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Curtis Rich,
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10686]
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs;
Rescission of Statutory Debarment of
Rocky Mountain Instrument Company
Under the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations
Notice is hereby given that
the Department of State has rescinded
the statutory debarment of Rocky
Mountain Instrument Company
included in Federal Register notice of
September 8, 2010.
DATES: Rescission as of March 4, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jae
Shin, Director, Office of Defense Trade
Controls Compliance, Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs, Department of
State (202) 632–2107.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
38(g)(4) of the Arms Export Control Act
(AECA), 22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(4), prohibits
the issuance of licenses or other
approvals for the export of defense
articles or defense services where the
applicant, or any party to the export, has
been convicted of violating the AECA
and certain other U.S. criminal statues
enumerated in § 38(g)(1) of the AECA. In
addition, § 127.7(b) of the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
provides for the statutory debarment of
any person who has been convicted of
violating or conspiring to violate the
AECA. As stated in this provision, it is
the policy of the Department of State not
to consider applications for licenses or
requests for approvals involving any
person who has been statutorily
debarred. Persons subject to statutory
SUMMARY:
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debarment are prohibited from
participating directly or indirectly in
any activities that are subject to the
ITAR.
In June 2010, Rocky Mountain
Instrument Company (‘‘RMI’’) pleaded
guilty to violating the AECA. On
September 8, 2010, the Department
notified the public of a statutory
debarment imposed on RMI pursuant to
ITAR § 127.7(c) related to RMI’s
criminal conviction via notice in the
Federal Register (75 FR 54692). The
notice provided that RMI was
‘‘prohibited from participating directly
or indirectly in the export of defense
articles, including technical data, or in
the furnishing of defense services for
which a license or other approval is
required.’’ On May 9, 2016, the
Department modified this statutory
debarment to allow specific exceptions
to the debarment of RMI without the
submission of a transaction exception
request as an element of the application,
available to persons other than RMI but
excluding persons acting for or on
behalf of RMI in contravention of ITAR
§ 127.1(d).
In accordance with ITAR § 127.7(b) of
the ITAR, reinstatement may only be
approved after submission of a request
by the debarred party. In response to
such a request from RMI for
reinstatement, the Department has
conducted a thorough review of the
circumstances surrounding the
conviction, and has determined that
RMI has taken appropriate steps to
address the causes of the violations to
warrant rescission of the notice of
statutory debarment of RMI. Therefore,
pursuant to ITAR § 127.7(b) the
Department determines it is no longer in
the national security and foreign policy
interests of the United States to
maintain the policy as applied to RMI,
and the Department hereby rescinds the
notice of RMI’s statutory debarment.
The Department notes that the
Federal Register notice of debarment for
RMI stated that ‘‘export privileges may
be reinstated only at the request of the
debarred person followed by the
necessary interagency consultations,
after a thorough review of the
circumstances surrounding the
conviction, and a finding that
appropriate steps have been taken to
mitigate any law enforcement concerns,
as required by Section 38(g)(4) of the
AECA. Unless export privileges are
reinstated, however, the person remains
debarred.’’ (75 FR 54693). The
Department is no longer requiring that
export privileges be reinstated pursuant
to ITAR § 127.11 and § 38(g)(4) of the
AECA prior to the rescission of statutory
debarment. This change in policy
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recognizes that the circumstances
warranting statutory debarment may be
different than those warranting the
revocation of export privileges. The
Department may find, as it does in this
instance, that the national security and
foreign policy interests of the United
States are not advanced by maintaining
the Department-imposed ITAR
§ 127.7(b) prohibition on persons
convicted of violating or conspiring to
violate the AECA from ‘‘participating
directly or indirectly in any activities
that are subject to [the ITAR]’’ and
where the debarred person may not
meet the requirements of ITAR
§ 127.11(b) (implementing the
restrictions of § 38(g)(4) of the AECA).
This notice rescinds the statutory
debarment of RMI but does not provide
notice of reinstatement of export
privileges for RMI pursuant to the
statutory requirements of § 38(g)(4) of
the AECA and ITAR § 127.11. As
required by the statute, the Department
may not issue a license directly to RMI
except as may be determined on a caseby-case basis after interagency
consultations, a thorough review of the
circumstances surrounding the
conviction, and a finding that
appropriate steps have been taken to
mitigate any law enforcement concerns.
Any determination by the Department
regarding the reinstatement of export
privileges for RMI will be made in
accordance with these statutory and
regulatory requirements and will be the
subject of a separate notice. All
otherwise eligible persons may engage
in exports of RMI manufactured defense
articles, incorporate RMI manufactured
items into defense articles for export, or
otherwise engage in transactions subject
to the ITAR without providing prior
written notification of RMI’s
involvement as otherwise required by
ITAR § 127.1(d) and the transaction
exception requirements of the Federal
Register notice of statutory debarment
(75 FR 54693).
