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1The Act expired on August 20, 1994, Executive

Order 12924 (3 CFR, 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)),

which has been extended by successive Presidential

Notices, the most recent being that of August 3,

2000 (65 FR 48347, August 8, 2000), continued the

Regulations in effect under the International

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

1701–1706 (1991 & Supp. 2000)).

2Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority

that are reflected in the Regulations, the Director,

Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the

Director, Office of Export Enforcement, exercises

the authority granted to the Secretary by section

11(h) of the Act.

D. Obtain from the denied person 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 denied

person, or service any item, of whatever

origin, that is owned, possessed or

controlled by the denied person 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. After notice and opportunity for

comment as provided in Section 766.23

of the Regulations, any person, firm,

corporation, or business organization

related to Montgomery by affiliation,

ownership, control, or position of

responsibility in the conduct of trade or

related services may also be subject to

the provisions of this 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 January

22, 2009.

VI. In accordance with Part 756 of the

Regulations, Montgomery may file an

appeal from this Order with the Under

Secretary for Export Administration.

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.

VII. A copy of this Order shall be

delivered to Montgomery. This Order

shall be published in the Federal

Register.

Dated: September 11, 2000.

Eileen M. Albanese,

Director, Office of Exporter Services.

[FR Doc. 00–24343 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–PT–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Action Affecting Export Privileges;

Oscar Osman; Order Denying Export

Privileges

On September 23, 1999, Oscar Osman

(Osman) was convicted in the United

States District Court for the Southern

District of Florida of violating the

Export Administration Act of 1979, as

amended (currently codified at 50

U.S.C.A. app. 2401–2420 (1991 & Supp.

2000)) (the Act).1 Specifically, Osman

was convicted of knowingly, willfully

and unlawfully exporting and causing to

be exported a container of goods to Rio

Haina, Dominican Republic under a

false bill of lading, container of goods

was then transshipped to Havana, Cuba.

Section 11(h) of the Act provides that,

at the discretion of the Secretary of

Commerce,2 no person convicted of

violating the Act, or certain other

provisions of the United States Code,

shall be eligible to apply for or use any

export license issued pursuant to, or

provided by, the Act or the Export

Administration Regulations (currently

codified at 15 CFR parts 730–774 (2000),

as amended (65 FR 14862, March 20,

2000)) (the Regulations), for a period of

up to 10 years from the date of the

conviction. In addition, any license

issued pursuant to the Act in which

such a person had any interest at the

time of conviction may be revoked.

Pursuant to sections 766.25 and

750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon

notification that a person has been

convicted of violating the Act, the

Director, Office of Exporter Services, in

consultation with the Director, Office of

Export Enforcement, shall determine

whether to deny that person’s export

privileges for a period of up to 10 years

from the date of conviction and shall

also determine whether to revoke any

license previously issued to such a

person.

Having received notice of Osman’s

conviction for violating the Act, and

after providing notice and opportunity

for Osman to make a written submission

to the Bureau of Export Administration

before issuing an Order denying his

export privileges, as provided in section

766.25 of the Regulations, I, following

consultations with the Director, Office

of Export Enforcement, have decided to

deny Osman’s export privileges for a

period of seven years from the date of

his conviction. The seven-year period

ends on September 23, 2006. I have also

decided to revoke all licenses issued

pursuant to the Act in which Osman

had an interest at the time of his

conviction.

Accordingly, it is hereby Ordered

I. Until September 23, 2006, Oscar

Osman, currently incarcerated at:

Spectrum Program CCC, #61204–004,

101 N.W. 59th Street, Miami, Florida

33127, and with an address at: 2655

Collins Avenue, Apt. 1811, Miami

Beach, Florida 33140, 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, 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. Benefiting 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 denied person any item subject to

the Regulations;

B. Take any action that facilitates the

acquisition or attempted acquisition by

the denied person 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 denied person

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 denied person of

any item subject to the Regulations that

has been exported from the United

States;

D. Obtain from the denied person in

the United States any item subject to the

Regulations with knowledge or reason

to know that the item will be, or is

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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 denied

person, or service any item, of whatever

origin, that is owned, possessed or

controlled by the denied person 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. After notice and opportunity for

comment as provided in Section 766.23

of the Regulations, any person, firm,

corporation, or business organization

related to Osman by affiliation,

ownership, control, or position of

responsibility in the conduct of trade or

related services may also be subject to

the provisions of this 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

September 23, 2006.

