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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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[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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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 6485]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for
Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination; OMB Control Number 1405-
0163.
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.
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 Political-Military Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-821 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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