### 40862 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 14, 2010 / Notices

1 By letter filed on July 7, 2010, GTW amended its notice of exemption. **DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice: 7087]**

**Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Imposition of**  **Sanctions Against Foreign Entities, Including a Ban on U.S. Government** 

**Procurement**

**AGENCY :**  Department of State.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  A determination has been made that a number of foreign entities and one foreign person have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran since January 1, 1999, the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since January 1, 2005, or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea since January 1, 2006, of equipment and technology controlled under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group, Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The latter category includes (a) items of the
same kind as those on multilateral lists but falling below the control list parameters, when it is determined that such items have the potential of making
a material contribution to WMD or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) other items with the potential of making such a material contribution, when added through case-by-case decisions, and (c) items on U.S. national control
lists for WMD/missile reasons that are
not on multilateral lists.

**DATES :**  Effective Date: July 14, 2010.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  On general issues: Stephen J. Tomchik, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Department of State, Telephone (202) 647–7383. For U.S. Government procurement ban issues: Kimberly Triplett, Office of the Procurement Executive, Department of State, Telephone: (703) 875–4079.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109–353), the U.S. Government determined on June 30, 2010, that the
measures authorized in Section 3 of the Act shall apply to the following foreign persons identified in the report submitted pursuant to Section 2(a) of
the Act:

BelTechExport (Belarus) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Mr. Karl Lee (China); Dalian Sunny Industries (China) also known as: LIMMT (Dalian) Metallurgy and Minerals Co., LIMMT (Dalian) Economic and Trade Organization, and Liaoning Industry & Trade Co., Ltd. (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Shanghai Technical By-Products International (STBPI) (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Zibo Chemet Equipment Company (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Defense Industries Organization (Iran) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Shahid Bakeri Industries Group(SBIG) (Iran) and any successor, subunit, or subsidiary thereof;

Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) (North Korea) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the following measures are imposed on these entities:

1. No department or agency of the United States Government may procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of any goods, technology, or services from these foreign persons, except to the extent that the Secretary of State otherwise may have determined;

2. No department or agency of the United States Government may provide any assistance to the foreign persons, and these persons shall not be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the United States Government, except to the extent that the Secretary of State otherwise may have determined;

3. No United States Government sales to the foreign persons of any item on the
United States Munitions List are permitted, and all sales to these persons of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act are terminated; and

4. No new individual licenses shall be granted for the transfer to these foreign persons of items the export of which is controlled under the Export
Administration Act of 1979 of the Export Administration Regulations, and any existing such licenses are suspended.

These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments and agencies of the United States Government and will remain in place for two years from the effective date, except to the extent that the Secretary of State may subsequently determine
otherwise. A new determination will be
made in the event that circumstances change in such a manner as to warrant a change in the duration of sanctions.

Dated: July 7, 2010.

Rose E. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 2010–17178 Filed 7–13–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–27–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Surface Transportation Board**

**[Docket No. AB 31 (Sub-No. 42X)]**

**Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company—Abandonment Exemption—**  **in Macomb County, MI**

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (GTW) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 Subpart F– Exempt Abandonments to abandon its line of railroad between milepost 0.00 and milepost 0.42, a distance of 0.42 miles, in Richmond, Macomb County, Mich. The line
traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 48062. 1

GTW has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic to be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court
or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 USC 10502(d) must
be filed.