81_FR_69763 81 FR 69569 - Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, Executive Order 12978

81 FR 69569 - Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, Executive Order 12978

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 194 (October 6, 2016)

Page Range69569-69570
FR Document2016-24186

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of an individual whose property and interests in property has been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers''.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 194 (Thursday, October 6, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 194 (Thursday, October 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69569-69570]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24186]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, 
Executive Order 12978

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of an individual whose property 
and interests in property has been unblocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers''.

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the individual identified 
in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, is effective on 
September 29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site at (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Background

    On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter 
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 FR 54579, October 
24, 1995) (the Order). In the Order, the President declared a national 
emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant foreign 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that they cause 
in the United States and abroad.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or 
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter 
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) 
The foreign persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign 
person determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with 
the Attorney General and the Secretary of State: (a) To play a 
significant role in international narcotics trafficking centered in 
Colombia; or (b) to materially assist in, or provide financial or 
technological support for or goods or services in support of, the 
narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant 
to the Order; and (3) persons determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General

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and the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for 
or on behalf of, persons designated pursuant to the Order.
    On September 29, 2016, the Associate Director of the Office of 
Global Targeting removed from the SDN List the individual listed below, 
whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the 
Order:

    RICARDO DIAZ, Alfonso, Calle 15 No. 10-52, La Union, Valle, 
Colombia; c/o CASA GRAJALES S.A., La Union, Valle, Colombia; c/o 
CRETA S.A., La Union, Valle, Colombia; c/o FREXCO S.A., La Union, 
Valle, Colombia; c/o HEBRON S.A., Tulua, Valle, Colombia; c/o WORLD 
WORKING COMERCIALIZADORA INTERNACIONAL S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o 
FUNDACION CENTRO FRUTICOLA ANDINO, La Union, Valle, Colombia; Cedula 
No. 14950952 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].

    Dated: September 29, 2016.
Gregory T. Gatjanis,
Associate Director, Office of Global Targeting, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2016-24186 Filed 10-5-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 194 / Thursday, October 6, 2016 / Notices 69569 subject projects and to activate the approximately three-mile north-south SUMMARY: The Department of the limitation on any claims that may corridor linking the State Capitol and Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets challenge these final environmental downtown area of the City of Baton Control (OFAC) is publishing the name actions. Rouge with Louisiana State University of an individual whose property and DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising and the Old South Baton Rouge interests in property has been the public of final agency actions neighborhood. The project would unblocked pursuant to Executive Order subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, include 11 stop locations, an overhead 12978 of October 21, 1995, ‘‘Blocking United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim contact system, four traction power Assets and Prohibiting Transactions seeking judicial review of FTA actions substations, and an operations and With Significant Narcotics Traffickers’’. announced herein for the listed public maintenance facility. Final agency DATES: The unblocking and removal transportation projects will be barred actions: No use determination of from the list of Specially Designated unless the claim is filed on or before Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN March 6, 2017. finding of no adverse effect; and Finding List) of the individual identified in this of No Significant Impact, dated July 29, notice whose property and interests in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2016. Supporting documentation: property were blocked pursuant to Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief Environmental Assessment, dated June Executive Order 12978 of October 21, Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353–2577 or Terence Plaskon, 3, 2016. 1995, is effective on September 29, 2. Project name and location: METRO 2016. Environmental Protection Specialist, Blue Line Light Rail Transit Extension Office of Environmental Programs, (202) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project, Hennepin County, MN. Project 366–0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Assistant Director, Sanctions sponsor: Metropolitan Council. Project Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC Compliance & Evaluation, Department description: The proposed project is 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets approximately 13.5 miles of new to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: double-track extension of the METRO except Federal holidays. (202) 622–2490. Blue Line that will connect downtown SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Minneapolis to the cities of Golden hereby given that FTA has taken final Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and agency actions by issuing certain Electronic and Facsimile Availability Brooklyn Park. The alignment includes approvals for the public transportation 11 new light rail stations, approximately This document and additional projects listed below. The actions on the 1,670 additional park-and-ride spaces, information concerning OFAC are projects, as well as the laws under accommodations for passenger drop-off available from OFAC’s Web site at which such actions were taken, are and bicycle and pedestrian access, and (www.treasury.gov/ofac). described in the documentation issued new or restructured local bus routes in connection with the projects to Background connecting stations to nearby comply with the National On October 21, 1995, the President, residential, commercial, and Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and invoking the authority, inter alia, of the educational land uses. The project in other documents in the FTA International Emergency Economic would include one operations and administrative record for the projects. Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) maintenance facility, 17 traction power Interested parties may contact either the (IEEPA), issued Executive Order 12978 substations, 25 signal bungalow sites, project sponsor or the relevant FTA (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995) (the seven new light rail transit bridges, and Regional Office for more information. Order). In the Order, the President five reconstructed roadway bridges. Contact information for FTA’s Regional declared a national emergency to deal Final agency actions: Section 4(f) Offices may be found at https:// with the threat posed by significant determination; a Section 106 www.fta.dot.gov. foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Memorandum of Agreement, dated This notice applies to all FTA Colombia and the harm that they cause August 23, 2016; project-level air decisions on the listed projects as of the in the United States and abroad. quality conformity; and a Record of Section 1 of the Order blocks, with issuance date of this notice and all laws Decision, dated September 19, 2016. certain exceptions, all property and under which such actions were taken, Supporting documentation: Final interests in property that are in the including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 Environmental Impact Statement, dated United States, or that hereafter come U.S.C. 4321–4375], Section 4(f) of the July 15, 2016. within the United States or that are or Department of Transportation Act of 1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the Lucy Garliauskas, hereafter come within the possession or National Historic Preservation Act [16 Associate Administrator Planning and control of United States persons, of: (1) U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 Environment. The foreign persons listed in an Annex U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. This notice does [FR Doc. 2016–24216 Filed 10–5–16; 8:45 am] to the Order; (2) any foreign person not, however, alter or extend the BILLING CODE P determined by the Secretary of limitation period for challenges of Treasury, in consultation with the project decisions subject to previous Attorney General and the Secretary of notices published in the Federal DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY State: (a) To play a significant role in Register. The projects and actions that international narcotics trafficking are the subject of this notice are: Office of Foreign Assets Control centered in Colombia; or (b) to 1. Project name and location: materially assist in, or provide financial sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES TramLinkBR Project, City of Baton Unblocking of Specially Designated or technological support for or goods or Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, LA. Nationals and Blocked Persons, services in support of, the narcotics Project sponsor: City of Baton Rouge, Executive Order 12978 trafficking activities of persons Parish of East Baton Rouge. Project AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets designated in or pursuant to the Order; description: The proposed project Control, Treasury. and (3) persons determined by the would construct a modern tram Secretary of the Treasury, in ACTION: Notice. (streetcar) system located in an consultation with the Attorney General VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:46 Oct 05, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1

