department or agency of the
United States Government may provide
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Nationality German; Passport
3545767791D (Germany) issued 7
August 1998 at General Consulate,
Zurich expired 6 August 2008; alt.
Passport 3545767791 (Germany);
Kreuzbergstrasse 4, 9472 Grabs, St.
Gallen Canton, Switzerland;
9. TAHIR, Buhary Seyed Abu; DOB 17
April 1959; POB Chennai, India;
Nationality Sri Lanka; Passport
M2068357 (Sri Lanka) issued 4
September 2001 in Colombo expired
September 2006; Passport M1754102
(Sri Lanka) issued 16 March 1999
expired 16 March 2004;
10. WISSER, Gerhard; DOB 2 July
1939; POB Lohne, Germany; Nationality
German; Passport 3139001443
(Germany).
These measures become effective
immediately and shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies as provided in Executive Order
13382.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, Office of Counterproliferation
Initiatives, Bureau of International
Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520, tel.: 202/647–5193.
Dated: January 9, 2009.
Patricia A. McNerney,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau
of International Security and
Nonproliferation, Department of State.
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of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6486]
Nonproliferation Sanctions
ACTION: Imposition of Sanctions on Persons Associated With the A.Q.
Khan Nuclear Proliferation Network.
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SUMMARY:
Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act
A determination has been made that foreign persons have engaged in
activities that require the imposition of measures pursuant to the
Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA), 22 U.S.C. 6301. Pursuant
to the NPPA, the United States determined on January 9, 2009 that the
following foreign persons have materially and with requisite knowledge
contributed, through an export of certain goods or technology, to the
efforts by a non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special
nuclear material or to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise
acquire any nuclear explosive device that requires the imposition of
the sanctions described in Sections 6301(C)(1) of 22 U.S.C. 6301:
Selim Alguadis;
Kursad Zafer Cire;
Muhammad Nasim ud Din;
EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.;
ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.;
Muhammad Farooq;
Paul Griffin;
Peter Griffin;
Abdul Qadeer Khan;
Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban;
Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir; and
Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain.
Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these
persons:
(A) The United States shall not procure, or enter into any contract
for the procurement of, any goods or services from these persons.
These measures become effective immediately and shall be
implemented by the responsible departments and agencies of the United
States Government as provided in the NPPA.
Export Import Bank Act
A determination was made on January 9, 2009 that foreign persons
have engaged in activities that require the imposition of measures
pursuant to Section 2(b)(4) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, 12
U.S.C. 635(b)(4). Specifically, the U.S. Government determined that the
following foreign persons knowingly aided or abetted, after September
23, 1996, a non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special
nuclear material:
Selim Alguadis;
Kursad Zafer Cire;
Muhammad Nasim ud Din;
EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.;
ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.;
Muhammad Farooq;
Daniel Geiges;
Paul Griffin;
Peter Griffin;
Abdul Qadeer Khan;
Gotthard Lerch;
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Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban;
Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir;
Gerhard Wisser; and,
Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain.
Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these
persons:
(A) The Board of Directors of the Export Import Bank shall not give
approval to guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or participate in the
extension of credit in support of United States exports.
These measures become effective immediately and shall be
implemented by the responsible departments and agencies of the United
States Government as provided in the Export Import Bank Act of 1945 (as
amended).
Executive Order 12938
Pursuant to the authorities vested in the President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and Section 301
of title 3, United States Code, and Executive Order 12938 of November
14, 1994, as amended, the U.S. Government determined that the following
entities have engaged in proliferation activities that require the
imposition of measures pursuant to sections 4(b), 4(c), and 4(d) of
Executive Order 12938:
Selim Alguadis (Turkey);
Kursad Zafer Cire (Turkey);
Muhammad Nasim ud Din (Pakistan);
EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Turkey);
ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Turkey);
Muhammad Farooq (Pakistan);
Daniel Geiges (Switzerland);
Paul Griffin (United Kingdom);
Peter Griffin (United Kingdom);
Abdul Qadeer Khan (Pakistan);
Gotthard Lerch (Germany);
Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban (Malaysia);
Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir (Sri Lanka);
Tradefin Engineering (South Africa);
Gerhard Wisser (Germany); and,
Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain (Malaysia).
Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order 12938,
the following measures are imposed on these entities, and as
applicable, their subunits, and successors for two years:
(A) No department or agency of the United States Government may
procure or enter into any contract for the procurement of any goods,
technology, or services from these entities;
(B) No department or agency of the United States Government may
provide any assistance to these entities, and none of these entities
shall be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the
United States Government.
(C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prohibit the importation
into the United States of any goods, technology, or services produced
or provided by these entities, other than information or informational
materials within the meaning of section 203(b)(3) of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).
These measures become effective immediately and shall be
implemented by the responsible departments and agencies as provided in
Executive Order 12938.
Executive Order 13382
Pursuant to the authority in section 1(ii) of Executive Order
13382, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators
and Their Supporters'', the United States Government determined on
January 9, 2009 that foreign persons have engaged, or attempted to
engage, in activities or transactions that have materially contributed
to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery. The following
foreign persons' property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13382:
1. ALGUADIS, Selim; DOB 27 May 1944; POB Turkey; Nationality
Turkey; Passport 585843 (Turkey) issued 11 November 1999 in Istanbul;
2. CIRE, Kursad Zafer (a.k.a. CIRE, Kursat Zafer); DOB 30 August
1967; POB Germany; Nationality Turkey; Passport 778456 (Turkey) issued
14 May 1997 in Istanbul expired 13 May 2007;
3. FAROOQ, Muhammad; DOB 12 March 1949; Nationality Pakistan;
Passport S122252 (Pakistan);
4. GEIGES, Daniel; DOB 25 January 1938; POB Lachen, Switzerland;
Nationality Switzerland; Passport 8071366 (Switzerland);
5. GRIFFIN, Paul Nicholas; DOB 16 February 1964; Nationality United
Kingdom;
6. GRIFFIN, Peter; DOB 9 September 1935; POB Oxford, United
Kingdom; Nationality United Kingdom; Passport B401584 (United Kingdom)
issued 28 September 1989 in Newport, Gwent, expired 28 September 1999;
Passport B109455 (United Kingdom) issued 3 October 1979;
7. KHAN, Abdul Qadeer (a.k.a. ZAMAN, Haydar); DOB 27 April 1936;
POB Bhopal, India; Nationality Pakistan; Passport D000428 (Pakistan);
8. LERCH, Gotthard; DOB 21 December 1942; POB Germany; Nationality
German; Passport 3545767791D (Germany) issued 7 August 1998 at General
Consulate, Zurich expired 6 August 2008; alt. Passport 3545767791
(Germany); Kreuzbergstrasse 4, 9472 Grabs, St. Gallen Canton,
Switzerland;
9. TAHIR, Buhary Seyed Abu; DOB 17 April 1959; POB Chennai, India;
Nationality Sri Lanka; Passport M2068357 (Sri Lanka) issued 4 September
2001 in Colombo expired September 2006; Passport M1754102 (Sri Lanka)
issued 16 March 1999 expired 16 March 2004;
10. WISSER, Gerhard; DOB 2 July 1939; POB Lohne, Germany;
Nationality German; Passport 3139001443 (Germany).
These measures become effective immediately and shall be
implemented by the responsible departments and agencies as provided in
Executive Order 13382.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of
Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and
Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202/
647-5193.
Dated: January 9, 2009.
Patricia A. McNerney,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Security
and Nonproliferation, Department of State.
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