### 13142 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 26, 2013 / Notices

Dated:February 14, 2013.
Robin J. Lerner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Private Sector Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8199]**

**Designation of the Center for Innovation and Technology**  **Cooperation (CITC), Pentane Chemistry Industries (PCI), and** 
**Hossein Tanideh Pursuant to**
**Executive Order 13382**

**AGENCY :**  Department of State.

**ACTION :**  Designation of the Center for Innovation and Technology Cooperation (CITC), Pentane Chemistry Industries (PCI), and Hossein Tanideh Pursuant to

E.O. 13382.

**SUMMARY :**  Pursuant to the authority in section 1(ii) of Executive Order 13382, ‘‘Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters,’’ the State Department, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, has
determined that the Center for Innovation and Technology Cooperation (CITC), Pentane Chemistry Industries (PCI), and Hossein Tanideh, have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation concern.

**DATES :**  The designation by the Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security of the entity identified in this notice pursuant
to Executive Order 13382 is effective on July 12, 2012.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Director, Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202–647–5193.

Background

On June 28, 2005, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order 13382 (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005) (the ‘‘Order’’), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 30, 2005. In the
Order the President took additional steps with respect to the national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.

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 the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation concern; (3) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to have provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction described in clause (2) above or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order; and (4) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the
Order.

Information on the additional designee is as follows:

Center for Innovation and Technology

Cooperation, A.K.A. CITC, A.K.A. Technology Cooperation Office, A.K.A. TCO, A.K.A. Office of Scientific and Technical Cooperation, F.K.A. Presidency Office of Scientific and Industrial Studies (POSIS), F.K.A.
Office of Scientific and Industrial Studies (OSIS). Location: Tehran,

Iran. Pentane Chemistry Industries, A.K.A. PCI, A.K.A. Pentane Chemistry Industries Company. Location: 5th Floor, No. 192, Darya and Paknejad Blv. Cross Section, Shahrak Gharb, Tehran, Iran. Hossein Tanideh, D.O.B. 9 June 1964,

passport number H13781445; expiration: 9 June 2013.

Dated: July 9, 2012.

Rose Gottemoeller Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 2013–04425 Filed 2–25–13; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8201]**

**Additional Designation of Faratech, Neda Industrial Group, Towlid Abzar**  **Boreshi Iran, Tarh O Palayesh, Amir Hossein Rahimyar, and Mohammad** 
**Reza Rezvanianzadeh Pursuant to**
**Executive Order 13382**

**AGENCY :**  Department of State.

**ACTION :**  Designation of Six Iranian
Entities and Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382.

**SUMMARY :**  Pursuant to the authority in section 1(ii) of Executive Order 13382, ‘‘Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters’’, the State Department, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, has determined that Faratech, Neda Industrial Group, Towlid Abzar Boreshi Iran, Tarh O Palayesh, Amir Hossein Rahimyar, and Mohammad Reza Rezvanianzadeh have engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation concern.

**DATES :**  The designation by the Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security of the entity identified in this notice pursuant
to Executive Order 13382 is effective on December 13, 2012.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Director, Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202–647–5193.


### 13143 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 26, 2013 / Notices

Background

On June 28, 2005, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order 13382 (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005) (the ‘‘Order’’), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 30, 2005. In the
Order the President took additional steps with respect to the national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.

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 the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery, including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation concern; (3) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to have provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction described in clause (2) above or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order; and (4) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the
Order.

Information on the additional designee is as follows:

FARATECH AKA: Faratech Company Location: Ghezelbash 15, Tohid St.,

Isfahan, Iran.

NEDA INDUSTRIAL GROUP Location: Address Number 10 & 12, 64th Street, Yousef Abad Avenue, Tehran,

Iran.
TOWLID ABZAR BORESHI IRAN

AKA: TABA AKA: TABA Company AKA: Iran Cutting Tools Company Location: Northwest of Karaj at Km 55

Qazvin (alt. Ghazvin) Highway, Haljerd, Iran Location: No. 66 Sarhang Sakhaei St.,

Hafez Avenue, Tehran, Iran

TARH O PALAYESH Location: Tehran, Iran

AMIR HOSSEIN RAHIMYAR Address: #15, Golestan Alley, Baradaran

Shahid Rahimi St, Imam Khomeini Ave, Lavasan, Tehran, Iran. DOB: January 31, 1974 POB: Tehran, Iran

MOHAMMAD REZA

REZVANIANZADEH DOB: December 11, 1969
National ID: 118–984105–3

Dated: December 12, 2012.

Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State.

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary of Transportation** 

**Notice of Funding Availability for the Small Business Transportation**  **Resource Center Program**

**AGENCY :**  Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).

**ACTION :**  Notice of Funding Availability for the Mid-South Atlantic Region.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announces the opportunityfor; (1) Business centered communitybased organizations; (2) transportationrelated trade associations; (3) colleges and universities; (4) community colleges or; (5) chambers of commerce, registered
with the Internal Revenue Service as 501 C (6) or 501 C (3) tax-exempt organizations, to compete for participation in OSDBU’s Small Business Transportation ResourceCenter (SBTRC) program in the MidSouth Atlantic Region.

OSDBU will enter into Cooperative Agreements with these organizations to provide outreach to the small business community in their designated region and provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, business assessment, management training, counseling, marketing and outreach, and the dissemination of information, to encourage and assist
small businesses to become better prepared to compete for, obtain, andmanage DOT funded transportationrelated contracts and subcontracts at the federal, state and local levels. Throughout this notice, the term ‘‘small business’’ will refer to: 8(a), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), women owned small businesses (WOSB), HubZone, service disabled veteran owned businesses (SDVOB), and
veteran owned small businesses (VOSB). Throughout this notice, ‘‘transportation-related’’ is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nation’s modes of transportation.

Funding Opportunity Number:

USDOT–OST–OSDBU–SBTRC2013–3.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.910 Assistance to Small and Disadvantaged

Businesses.

Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.

Award Ceiling: $140,000. Award Floor: $120,000. Program Authority: DOT is authorized under 49 U.S.C. 332 (b) (4), (5) & (7) to design and carry out programs to assist small disadvantaged businesses in getting transportation-related contracts and subcontracts; develop support mechanisms, including management and technical services, that will enable small disadvantaged businesses to take advantage of those business opportunities; and to make arrangements to carry out the above

purposes.

**DATES :**  Complete Proposals must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via email on or before March 25, 2013 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). Proposals received after the deadline will be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed. The applicant is advised to request delivery receipt
notification for email submissions. DOT plans to give notice of award for the competed region on or before April 11,

2013.

**ADDRESSES :**  Applications must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via
email at SBTRC@dot.gov.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For further information concerning this notice, contact Ms. Patricia Martin, Program Analyst, U.S. Department of