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1From August 21, 1994 through November 12, 

2000, the Act was in lapse. During that period, the 

President, through Executive Order 12924, which 

had been extended by successive Presidential 

Notices, the last of which was August 3, 2000 (3 

CFR, 2000 Comp. 397 (2001)), continued the 

Regulations in effect under the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

§§ 1701–1706 (2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). On November 13, 

2000, the Act was reauthorized and it remained in 

effect through August 20, 2001. Since August 21, 

2001, the Act has been in lapse and the President, 

through Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 

(3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), as extended by the 

Notice of August 2, 2005 (70 FR 45273, August 5, 

2005), has continued the Regulations in effect under 

IEEPA. 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at DHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Shannon Burnett, U.S. 

Census Bureau, FOB 3, Room 3340, 

Washington, DC 20233–8400, at (301) 

763–3806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance for the collection of data 

concerning the Annual Social and 

Economic Supplement (ASEC), formerly 

known as the Annual Demographic 

Survey, to be conducted in conjunction 

with the February, March, and April 

CPS. The Census Bureau has conducted 

this supplement annually for over 50 

years. The Census Bureau, the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, and the Department of 

Health and Human Services sponsor 

this supplement. 

In the ASEC, we collect information 

on work experience, personal income, 

noncash benefits, health insurance 

coverage, and migration. The work 

experience items in the ASEC provide a 

unique measure of the dynamic nature 

of the labor force as viewed over a oneyear period. These items produce 

statistics that show movements in and 

out of the labor force by measuring the 

number of periods of unemployment 

experienced by people, the number of 

different employers worked for during 

the year, the principal reasons for 

unemployment, and part-/full-time 

attachment to the labor force. We can 

make indirect measurements of 

discouraged workers and others with a 

casual attachment to the labor market. 

The income data from the ASEC are 

used by social planners, economists, 

government officials, and market 

researchers to gauge the economic wellbeing of the country as a whole and 

selected population groups of interest. 

Government planners and researchers 

use these data to monitor and evaluate 

the effectiveness of various assistance 

programs. Market researchers use these 

data to identify and isolate potential 

customers. Social planners use these 

data to forecast economic conditions 

and to identify special groups that seem 

to be especially sensitive to economic 

fluctuations. Economists use ASEC data 

to determine the effects of various 

economic forces, such as inflation, 

recession, recovery, and so on, and their 

differential effects on various 

population groups. 

A prime statistic of interest is the 

classification of people in poverty and 

how this measurement has changed over 

time for various groups. Researchers 

evaluate ASEC income data not only to 

determine poverty levels but also to 

determine whether government 

programs are reaching eligible 

households. 

Congressional passage of the State 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

(SCHIP), or Title XXI, led to a mandate 

from Congress, in 1999, that the sample 

size for the CPS, and specifically the 

ASEC, be increased to a level whereby 

more reliable estimates can be derived 

for the number of individuals 

participating in this program at the state 

level. By administering the ASEC in 

February, March, and April, rather than 

only in March as in the past, we have 

been able to achieve this goal. The total 

number of respondents has not been 

upwardly affected by this change. 

II. Method of Collection 

The ASEC information will be 

collected by both personal visit and 

telephone interviews in conjunction 

with the regular February, March and 

April CPS interviewing. All interviews 

are conducted using computer-assisted 

interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0607–0354. 

Form Number: There are no forms. 

We conduct all interviewing on 

computers. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

78,000. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There 

are no costs to the respondents other 

than their time to answer the CPS 

questions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Section 182; and Title 29, 

United States Code, Sections 1–9. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; 

Asher Karni; Pakland PME Corporation 

and Humayun Khan; In the Matter of: 

Asher Karni, Federal Inmate 

Registration Number: 32338–016, Fort 

Dix FCI, Fort Dix, NJ 08640, 

Respondent: and Pakland PME 

Corporation, Unit 7&8, 2nd Floor, 

Mohammadi Plaza, Jinnah Avenue, 

Blue Area, F–6/4, Islamabad-44000, 

Pakistan; Humayun Khan, Unit 7&8, 

2nd Floor, Mohammadi Plaza, Jinnah 

Avenue, Bule Area, F–64, Islamabad44000, Pakistan, Related Persons; 

Order Denying Export Privileges 

A. Denial of Export Privileges of Asher 

Karni 

On August 4, 2005, in the U.S. District 

Court in the District of Columbia, Asher 

Karni (‘‘Karni’’ or ‘‘Respondent’’) was 

convicted of violating the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as amended 

(currently codified at 50 U.S.C. app. 

