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agencies. In addition, because other 

agencies may apply different rules and 

standards than we do for determining 

whether an individual is disabled, this 

may limit the relevance of a 

determination of disability made by 

another agency. However, the 

adjudicator should explain the 

consideration given to these decisions 

in the notice of decision for hearing 

cases and in the case record for initial 

and reconsideration cases. 

Effective Date: This SSR is effective 

upon publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Cross-References: Social Security 

Rulings 96–2p, ‘‘Titles II and XVI: 

Giving Controlling Weight to Treating 

Source Medical Opinions,’’ SSR 96–5p, 

‘‘Titles II and XVI: Medical Source 

Opinions on Issues Reserved to the 

Commissioner’’; Program Operations 

Manual System sections DI 22505.003, 

DI 24515.001, DI 24515.002, DI 

24515.011, and DI 24515.012. 

[FR Doc. E6–12951 Filed 8–8–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5455] 

Bureau of Intelligence and Research; 

Advisory Committee for the Study of 

Eastern Europe and the Independent 

States of the Former Soviet Union; 

Notice of Committee Renewal 

I. Renewal of Advisory Committee 

The Department of State has renewed 

the Charter of the Advisory Committee 

for the Study of Eastern Europe and the 

Independent States of the Former Soviet 

Union. This advisory committee makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

State on funding for applications 

submitted for the Research and Training 

Program on Eastern Europe and the 

Independent States of the Former Soviet 

Union (Title VIII). These applications 

are submitted in response to an annual 

open competition among U.S. national 

organizations with interest and 

expertise administering research and 

training programs in the Russian, 

Eurasian, and Central and East 

European fields. The program seeks to 

build and sustain U.S. expertise on 

these regions through support for 

advanced graduate training, language 

training, and postdoctoral research. 

The committee includes 

representatives of the Secretaries of 

Defense and Education, the Librarian of 

Congress, and the Presidents of the 

American Association for the 

Advancement of Slavic Studies and the 

Association of American Universities. 

The Assistant Secretary for Intelligence 

and Research chairs the advisory 

committee for the Secretary of State. 

The committee meets at least once 

annually to recommend grant policies 

and recipients. 

For further information, please call 

Susie Baker, INR/RES, U.S. Department 

of State, (202) 647–0243. 

Dated: July 31, 2006. 

Susan H. Nelson, 

Executive Director, Acting Advisory 

Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and 

the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

Union, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E6–12981 Filed 8–8–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5486] 

Determination To Waive the 

Certification Requirement That the 

Government of Afghanistan Is 

Cooperating Fully With U.S.-Funded 

Poppy Eradication and Interdiction 

Efforts in Afghanistan 

Pursuant to the Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 

(Pub. L. 109–102) (‘‘the Act’’) under the 

heading Economic Support Fund, 

provisos 11 through 13, and the May 8, 

2006 Assignment of Function from the 

President to the Secretary of State, I 

hereby determine that it is vital to the 

national security interests of the United 

States to waive the requirement that the 

Secretary of State certify to the 

Committees on Appropriations that the 

Government of Afghanistan at both the 

national and local level is cooperating 

fully with the United States-funded 

poppy eradication and interdiction 

efforts in Afghanistan. 

This determination shall be reported 

to the Congress, accompanied by a 

report in accordance with the Act, and 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: May 22, 2006. 

Condoleezza Rice, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E6–12980 Filed 8–8–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5487] 

Certification Related to Aerial 

Eradication in Colombia Under the 

Andean Counterdrug Initiative Section 

of the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, Division D, 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2006, (Pub. L. 109–102) 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

as Secretary of State, including under 

the Andean Counterdrug Initiative 

section of the Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, Division D, 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2006, 

(Pub. L. 109–102) (the ‘‘FOAA’’), I 

hereby determine and certify that: (1) 

The herbicide mixture used for 

fumigation of illicit crops in Colombia 

is being used in accordance with EPA 

label requirements for comparable use 

in the United States and in accordance 

with Colombian laws; and (2) the 

herbicide mixture, in the manner it is 

being used, does not pose unreasonable 

risks or adverse effects to humans or the 

environment, including endemic 

species; (3) that complaints of harm to 

health or licit crops caused by such 

fumigation are evaluated and fair 

compensation is being paid for 

meritorious claims; and (4) that 

programs are being implemented by the 

United States Agency for International 

Development, the Government of 

Colombia, or other organizations, in 

consultation with local communities, to 

provide alternative sources of income in 

areas where security permits for smallacreage growers whose illicit crops are 

targeted for fumigation. 

This Certification shall be published 

in the Federal Register and copies shall 

be transmitted to the appropriate 

committees of Congress. 