VI. In accordance with Part 756 of the

Regulations, Osman may file an appeal

from this Order with the Under

Secretary for Export Administration.

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.

VII. A copy of this Order shall be

delivered to Osman. This Order shall be

published in the Federal Register.

Dated: September 11, 2000.

Eileen M. Albanese,

Director, Office of Exporter Services.

[FR Doc. 00–24342 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of the American

Petroleum Institute’s Standards

Activities

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of intent to develop or

revise standards and request for public

comment and participation in standards

development.

SUMMARY: The American Petroleum

Institute (API), with the assistance of

other interested parties, continues to

develop standards, both national and

international, in several areas. This

notice lists the standardization efforts

currently being conducted by API

committees. The publication of this

notice by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) on

behalf of API is being undertaken as a

public service. NIST does not

necessarily endorse, approve, or

recommend the standards referenced.

ADDRESSES: American Petroleum

Institute, 1220 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202)

862–8000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All

contact individuals listed in the

supplementary information section of

this notice may be reached at the

American Petroleum Institute.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The American Petroleum Institute

develops and publishes voluntary

standards for equipment, operations,

and processes. These standards are used

by both private industry and by

governmental agencies. All interested

persons should contact the appropriate

source as listed for further information.

Pipeline Committee

New (1160) Pipe Integrity in High

Consequence Areas (HCAs)

New (1133) Guidelines for Onshore

Hydrocarbon Pipelines Crossing

Floodplains

1109 Marking Liquid Petroleum

Pipeline Facilities

1129 Assurance of Hazardous Liquid

Pipeline System Integrity

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrea Johnson, Standards and

Training Resource Group, email:

johnsona@api.org.

Committee on Marketing

New Recommended Practice on

Loading and Unloading of MC 306/

DOT 406 Tank Motor Vehicles

New (1582) Similarity Calculations

and Software for Aviation Jet Fuel

Filter/Separators

2610 Design, Construction, Operation,

Maintenance, and Inspection of

Terminal and Tank Facilities

1621 Bulk Liquid Stock Control at

Retail Outlets

1584 Four-inch Aviation Hydrant

System

1004 Bottom Loading and Vapor

Recovery for MC–306 Tank Motor

Vehicles

2510 Design and Construction of

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Installations

1501 Recommended Practice for Retail

or Consumer Aviation Fueling

Facilities

1560 Lubricant Service Designations

for Automotive Manual

Transmissions, Manual Transaxles,

and Axles

1631 Interior Lining of Underground

Storage Tanks

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Soffrin, Standards and Training

Resource Group, email:

soffrind@api.org.

Committee on Refining

New (577) Welding Inspection and

Metallurgy

New (580) Risk Based Inspection

New (621) Reconditioning of Metallic

Gate, Globe, and Check Valves

New (687) Repair of Special Purpose

Rotors

New (934) Materials and Fabrication

Requirements for 21⁄4 CR & 3Cr

Steel Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels

for High Temperature, High

Pressure Hydrogen Service

New Standard on Lightning Protection

for Storage Tanks

510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code

570 Piping Inspection Code

575 Inspection of Atmospheric & Low

Pressure Storage Tanks

530 Calculation of Heater Tube

Thickness in Petroleum Refineries

560 Fired Heaters for General Refinery

Service

662 Plate Heat Exchanger

Specification Sheets for General

Refinery Service

534 Heat Recovery Steam Generator

Burners for Fired heaters in General

Refinery Service

599 Metal Plug Valves-Flanged and

Welding Ends

603 Class 150, Cast, CorrosionResistant, Flanged-End Gate Valves

598 Valve Inspection and Testing

602 Compact Steel Gate ValvesFlanged, Threaded, Welding and

Extended Body Ends

608 Metal Ball Valves-Flanged,

Threaded, and Butt-Welding Ends

620 Design and Construction of Large,

Welded, Low-Pressure Storage

Tanks

650 Welded Steel Ranks for Oil

Storage

653 Tank Inspection, Repair,

Alteration, and Reconstruction

610 Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum,

Chemical, and Heavy Duty

Chemical and Gas Industry Services

617 Centrifugal Compressors for

petroleum, Chemical and Gas

Industry Services