§§ 2401–2420 (2000)) (the ‘‘Act’’).1

Karni was found guilty of willfully 

exporting and attempting to export two 

oscilloscopes and triggered spark gaps 

from the United States to Pakistan via 

South Africa without having first 

obtained the required export licenses 

from the Department of Commerce. 


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2The Regulations are currently codified at 15 CFR 

Parts 730–744 (2006). 

Karni was sentenced to three years 

imprisonment and two years of 

supervised release following 

imprisonment. He is scheduled to be 

released on August 12, 2006. 

Section 11(h) of the Act and Section 

766.25 of the Export Administration 

Regulations (‘‘Regulations’’) 2 provide, 

in pertinent part, that ‘‘([t]he Director of 

Exporter Services, in consultation with 

the Director of the Office of Export 

Enforcement, may deny export 

privileges of any person who has been 

convicted of a violation of * * * the 

Act,’’ for a period not to exceed 10 years 

from the date of conviction. 15 CFR 

Sections 766.25(a) and (d). In addition, 

section 750.8 of the Regulations states 

that BIS’s Office of Exporter Services 

may revoke any BIS licenses previously 

issued in which the person had an 

interest in at the time of this conviction. 

I have received notice of Karni’s 

conviction for violating the Act, and 

have provided notice and an 

opportunity for Karni to make a written 

submission to the Bureau of Industry 

and Security as provided in section 

766.25 of the Regulations. I have also 

received a written submission from 

Karni and have decided, following 

consultations with the Office of Export 

Enforcement, including its Director, to 

deny Karni’s export privileges under the 

Regulations for a period of 10 years from 

the date of Karni’s conviction. 

B. Denial of Export Privileges of Related 

Persons 

In addition, pursuant to Sections 

766.25(h) and 766.23 of the Regulations, 

the Director, Office of Exporter Services, 

in consultation with the Director, Office 

of Export Enforcement, may take action 

to name persons related to the 

Respondent by ownership, control, 

position of responsibility, affiliation, or 

other connection in the conduct of trade 

or business in order to prevent evasion 

of the Order. I gave notice to Parkland 

PME Corporation (‘‘Pakland’’) and 

Humayun Khan (‘‘Khan’’) by Federal 

Express, notifying them that their export 

privileges under the Regulations could 

be denied for up to 10 years as BIS 

believes that these entities are related to 

Karni and including them in the Karni 

Order is necessary to prevent evasion. 

The basis for naming these entities to 

the Karni order include the fact that 

Karni, and his company, Top Cape 

Technology, acted in concert with Khan 

and Pakland to divert U.S. origin goods 

to Pakistan. 

Having received no submission from 

Khan and Pakland, I have decided, 

following consultations with the Office 

of Export Enforcement, including its 

Director, to name Khan and Pakland as 

related persons to the Karni Denial 

Order, thereby denying their export 

privileges for 10 years from the date of 

Karni’s conviction. 

I have also decided to revoke all 

licenses issued pursuant to the Act or 

Regulations in which Karni, Khan and 

Pakland had an interest at the time of 

Karni’s conviction. The 10-year denial 

period ends on August 4, 2015. 

