[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80113-80114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of One Specially Designated National Pursuant to 
Executive Order 13224

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is removing the name of one individual from the list of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons whose property and 
interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 
13224 of September 23, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support 
Terrorism. The individual, Azahari BIN HUSIN was designated pursuant to 
Executive Order 13224 on September 5, 2003.

DATES: The removal of the individual from the list of Specially 
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons whose property and interests 
in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 is 
effective as of Tuesday, December 14, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 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 (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of 
1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c, imposing economic sanctions on persons who 
commit, threaten to commit, or support acts of terrorism. The President 
identified in the Annex to the Order various individuals and entities 
as subject to the economic sanctions. The Order authorizes the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
the Attorney General, and (pursuant to Executive Order 13284) the 
Secretary of the Department of

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Homeland Security, to designate additional persons or entities 
determined to meet certain criteria set forth in Executive Order 13224.
    On September 5, 2003, Azahari BIN HUSIN was designated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury. The Department of the Treasury's Office of 
Foreign Assets Control has determined that this individual no longer 
meets the criteria for designation under the Order and is appropriate 
for removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons.
    The following designation is removed from the list of Specially 
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons:

BIN HUSIN, Azahari (a.k.a. BIN HUSAN, Azahari; a.k.a. HUSIN, Azahari); 
DOB 14 Sep 1957; POB Malaysia; nationality Malaysia (individual) [SDGT]

    The removal of this one individual's name from the list of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons is effective as of 
Thursday, December 14, 2010. All property and interests in property of 
the individual that are in or hereafter come within the United States 
or the possession or control of United States persons are now 
unblocked.

    Dated: December 14, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2010-32004 Filed 12-20-10; 8:45 am]
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