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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
AGENCY:
The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of the
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firms’
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE
[6/19/2019 through 7/8/2019]
Firm address
Exact Precision, Inc .................................
1872 Commerce Park East, Lancaster,
PA 17601.
401 South 1st Street, #201, Mount
Vernon, WA 98273.
117 Greystone Drive, Lynchburg, VA
24502.
AU Cornerstone, Inc ................................
SML Packaging, LLC ...............................
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Date accepted
for
investigation
Firm name
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
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submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Division, Room 71030,
Economic Development Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
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Product(s)
The firm manufactures metal parts for
machinery and equipment.
The firm manufactures jewelry and provides jewelry repair services.
The firm manufactures machinery for
packing boxes.
Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten
(10) calendar days following publication
of this notice. These petitions are
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received pursuant to section 251 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
through the issuance of a Charging
Letter to Respondents that alleges that
Respondents have violated the
Regulations.2 Aazad and Emad-Vaez are
Iranian nationals and naturalized
citizens of the United States, with last
known addresses in Los Altos Hills,
California; Ghareh Sabz Co. is an Iranian
company, with last known addresses in
Tehran, Iran. Specifically, the charge is:
Irette Patterson,
Program Analyst.
Charge 1 15 CFR 764.2(d)—
Conspiracy To Export an Item From the
United States to Iran Without the
Required U.S. Government
Authorization
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket Number: 18–BIS–0001]
In the Matter of: Pouran Aazad, a.k.a.
Pouran Azad, a.k.a. Pourandokt Aazad,
a.k.a Pourandokt Azad, 27333 Ursula
Lane, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022; Sadr
Emad-Vaez, a.k.a. Seid Sadredin Emad
Vaez 27333 Ursula Lane, Los Altos
Hills, CA 94022; Ghareh Sabz Co.,
a.k.a. Ghare Sabz Co., a.k.a. GHS
Technology, No. 446 Farjam St.,
Resalat Square, Tehran, Iran and No.
25, East Farjam Ave., Resalat Square,
Tehran, Iran, Respondents; Order
Relating to Pouran Aazad, Sadr EmadVaez and Ghareh Sabz Co.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security,
U.S. Department of Commerce (‘‘BIS’’),
has notified Pouran Aazad, a.k.a. Pouran
Azad, a.k.a. Pourandokt Aazad, a.k.a.
Pourandokt Azad (‘‘Aazad’’), Sadr
Emad-Vaez, a.k.a. Seid Sadredin Emad
Vaez (‘‘Emad-Vaez’’), and Ghareh Sabz
Co., a.k.a. Ghare Sabz Co., a.k.a. GHS
Technology (‘‘Ghareh Sabz Co.’’)
(collectively ‘‘Respondents’’) that it has
initiated an administrative proceeding
against them pursuant to Section 766.3
of the Export Administration
Regulations (the ‘‘Regulations’’),1
1 The Regulations originally issued under the
Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, 50
U.S.C. 4601–4623 (Supp. III 2015) (‘‘the EAA’’),
which lapsed on August 21, 2001. The President,
through Executive Order 13,222 of August 17, 2001
(3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been
extended by successive Presidential Notices, the
most recent being that of August 8, 2018 (83 FR
39,871 (Aug. 13, 2018)), continued the Regulations
in full force and effect under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701,
et seq. (2012) (‘‘IEEPA’’). On August 13, 2018, the
President signed into law the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2019, which includes the Export Control Reform
Act of 2018, Title XVII, Subtitle B of Public Law
115–232, 132 Stat. 2208 (‘‘ECRA’’). While Section
1766 of ECRA repeals the provisions of the EAA
(except for three sections which are inapplicable
here), Section 1768 of ECRA provides, in pertinent
part, that all rules, regulations, orders, and other
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1. Beginning as early as in or around
November 2012, and continuing at least
until on or about April 26, 2013, Aazad,
Emad-Vaez, and Ghareh Sabz Co.
conspired and acted in concert with
others, known and unknown, to violate
the Regulations and to bring about an
act or acts that constitute a violation of
the Regulations. The purpose of the
conspiracy was to evade the longstanding and well-known U.S. embargo
against Iran by purchasing a U.S.-origin
micro-drill press for export to Iran and
causing the export of this item to Iran,
via transshipment through the United
Arab Emirates (‘‘UAE’’), without the
required U.S. Government
authorization.
2. Based upon information and belief,
Aazad and Emad-Vaez were at all times
pertinent hereto Iranian nationals and
naturalized citizens of the United States
who lived variously in both Tehran, Iran
and Northern California. Aazad held
herself out as the Chief Financial Officer
of Ghareh Sabz Co., while Emad-Vaez
described himself as the company’s
founder and Chief Executive Officer.