Accordingly, it is hereby Ordered: 

I. Until August 4, 2015, Asher Karni, 

Federal Inmate Registration Number: 

32338–016, Fort Dix FCI, Fort Dix, NJ 

08640, and when acting for or on his 

behalf, his employees, agents or 

representatives, (‘‘the Denied Person’’) 

and the following persons related to the 

Denied Person as defined by Section 

766.23 of the Regulations, Pakland PME 

Corporation, Unit 7&8, 2nd Floor, 

Mohammadi Plaza, Jinnah Avenue, Blue 

Area, F–6/4, Islamabad–44000, Pakistan 

and Humayun Khan, Unit 7&8, 2nd 

Floor, Mohammadi Plaza, Jinnah 

Avenue, Blue Area, F–6/4, Islamabad–

44000, Pakistan, and when acting for or 

on their behalf, their employees, agents 

or representatives, (‘‘The Related 

Persons’’) (together, the Denied Person 

and the Related Persons are ‘‘Persons 

Subject To This Order’’) may not, 

directly or indirectly, participate in any 

way in any transaction involving any 

commodity, software or technology 

(hereinafter collectively referred to as 

‘‘item’’ exported or to be exported from 

the United States that is subject to the 

Regulations, or in any other activity 

subject to the Regulations, including, 

but not limited to: 

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using 

any license, License Exception, or 

export control document; 

B. Carrying on negotiations 

concerning, or ordering, buying, 

receiving, using, selling, delivering, 

storing, disposing of, forwarding, 

transporting, financing, or otherwise 

servicing in any way, any transaction 

involving any item exported or to be 

exported from the United States that is 

subject to the Regulations, or in any 

other activity subject to the Regulations; 

or 

C. Benefitting in any way from any 

transaction involving any item exported 

or to be exported from the United States 

that is subject to the Regulations, or in 

any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

II. No person may, directly or 

indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export or reexport to or on behalf 

of the Persons Subject To This Order 

any item subject to the Regulations; 

B. Take any action that facilitates the 

acquisition or attempted acquisition by 

the Persons Subject To This Order of the 

ownership, possession, or control of any 

item subject to the Regulations that has 

been or will be exported from the 

United States, including financing or 

other support activities related to a 

transaction whereby the Persons Subject 

To This Order acquires or attempts to 

acquire such ownership, possession or 

control; 

C. Take any action to acquire from or 

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted 

acquisition from the Persons Subject To 

This Order of any item subject to the 

Regulations that has been exported from 

the United States; 

D. Obtain from the Persons Subject To 

This Order in the United States any item 

subject to the Regulations with 

knowledge or reason to know that the 

item will be, or is intended to be, 

exported from the United States; or 

E. Engage in any transaction to service 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been or will be exported from the 

United States and which is owned, 

possessed or controlled by the Persons 

Subject To This Order, or service any 

item, of whatever origin, that is owned, 

possessed or controlled by the Persons 

Subject To This Order if such service 

involves the use of any item subject to 

the Regulations that has been or will be 

exported from the United States. For 

purposes of this paragraph, servicing 

means installation, maintenance, repair, 

modification or testing. 

III. In addition to the Related Persons 

named above, after notice and 

opportunity for comment as provided in 

section 766.23 of the Regulations, any 

other person, firm, corporation, or 

business organization related to Karni 

by affiliation, ownership, control, or 

position of responsibility in the conduct 

of trade or related services may also be 

made subject to the provisions of this 

Order if necessary to prevent evasion of 

the Order. 

IV. This Order does not prohibit any 

export, reexport, or other transaction 

subject to the Regulations where the 

only items involved that are subject to 

the Regulations are the foreignproduced direct product of U.S.-origin 

technology. 

V. This Order is effective immediately 

and shall remain in effect until August 

4, 2015. 

VI. In accordance with Part 756 of the 

Regulations, Karni may file an appeal of 

this Order with the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Industry and Security. 

The appeal must be filed within 45 days 

from the date of this Order and must 

comply with the provisions of Part 756 

of the Regulations. 


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VII. In accordance with Section 

766.23(c), Khan and Pakland may file an 

appeal with the Administrative Law 

Judge. 

VIII. A copy of this Order shall be 

delivered to Karni and the Related 

Persons. This Order shall be published 

in the Federal Register. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

Eileen M. Albanese, 

Director, Office of Exporter Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–6716 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 071306I ] 

Endangered Species; Permit Nos. 

1579, 1555, and 1545 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; Issuance of permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the following groups have been issued 

scientific research or enhancement 

permits to take shortnose sturgeon 

(Acipenser brevirostrum): 

Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. 