Dated: July 20, 2006. 

Condoleezza Rice, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; Senior 

Executive Service; Financial 

Management Performance Review 

Board (PRB) 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

appointment of members to the 

Financial Management Service (FMS) 

Performance Review Board (PRB). 

DATES: This notice is effective on 

August 9, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith R. Tillman, Deputy 

Commissioner, Financial Management 

Service, 401 14th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC; telephone (202) 874–

7000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice is 

given of the appointment of individuals 

to serve as members of the FMS PRB. 

This Board reviews the performance 

appraisals of career senior executives 

below the Assistant Commissioner level 

and makes recommendations regarding 

ratings, bonuses, and other personnel 

actions. Four voting members constitute 

a quorum. The names and titles of the 

FMS PRB members are as follows: 

Primary Members 

Judith R. Tillman, Deputy 

Commissioner 

Gary Grippo, Assistant Commissioner, 

Federal Finance 

J. Martin Mills, Assistant Commissioner, 

Debt Management Services 

Wanda Rogers, Assistant Commissioner, 

Financial Operations 

Charles R. Simpson, Assistant 

Commissioner, Information Resources 

D. James Sturgill, Assistant 

Commissioner, Governmentwide 

Accounting 

Alternate Member 

Scott H. Johnson, Assistant 

Commissioner, Management (Chief 

Financial Officer) 

Dated: August 4, 2006. 

Judith R. Tillman, 

Deputy Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of Individuals 

and Entities Pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing updated 

information on the names of twenty-two 

individuals whose property and 

interests in property are 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.’’

DATES: The updating of this information 

by the Secretary of the Treasury for the 

twenty-two individuals identified in 

this notice pursuant to Executive Order 

13224 is effective on July 27, 2006. 

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. 

SUPPLENTARY IMFORMATION: 

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. In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to 

address grave acts of terrorism and 

threats of terrorism committed by 

foreign terrorists, including the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in 

New York, Pennsylvania, and at the 

Pentagon. The Order imposes economic 

sanctions on persons who commit, 

threaten to commit, or support acts of 

terrorism. The President identified in 

the Annex to the Order, as amended by 

Executive Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 

13 individuals and 16 entities as subject 

to the economic sanctions. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in or 

hereafter come within the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 

foreign persons determined by the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to have committed, or to pose 

a significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States; (3) persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State, 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to be owned or controlled by, 

or to act for or on behalf of those 

persons listed in the Annex to the Order 

or those persons determined to be 

subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) 

of the Order; and (4) except as provided 

in section 5 of the Order and after such 

consultation, if any, with foreign 

authorities as the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the Attorney General, deems 

appropriate in the exercise of his 

discretion, persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State, 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to assist in, sponsor, or provide 

financial, material, or technological 

support for, or financial or other 

services to or in support of, such acts of 

terrorism or those persons listed in the 

Annex to the Order or determined to be 

subject to the Order or to be otherwise 

associated with those persons listed in 

the Annex to the Order or those persons 

determined to be subject to subsection 

1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the Order. 

On July 27, 2006, the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security, the 

Attorney General, and other relevant 

agencies, updated the information for 

twenty-two individuals whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

The updated information for the 

twenty-two individuals is as follows: 

1. ABDELHEDI, Mohamed Ben 

Mohamed (a.k.a. ABDELHEDI, 

Mohamed Ben Mohamed Ben Khalifa), 

via Catalani, n. 1, Varese, Italy; DOB 10 

Aug 1965; POB Sfax, Tunisia; 

nationality Tunisia; Italian Fiscal Code 

BDLMMD65M10Z352S; Passport 

L965734 issued 6 Feb 1999 expires 5 

Feb 2004. 

2. AHMAD, Farhad Kanabi (a.k.a. 

HAMAWANDI, Kawa; a.k.a. OMAR 

ACHMED, Kaua), Lochhamer Str. 115, 

Munich 81477, Germany; Kempten 

Prison, Germany; DOB 1 Jul 1971; POB 

Arbil, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Travel 

Document Number A0139243. 

3. AL SAADI, Faraj Farj Hassan (a.k.a. 

AL SA’IDI, Faraj Faraj Hussein; a.k.a. 

IMAD MOUHAMED ABDELLAH; a.k.a. 

MOHAMDED ABDULLA IMAD; a.k.a. 

MUHAMAD ABDULLAH IMAD; a.k.a. 

‘‘HAMZA AL LIBI’’), Viale Bligny 42, 

Milan, Italy; DOB 28 Nov 1980; POB 

Libya; alt. POB Gaza; alt. POB Jordan; 

alt. POB Palestine; nationality Libya alt. 


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