List of Countries Requiring Cooperation With an International Boycott, 4739 [2016-01622]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Mounir R. Khouri; Public Interest
Exclusion Order
Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
On January 20, 2016, the
Department of Transportation (DOT)
issued a decision and order under the
Procedures for Transportation
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
Programs that excludes a service agent,
Mounir R. Khouri, from providing drug
and alcohol testing services in any
capacity to any DOT-regulated employer
for a period of 5 years. Mr. Khouri
provided Consortium/Third Party
Administrator Services (C/TPA) and
Medical Review Officer (MRO) services
to DOT-regulated trucking companies.
Mr. Khouri pled guilty to criminal
charges that he made materially false
statements that an MRO had reviewed
drug test results, when a qualified MRO
had not done so. This Federal Register
publication serves as notice to the
public that DOT-regulated employers or
their service agents must stop using the
services of Mounir R. Khouri for
administering their DOT-regulated drug
and/or alcohol testing programs.
DATES: The effective date of the Public
Interest Exclusion is January 20, 2016
and it will remain in effect until January
20, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrice M. Kelly, Acting Director, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Office of
Drug and Alcohol Policy and
Compliance, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366–
3784 (voice), (202) 366–3897 (fax), or
patrice.kelly@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
In accordance with the provisions of
the Department’s regulation at 49 CFR
part 40 (Part 40), Subpart R, Public
Interest Exclusions (PIE), the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA) issued a Notice of Proposed
Exclusion (NOPE) to Mr. Khouri on
August 27, 2015, notifying him that he
had engaged in serious noncompliance.
In the NOPE, the FMCSA stated that the
Department’s Office of the Inspector
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General had conducted a criminal
investigation that revealed that Mr.
Khouri subverted the MRO’s role in the
testing process. Specifically, Mr. Khouri
held out as performing C/TPA services
and he: Received laboratory confirmed
drug test results and falsely certified
that those results were reviewed by a
qualified MRO; acted as an MRO,
without qualifications to do so, by
verifying laboratory confirmed positive
test results; and prepared false Federal
Drug Testing Custody and Control
Forms (CCFs) for untested specimens
and misrepresented that the specimens
had tested negative. In the United States
District Court for the District of
Vermont, Mr. Khouri pled guilty and
was convicted for making false
statements on a CCF. Those false
statements indicated that an MRO had
reviewed a drug test, when Mr. Khouri
knew that had not occurred.
Public Interest Exclusion Decision and
Order
On January 20, 2016, the Department
issued a PIE against Mounir R. Khouri.
This PIE prohibits all DOT-regulated
employers and service agents from
utilizing Mounir R. Khouri for drug and
alcohol testing services in any capacity
for a period of 5 years. A full copy of
the Department’s Decision and Order
can be found at https://www.dot.gov/
odapc.
In accordance with the terms of the
Department’s Decision and Order and
per 49 CFR 40.403(a), Mounir R. Khouri
is required to directly notify each of the
affected DOT-regulated employer clients
in writing about the issuance, scope,
duration, and effect of the PIE. The
Department is notifying employers and
the public about this PIE by publishing
it in a ‘‘List of Excluded Drug and
Alcohol Service Agents’’ on its Web site
at https://www.dot.gov/odapc/ and will
make the list available upon request. As
required by 49 CFR 40.401(d), the
Department is publishing this Federal
Register notice to inform the public that
Mounir R. Khouri is subject to a PIE for
5 years. After January 20, 2021, Mounir
R. Khouri, will be removed from the list
and the public will be notified of that
removal, also in accordance with 49
CFR 40.401(d).
Any DOT-regulated employer who
uses the services of Mounir R. Khouri
between January 20, 2016 and January
20, 2021 may be subject to a civil
penalty for violation of Part 40.
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Dated this 20th day of January, 2016, at
Washington, DC.
Patrice M. Kelly,
Acting Director, Office of Drug and Alcohol
Policy Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Secretary
List of Countries Requiring
Cooperation With an International
Boycott
In accordance with section 999(a)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
the Department of the Treasury is
publishing a current list of countries
which require or may require
participation in, or cooperation with, an
international boycott (within the
meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
On the basis of the best information
currently available to the Department of
the Treasury, the following countries
require or may require participation in,
or cooperation with, an international
boycott (within the meaning of section
999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986).
Iraq
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Dated: January 19, 2016.
Danielle Rolfes,
International Tax Counsel, (Tax Policy).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Multiemployer Pension Plan
Application To Reduce Benefits
Department of the Treasury.
Notice of availability; Request
for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Board of Trustees of the
Iron Workers Local 17 Pension Plan, a
multiemployer pension plan, has
submitted an application to Treasury to
reduce benefits under the plan in
accordance with the Multiemployer
Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA).
The purpose of this notice is to
announce that the application submitted
by the Board of Trustees of the Iron
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Secretary
List of Countries Requiring Cooperation With an International
Boycott
In accordance with section 999(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, the Department of the Treasury is publishing a current list of
countries which require or may require participation in, or cooperation
with, an international boycott (within the meaning of section 999(b)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
On the basis of the best information currently available to the
Department of the Treasury, the following countries require or may
require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott
(within the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986).
Iraq
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Dated: January 19, 2016.
Danielle Rolfes,
International Tax Counsel, (Tax Policy).
[FR Doc. 2016-01622 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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