Dated: February 4, 2019.
Andrea L. Thompson,
Under Secretary, Arms Control and
International Security, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10686]
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Rescission of Statutory
Debarment of Rocky Mountain Instrument Company Under the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has
rescinded the statutory debarment of Rocky Mountain Instrument Company
included in Federal Register notice of September 8, 2010.
DATES: Rescission as of March 4, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jae Shin, Director, Office of Defense
Trade Controls Compliance, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs,
Department of State (202) 632-2107.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 38(g)(4) of the Arms Export Control
Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(4), prohibits the issuance of licenses or
other approvals for the export of defense articles or defense services
where the applicant, or any party to the export, has been convicted of
violating the AECA and certain other U.S. criminal statues enumerated
in Sec. 38(g)(1) of the AECA. In addition, Sec. 127.7(b) of the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) provides for the
statutory debarment of any person who has been convicted of violating
or conspiring to violate the AECA. As stated in this provision, it is
the policy of the Department of State not to consider applications for
licenses or requests for approvals involving any person who has been
statutorily debarred. Persons subject to statutory
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debarment are prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in
any activities that are subject to the ITAR.
In June 2010, Rocky Mountain Instrument Company (``RMI'') pleaded
guilty to violating the AECA. On September 8, 2010, the Department
notified the public of a statutory debarment imposed on RMI pursuant to
ITAR Sec. 127.7(c) related to RMI's criminal conviction via notice in
the Federal Register (75 FR 54692). The notice provided that RMI was
``prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in the export of
defense articles, including technical data, or in the furnishing of
defense services for which a license or other approval is required.''
On May 9, 2016, the Department modified this statutory debarment to
allow specific exceptions to the debarment of RMI without the
submission of a transaction exception request as an element of the
application, available to persons other than RMI but excluding persons
acting for or on behalf of RMI in contravention of ITAR Sec. 127.1(d).
In accordance with ITAR Sec. 127.7(b) of the ITAR, reinstatement
may only be approved after submission of a request by the debarred
party. In response to such a request from RMI for reinstatement, the
Department has conducted a thorough review of the circumstances
surrounding the conviction, and has determined that RMI has taken
appropriate steps to address the causes of the violations to warrant
rescission of the notice of statutory debarment of RMI. Therefore,
pursuant to ITAR Sec. 127.7(b) the Department determines it is no
longer in the national security and foreign policy interests of the
United States to maintain the policy as applied to RMI, and the
Department hereby rescinds the notice of RMI's statutory debarment.
The Department notes that the Federal Register notice of debarment
for RMI stated that ``export privileges may be reinstated only at the
request of the debarred person followed by the necessary interagency
consultations, after a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding
the conviction, and a finding that appropriate steps have been taken to
mitigate any law enforcement concerns, as required by Section 38(g)(4)
of the AECA. Unless export privileges are reinstated, however, the
person remains debarred.'' (75 FR 54693). The Department is no longer
requiring that export privileges be reinstated pursuant to ITAR Sec.
127.11 and Sec. 38(g)(4) of the AECA prior to the rescission of
statutory debarment. This change in policy recognizes that the
circumstances warranting statutory debarment may be different than
those warranting the revocation of export privileges. The Department
may find, as it does in this instance, that the national security and
foreign policy interests of the United States are not advanced by
maintaining the Department-imposed ITAR Sec. 127.7(b) prohibition on
persons convicted of violating or conspiring to violate the AECA from
``participating directly or indirectly in any activities that are
subject to [the ITAR]'' and where the debarred person may not meet the
requirements of ITAR Sec. 127.11(b) (implementing the restrictions of
Sec. 38(g)(4) of the AECA).
This notice rescinds the statutory debarment of RMI but does not
provide notice of reinstatement of export privileges for RMI pursuant
to the statutory requirements of Sec. 38(g)(4) of the AECA and ITAR
Sec. 127.11. As required by the statute, the Department may not issue
a license directly to RMI except as may be determined on a case-by-case
basis after interagency consultations, a thorough review of the
circumstances surrounding the conviction, and a finding that
appropriate steps have been taken to mitigate any law enforcement
concerns. Any determination by the Department regarding the
reinstatement of export privileges for RMI will be made in accordance
with these statutory and regulatory requirements and will be the
subject of a separate notice. All otherwise eligible persons may engage
in exports of RMI manufactured defense articles, incorporate RMI
manufactured items into defense articles for export, or otherwise
engage in transactions subject to the ITAR without providing prior
written notification of RMI's involvement as otherwise required by ITAR
Sec. 127.1(d) and the transaction exception requirements of the
Federal Register notice of statutory debarment (75 FR 54693).
Dated: February 4, 2019.
Andrea L. Thompson,
Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, Department of
State.
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