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Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN 

List’’) of the seven individuals and one 

entity 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 11, 2009. 

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) via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on 

demand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. 

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 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 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 

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 11, 2009, OFAC 

removed from the SDN List the seven 

individuals and one entity listed below, 

whose property and interests in 

property were blocked pursuant to the 

Order: 

LEON, Hector, c/o MANUFACTURAS REAL 

S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 29 Jan 1954; 

POB Viota, Cundinamarca, Colombia; 

Cedula No. 19251100 (Colombia); Passport 

P026720 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 

GIL GUIO, Alexandra, c/o DURATEX S.A., 

Bogota, Colombia; c/o PROMOCIONES E 

INVERSIONES LAS PALMAS S.A., Bogota, 

Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCTORA IRAKA 

S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o C.I. OTILIA 

FLOWERS S.A., Cajica, Cundinamarca, 

Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCTORA 

AMERICA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 11 

Oct 1973; POB Colombia; Cedula No. 

52145376 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 

LOZANO OSPINA, Max Abilio, c/o 

DURATEX S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o 

PROMOCIONES E INVERSIONES LAS 

PALMAS S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o C.I. 

OTILIA FLOWERS S.A., Cajica, 

Cundinamarca, Colombia; c/o 

CONSTRUCTORA AMERICA S.A., Bogota, 

Colombia; DOB 23 May 1971; POB 

Colombia; Cedula No. 79248772 

(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 

SERNA GOMEZ, Adriana Maria, c/o 

DROBLAM S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 22 

Jan 1971; Cedula No. 34600630 (Colombia); 

Passport 34600630 (Colombia) (individual) 

[SDNT] 

LOPRETTO DURAN, Jorge Enrique, Carrera 4 

No. 12–20 of. 206, Cartago, Valle, 

Colombia; c/o INMOBILIARIA EL 

ESCORIAL LTDA., Cartago, Valle, 

Colombia; c/o INMOBILIARIA LINARES 

LTDA., Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o 

INMOBILIARIA PASADENA LTDA., 

Cartago, Valle, Colombia; c/o VISCAYA 

LTDA., Cartago, Valle, Colombia; DOB 8 

Aug 1962; Cedula No. 16215409 

(Colombia); Passport 16215409 (Colombia) 

(individual) [SDNT] 

ANDRADE MENDEZ, Gerardo, c/o 

ADMINISTRADORA DE SERVICIOS 

VARIOS CALIMA S.A., Cali, Colombia; 

c/o CHAMARTIN S.A., Cali, Colombia; 

DOB 17 Jul 1962; Cedula No. 12189130 

(Colombia); Passport 12189130 (Colombia) 

(individual) [SDNT] 

QUINONEZ TORRES, Sergio Plinio, c/o 

ADMINISTRADORA DE SERVICIOS 

VARIOS CALIMA S.A., Cali, Colombia; 

c/o CHAMARTIN S.A., Cali, Colombia; 

Cedula No. 16723852 (Colombia); Passport 

16723852 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 

FARMATODO S.A., Diagonal 17 No. 28A–39, 

Bogota, Colombia; Diagonal 17 No. 28A– 

80, Bogota, Colombia [SDNT] 

Dated: September 11, 2009. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

National Research Advisory Council; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the National Research Advisory 

Council will hold a meeting on Monday, 

October 26, 2009, in room GL–20 at the 

Greenhoot Cohen Building, 1722 Eye 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. and 

end at 3 p.m. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Council is to 

provide external advice and review for 

VA’s research mission. The agenda will 

include a review of the VA research 

portfolio and a summary of current 

budget allocations. The Council will 

also provide feedback on the direction/ 

focus of VA’s research initiatives. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend the meeting or wishing further 

information should contact Jay A 

Freedman, PhD, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 461–1699. Oral 

comments from the public will not be 

accepted at the meeting. Written 

statements or comments should be 

transmitted electronically to 

jay.freedman@va.gov or mailed to Dr. 

Freedman at Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Office of Research and 

Development (12), 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 

Dated: September 14, 2009. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

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