3. The conspiracy led to the
unauthorized attempted export of a
highly-accurate micro drill press with a
video edge finder, process inspection
camera, and spray mister system from
the United States to Iran, via
transshipment through the UAE. The
micro drill press is subject to the
forms of administrative action that were made or
issued under the EAA, including as continued in
effect pursuant to IEEPA, and were in effect as of
ECRA’s date of enactment (August 13, 2018), shall
continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, superseded, set aside, or revoked through
action undertaken pursuant to the authority
provided under ECRA.
2 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2019). The charged violation occurred in 2012
through 2013. The Regulations governing the
violation at issue are found in the 2012 through
2013 versions of the Code of Federal Regulations
(15 CFR parts 730–774 (2012–2013)). The 2019
Regulations set forth the procedures that apply to
this matter.
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Regulations, designated as EAR99,3 and
valued at $15,199. This item also is
subject to the Iranian Transactions and
Sanctions Regulations (‘‘ITSR’’),
administered by the U.S. Department of
the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (‘‘OFAC’’).4
4. Section 746.7 of the Regulations
has long provided, including at all times
pertinent hereto, that no person may
engage in the export or reexport of any
item subject to both the Regulations and
the ITSR without authorization from
OFAC. 15 CFR 746.7 (2012–2013, 2018).
Section 560.204 of the ITR in turn has
long prohibited, including at all times
pertinent hereto, the unauthorized
export, reexport, sale or supply, directly
or indirectly, of any item from the
United States to Iran. This broad
prohibition includes the export,
reexport, sale, or supply of any item
from the United States to a third
country, such as the UAE, undertaken
with knowledge or reason to know that
the item was intended for supply,
transshipment, or reexportation, directly
or indirectly, to Iran. 31 CFR 560.204
(2012–2013).5
5. As further detailed below,
Respondents sought out a U.S.-origin
drill press for purchase and export to
Iran. On or about November 12, 2012, in
response to a request from Ghareh Sabz
Co., the U.S. manufacturer of the micro
drill press sent Ghareh Sabz Co. a price
quote for the micro drill press and its
parts and components. That same day,
the Ghareh Sabz Co. employee
forwarded the quote and specifications
to another Ghareh Sabz Co. employee
and to Aazad and Emad-Vaez, with the
message that ‘‘The forwarded
documents include a quotation for
Micro-Drill Machine!’’
6. On or about November 17, 2012, a
purchasing agent at Ghareh Sabz Co.
sent the U.S. manufacturer instructions
for the order along with requests for a
price discount and promises to send a
purchase order. The same purchasing
agent later sent the U.S. manufacturer a
purchase order, dated February 12,
2013, on Ghareh Sabz Co. letterhead.
The purchase order listed the drill press
3 EAR99 is a designation for items subject to the
Regulations but not listed on the Commerce Control
List. 15 CFR 734.3(c) (2012–2013).
4 See 31 CFR 560 (2012–2013). The ITSR were
known as the Iranian Transactions Regulations
(‘‘ITR’’) until October 22, 2012. By final rule
published and effective on that date, OFAC changed
the heading of 31 CFR part 560 from the ‘‘Iranian
Transactions Regulations’’ to the ‘‘Iranian
Transactions and Sanctions Regulations,’’ amended
the renamed ITSR, and reissued them in their
entirety. See 77 FR 64,664 (Oct. 22, 2012). 31 CFR
part 560 remained (and remains) the same in
pertinent part.
5 See note 4, supra.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To
Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and opportunity for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has
initiated investigations to determine whether increased imports into
the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by each of the firms contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of the firms' workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Petitions Received by EDA for Certification of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
[6/19/2019 through 7/8/2019]
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Date accepted
Firm name Firm address for Product(s)
investigation
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Exact Precision, Inc.................... 1872 Commerce Park East, 6/24/2019 The firm manufactures
Lancaster, PA 17601. metal parts for machinery
and equipment.
AU Cornerstone, Inc..................... 401 South 1st Street, 6/26/2019 The firm manufactures
#201, Mount Vernon, WA jewelry and provides
98273. jewelry repair services.
SML Packaging, LLC...................... 117 Greystone Drive, 7/2/2019 The firm manufactures
Lynchburg, VA 24502. machinery for packing
boxes.
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Any party having a substantial interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter. A written request for a hearing
must be submitted to the Trade Adjustment Assistance Division, Room
71030, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice. These petitions are
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received pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Please follow the requirements set forth in EDA's regulations at 13
CFR 315.9 for procedures to request a public hearing. The Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance official number and title for the program
under which these petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms.
Irette Patterson,
Program Analyst.
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