69570 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 194 / Thursday, October 6, 2016 / Notices and the Secretary of State, to be owned Electronic and Facsimile Availability 8–83638 (Panama); National ID No. or controlled by, or to act for or on This document and additional 326930153 (Israel) (individual) [SDNTK] behalf of, persons designated pursuant information concerning OFAC are (Linked To: I&S HOLDING COMPANY, to the Order. available from OFAC’s Web site at S.A.; Linked To: INDUITEX LTDA.; On September 29, 2016, the Associate (www.treasury.gov/ofac). Linked To: INVERSIONES GILFE S.A.; Director of the Office of Global Linked To: ORBITAL HORIZONS Targeting removed from the SDN List Background CORP.; Linked To: FUNDACION the individual listed below, whose On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin ISSARA; Linked To: property and interests in property were Act was signed into law by the COMERCIALIZADORA blocked pursuant to the Order: President of the United States. The INTERNACIONAL ANDINA Kingpin Act provides a statutory LIMITADA; Linked To: GUBEREK RICARDO DIAZ, Alfonso, Calle 15 No. 10– 52, La Union, Valle, Colombia; c/o CASA framework for the President to impose GRIMBERG E HIJOS Y CIA. S. EN C.; GRAJALES S.A., La Union, Valle, Colombia; sanctions against significant foreign Linked To: CONSTRUCTORA c/o CRETA S.A., La Union, Valle, Colombia; narcotics traffickers and their NACIONAL DE PANAMA S.A.; Linked c/o FREXCO S.A., La Union, Valle, Colombia; organizations on a worldwide basis, To: AVANTI JOYEROS E.U.; Linked To: c/o HEBRON S.A., Tulua, Valle, Colombia; c/ with the objective of denying their COLOMBO PERUANA DE TEJIDOS o WORLD WORKING COMERCIALIZADORA businesses and agents access to the U.S. S.A.). INTERNACIONAL S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o 3. HAKIMI, Ahmad Shah, c/o FUNDACION CENTRO FRUTICOLA financial system and to the benefits of AHMAD SHAH MONEY EXCHANGE, ANDINO, La Union, Valle, Colombia; Cedula trade and transactions involving U.S. Afghanistan; c/o MUSHTAQ SHAHEEN No. 14950952 (Colombia) (individual) persons and entities. CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD MAKING [SDNT]. The Kingpin Act blocks all property COMPANY, Afghanistan; DOB 1971; Dated: September 29, 2016. and interests in property, subject to U.S. Passport OA547045 (Afghanistan); alt. Gregory T. Gatjanis, jurisdiction, owned or controlled by Passport TR039938 (Afghanistan) significant foreign narcotics traffickers Associate Director, Office of Global Targeting, (individual) [SDNTK]. Office of Foreign Assets Control. as identified by the President or the 4. RODRIGUEZ BADILLO, Maria Secretary of the Treasury. In addition, Paloma, Madrid, Spain; DOB 26 Jan [FR Doc. 2016–24186 Filed 10–5–16; 8:45 am] the Secretary of the Treasury consults 1968; POB Madrid, Spain; citizen Spain; BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P with the Attorney General, the Director D.N.I. 33503596–W (Spain) (individual) of the Central Intelligence Agency, the [SDNTK]. Director of the Federal Bureau of DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Entities Investigation, the Administrator of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Drug Enforcement Administration, the 1. AHMAD SHAH MONEY Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of EXCHANGE (a.k.a. AHMAD SHAH Unblocking of Specially Designated State, and the Secretary of Homeland HAKIMI MONEY EXCHANGE; a.k.a. Nationals and Blocked Persons, Security when designating and blocking HAKIMI MONEY EXCHANGE; a.k.a. Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation the property or interests in property, SHAH HAKIMI MONEY EXCHANGE), Act subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons Surai Shahzada, Ground Floor, Shop or entities found to be: (1) Materially No. 7, Kabul, Afghanistan; Sara-e- AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets assisting in, or providing financial or Shahzada Market, Shop No. 7, Kabul, Control, Treasury. technological support for or to, or Afghanistan; Sarayee Shahzada, 1 floor, ACTION: Notice. providing goods or services in support Shop No. 7, Kabul, Afghanistan; Trade of, the international narcotics trafficking License No. 101016 (Afghanistan) SUMMARY: The Department of the activities of a person designated [SDNTK]. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets pursuant to the Kingpin Act; (2) owned, 2. AVANTI JOYEROS E.U. (f.k.a. Control (OFAC) is publishing the names controlled, or directed by, or acting for ‘‘ORLY OVADIA DE GUBEREK of four individuals and five entities or on behalf of, a person designated EMPRESA UNIPERSONAL’’), Calle 17 whose property and interests in pursuant to the Kingpin Act; and/or (3) No. 68D–52, Bogota, Colombia; property have been unblocked pursuant playing a significant role in Matricula Mercantil No 745957 to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin international narcotics trafficking. (Colombia) [SDNTK]. Designation Act (Kingpin Act) (21 On September 29, 2016, the Associate 3. CONSTRUCTORA NACIONAL DE U.S.C. Sections 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. Director of the Office of Global PANAMA S.A., Panama City, Panama; Section 1182). Targeting removed from the SDN List RUC #107196–1–379500 (Panama) DATES: The unblocking and removal the individuals and entities listed [SDNTK]. from the list of Specially Designated below, whose property and interests in 4. GUBEREK GRIMBERG E HIJOS Y Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN property were blocked pursuant to the CIA. S. EN C., Bogota, Colombia; NIT List) of the individuals and entities Kingpin Act. #8000609604 (Colombia) [SDNTK]. identified in this notice whose property 5. MUSHTAQ SHAHEEN Individuals CONSTRUCTION AND ROADMAKING and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective 1. AZIMI, Haji Mohammad Rafi (a.k.a. COMPANY (a.k.a. MUSHTAQ on September 29, 2016. AZIMI, Haji Muhammad Rafi; a.k.a. SHAHEEN LTD), Surai Shahzada, RAFI, Abdul); DOB 15 Feb 1972; POB Ground Floor, Shop No. 7, Surai sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Afghanistan; citizen Afghanistan; Shahzada, Kabul, Afghanistan; Surai Assistant Director, Sanctions Passport OR131106 (Afghanistan) Shahzada, Shop No. 7, Ground Floor, Compliance & Evaluation, Department (individual) [SDNTK]. Surai Shahzada, Kabul, Afghanistan; of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets 2. GUBEREK GRIMBERG, Felipe, Room No. 7, Sarai Shahzada Mandawi, Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: Panama; Safed, Israel; DOB 26 Jun 1968; Kabul District No. 1, Afghanistan; (202) 622–2490. POB Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. Commercial Registry Number 31225 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 80414317 (Colombia); alt. Cedula No. E– (Afghanistan) [SDNTK]. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:46 Oct 05, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the individual identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, is effective on September 29, 2016.
ContactAssistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2490.
FR Citation81 FR 69569 
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