Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting, 52312 [2020-18625]
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Board’s decision that no further review
of the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification was authorized, subject to
the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
Dated: August 19, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–27–2020]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 143—West
Sacramento, California; Authorization
of Production Activity; LiCAP
Technologies, Inc. (Electrodes),
Sacramento, California
On April 21, 2020, the Port of
Sacramento, grantee of FTZ 143,
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board on
behalf of LiCAP Technologies, Inc.,
within Subzone 143E, in Sacramento,
California.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (85 FR 29397, May 15,
2020). On August 19, 2020, the
applicant was notified of the FTZ
Board’s conditional decision that no
further review of the activity is
warranted at this time. The production
activity described in the notification
was authorized, subject to the FTZ Act
and the FTZ Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.14, and further
subject to a five-year time limit (ending
August 19, 2025).
Dated: August 19, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Transportation and Related Equipment
Technical Advisory Committee; Notice
of Partially Closed Meeting
The Transportation and Related
Equipment Technical Advisory
Committee will meet on
September 9, 2020, at 11:30 a.m.,
Eastern Daylight Time, via
teleconference. The Committee advises
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
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ALJ did so, resulting in a reinstatement
of the original $31,425,760 civil
monetary penalty by way of a July 15,
2020 Recommended Decision and Order
(Penalty RDO).2
With the benefit of the Penalty RDO
and additional briefing from the parties,
this matter is ripe for decision. For the
following reasons, I conclude that
Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd.’s (Nordic) and
Morten Innhaug’s (Innhaug and,
collectively, Respondents) conduct—
including the knowing export of highly
controlled equipment to one of
America’s adversaries, coupled with
making false and misleading statements
to the Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) in the course of its investigation
into the matter—warrants a significant
sanction. As a result, I affirm the
$31,425,760 civil monetary penalty in
its entirety and determine that no
suspension of the penalty is
appropriate.
I. Background
This matter has a thorough procedural
history, which is recounted in the
Remand Order and in the Initial RDO.
See 85 FR 15,415–16; see also id. at
15,421–28 (the Initial RDO). A brief
recap to the extent necessary to
understand the damages calculation will
suffice.
BIS issued a charging letter to
Respondent Nordic on April 28, 2017,
alleging three violations of the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR or
Regulations): 3 (i) Nordic illegally
reexported certain seismic survey
equipment to Iran that was controlled
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
In the Matters of: Nordic Maritime Pte.
Ltd. and Morten Innhaug,
Respondents; Final Decision and
Order; Washington, DC 20230
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Closed Session
4. Discussion of matters determined to
be exempt from the provisions relating
to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C.
app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open session will be accessible
via teleconference to participants on a
first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms.
Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@
bis.doc.gov no later than September 2,
2020.
To the extent time permits, members
of the public may present oral
statements to the Committee. The public
may submit written statements at any
time before or after the meeting.
However, to facilitate distribution of
public presentation materials to
Committee members, the Committee
suggests that presenters forward the
public presentation materials prior to
the meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
For more information, call Yvette
Springer at (202) 482·2813.
[Docket Number 17–BIS–0004
(consolidated)]
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Agenda
Public Session
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Status reports by working group
chairs.
3. Public comments and Proposals.
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Export Administration with respect to
technical questions that affect the level
of export controls applicable to
transportation and related equipment or
technology.
This matter is before me a second
time to review the Administrative Law
Judge’s (ALJ) decision in this case. On
March 11, 2020, I affirmed the ALJ’s
initial recommended decision and
order’s (Initial RDO) findings of
liability, modified the denial order to a
period of 15 years, and remanded to the
ALJ for a reexamination of the civil
monetary penalty (Remand Order).1 The
1 In the Matters of Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd. &
Morten Innhaug; Partial Remand and Final
Decision and Order, 85 FR 15,414 (Mar. 18, 2020).
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2 I received the certified copy of the record from
the ALJ, including the original copy of the Penalty
RDO, for my review on July 20, 2020.
The Penalty RDO is included as an addendum to
this Final Decision and Order.
3 The EAR 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 was extended by
successive Presidential Notices, including the
Notice of August 8, 2018 (83 FR 39,871 (Aug. 13,
2018)), continued the Regulations under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50
U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2012) (IEEPA), including
during the time period of the violations at issue
here. 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
(ECRA), 50 U.S.C. 4801, et seq. 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 and regulations 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory
Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
The Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory
Committee will meet on
September 9, 2020, at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, via
teleconference. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions
that affect the level of export controls applicable to transportation
and related equipment or technology.
Agenda
Public Session
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Status reports by working group chairs.
3. Public comments and Proposals.
Closed Session
4. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
Sec. Sec. 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open session will be accessible via teleconference to
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at
[email protected] no later than September 2, 2020.
To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral
statements to the Committee. The public may submit written statements
at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate
distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the
Committee suggests that presenters forward the public presentation
materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202)
482[middot]2813.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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