(Edward P. Taft, Responsible Party), 30 

Shrewsbury Street, Holden, MA 01520 

(Permit No. 1579); 

David J. Stier, Springfield Science 

Museum, 220 State Street, Springfield, 

MA 01103 (Permit No. 1555); and 

North Carolina Zoological Park (John 

D. Groves, Principal Investigator), 4401 

Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205 

(Permit No. 1545). 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

All documents: Permits, Conservation 

and Education Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713–

2289; fax (301)427–2521; 

For Permit Nos. 1579 and 1555: 

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9328; fax 

(978)281–9394; and 

For Permit No. 1545: Southeast 

Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone 

(727)824–5312; fax (727)824–5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Swails or Jennifer Skidmore at 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

requested permits have been issued 

under the authority of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the 

regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatened species (50 CFR parts 

222–226). 

Permit No. 1579: On May 26, 2006, 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 30385) that a request for 

a scientific research permit to take 

shortnose sturgeon had been submitted 

by Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. 

Alden will perform research on 

entrainment and impingement rates for 

selected bar rack and bypass 

configurations in attempt to identify 

design criteria for a downstream passage 

facility at the Hadley Falls Hydroelectric 

Project on the Connecticut River. The 

applicant will use captive-bred sturgeon 

and all testing will take place in the 

Alden Lab testing flume. During the first 

year of the permit up to 70 sturgeon will 

be transported from hatcheries, 

measured, handled, Passive Integrated 

Transponder tagged, and participate in 

the flume testing. During the remaining 

four years up to 200 sturgeon will 

participate in the study annually. At the 

end of the five-year study the sturgeon 

will be sacrificed. 

Permit Nos. 1555 and 1545: On 

November 4, 2005 and November 10, 

2005, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 67141 and 70 

FR 68398) that requests for 

enhancement permits to take shortnose 

sturgeon had been submitted by David 

Steir and the North Carolina Zoological 

Park (John D. Groves, Principal 

Investigator), respectively. Mr. Steir will 

obtain and use five captive-bred, nonreleaseable juvenile shortnose sturgeon 

from the Silvio O. Conte Anadramous 

Fish Research Center in Turners Falls, 

MA. The North Carolina Zoological Park 

will use ten captive-bred, nonreleaseable shortnose sturgeon from the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Warm 

Springs National Fish Hatchery for the 

purposes of educational display. The 

proposed projects to display endangered 

cultured shortnose sturgeon respond 

directly to a recommendation from the 

NMFS recovery plan outline for this 

species. These sturgeon displays will be 

used to increase public awareness of the 

shortnose sturgeon and its status. The 

proposed projects will educate the 

public on shortnose sturgeon life history 

and the reasons for the species decline. 

The permits are issued for 5 years. 

Issuance of these permits, as required 

by the ESA, was based on a finding that 

these permits (1) Were applied for in 

good faith, (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 060725202–6202✖ I.D. No. 

072006D] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 

90–Day Finding for a Petition To List 

the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale as an 

Endangered Species 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of 90–day petition 

finding. 

SUMMARY: We (NMFS) announce a 90–

day finding on a petition to list the Cook 

Inlet beluga whale as an endangered 

species under the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA). We find that the petition 

presents substantial scientific or 

commercial information indicating that 

the petitioned action may be warranted. 

DATES: The finding announced in this 

document was made on August 7, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

petition should be addressed to NMFS, 

Protected Resources Division, 709 West 

9th Street, Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802–1668. The petition may also be 

viewed on our Web site at http:// 

www.fakr.noaa.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad 

Smith, NMFS, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, AK 99517, telephone (907) 

271–5006, fax (907) 271–3030; Kaja 

Brix, NMFS, (907)586–7235, fax (907) 

586–7012; or Marta Nammack, NMFS, 

(301)713ndash;1401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

20, 2006, we received a petition from 

Trustees For Alaska to list the Cook 

Inlet beluga whale as endangered under 

the ESA. Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the ESA 

requires, to the maximum extent 

practicable, that within 90 days of 

receipt of a petition to designate a 

species as threatened or endangered, the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) make 

a finding on whether that petition 


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