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effective date and may be extended for 

an additional 12 months thereafter, if 

certain conditions are met. 

[FR Doc. E9–952 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 6485] 

60–Day Notice of Proposed 

Information Collection: Request for 

Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) 

Determination; OMB Control Number 

1405–0163. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for information 

collection described below. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow 60 days for 

public comment in the Federal Register 

preceding submission to OMB. We are 

conducting this process in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Request for Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) 

Determination. 

OMB Control Number: 1405–0163. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Originating Office: Bureau of Political 

Military Affairs, Directorate of Defense 

Trade Controls, PM/DDTC. 

Form Number: None. 

Respondents: Business organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

425 (total). 

Estimated Number of Responses: 465 

(per year). 

Average Hours per Response: 10 

hours. 

Total Estimated Burden: 4,650 hours 

(per year). 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Obligation To Respond: Voluntary. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 60 days 

from March 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and questions 

should be directed to Mary F. Sweeney, 

Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, 

Department of State, who may be 

reached via the following methods: 

E-mail: Sweeneymf@state.gov. 

Mail: Mary F. Sweeney, SA–1, 12th 

Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls, Bureau of Political Military 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20522–0112. 

Fax: 202–261–8199. 

You must include the information 

collection title in the subject line of 

your message/letter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including a copy of 

the supporting document, to Mary F. 

Sweeney, PM/DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor, 

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, 

Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20522–0112, who may be reached via 

phone at (202) 663–2865, or via e-mail 

at sweeneymf@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of our 

functions. 

Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

information will be used to evaluate 

whether or not a particular defense 

article or defense service is covered by 

the U.S. Munitions List; to change the 

U.S. Munitions List category 

designation; to remove a defense article 

from the U.S. Munitions List; or to 

reconsider a previous commodity 

jurisdiction determination. 

Methodology: This information 

collection is an exchange of letters and 

may be sent to the Directorate of 

Defense Controls via mail. 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Frank J. Ruggiero, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade 

and Regional Security, Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6486] 

Nonproliferation Sanctions 

ACTION: Imposition of Sanctions on 

Persons Associated With the A.Q. Khan 

Nuclear Proliferation Network. 

SUMMARY: 

Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act 

A determination has been made that 

foreign persons have engaged in 

activities that require the imposition of 

measures pursuant to the Nuclear 

Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA), 22 

U.S.C. 6301. Pursuant to the NPPA, the 

United States determined on January 9, 

2009 that the following foreign persons 

have materially and with requisite 

knowledge contributed, through an 

export of certain goods or technology, to 

the efforts by a non-nuclear weapon 

state to acquire unsafeguarded special 

nuclear material or to use, develop, 

produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire 

any nuclear explosive device that 

requires the imposition of the sanctions 

described in Sections 6301(C)(1) of 22 

U.S.C. 6301: 

Selim Alguadis; 

Kursad Zafer Cire; 

Muhammad Nasim ud Din; 

EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi 

ve Ticaret A.S.; 

ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret 

A.S.; 

Muhammad Farooq; 

Paul Griffin; 

Peter Griffin; 

Abdul Qadeer Khan; 

Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban; 

Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir; and 

Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain. 

Accordingly, the following sanctions 

are being imposed on these persons: 

(A) The United States shall not 

procure, or enter into any contract for 

the procurement of, any goods or 

services from these persons. 

These measures become effective 

immediately and shall be implemented 

by the responsible departments and 

agencies of the United States 

Government as provided in the NPPA. 

Export Import Bank Act 

A determination was made on January 

9, 2009 that foreign persons have 

engaged in activities that require the 

imposition of measures pursuant to 

Section 2(b)(4) of the Export Import 

Bank Act of 1945, 12 U.S.C. 635(b)(4). 

Specifically, the U.S. Government 

determined that the following foreign 

persons knowingly aided or abetted, 

after September 23, 1996, a non-nuclear 

weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded 

special nuclear material: 

Selim Alguadis; 

Kursad Zafer Cire; 

Muhammad Nasim ud Din; 

EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi 

ve Ticaret A.S.; 

ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret 

A.S.; 

Muhammad Farooq; 

Daniel Geiges; 

Paul Griffin; 

Peter Griffin; 

Abdul Qadeer Khan; 

Gotthard Lerch; 

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Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban; 

Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir; 

Gerhard Wisser; and, 

Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain. 

Accordingly, the following sanctions 

are being imposed on these persons: 

(A) The Board of Directors of the 

Export Import Bank shall not give 

approval to guarantee, insure, or extend 

credit, or participate in the extension of 

credit in support of United States 

exports. 

These measures become effective 

immediately and shall be implemented 

by the responsible departments and 

agencies of the United States 

Government as provided in the Export 

Import Bank Act of 1945 (as amended). 

Executive Order 12938 

Pursuant to the authorities vested in 

the President by the Constitution and 

the laws of the United States of 

America, including the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the 

National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 

1601 et seq.), the Arms Export Control 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and Section 

301 of title 3, United States Code, and 

Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 

1994, as amended, the U.S. Government 

determined that the following entities 

have engaged in proliferation activities 

that require the imposition of measures 

pursuant to sections 4(b), 4(c), and 4(d) 

of Executive Order 12938: 

Selim Alguadis (Turkey); 

Kursad Zafer Cire (Turkey); 

Muhammad Nasim ud Din (Pakistan); 

EKA Elektronik Kontrol Aletleri Sanayi 

ve Ticaret A.S. (Turkey); 

ETI Elektroteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

(Turkey); 

Muhammad Farooq (Pakistan); 

Daniel Geiges (Switzerland); 

Paul Griffin (United Kingdom); 

Peter Griffin (United Kingdom); 

Abdul Qadeer Khan (Pakistan); 

Gotthard Lerch (Germany); 

Shamsul Bahrin bin Rukiban (Malaysia); 

Buhary Seyed Abu Tahir (Sri Lanka); 

Tradefin Engineering (South Africa); 

Gerhard Wisser (Germany); and, 

Shah Hakim Shahnazim Zain 

(Malaysia). 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12938, 

the following measures are imposed on 

these entities, and as applicable, their 

subunits, and successors for two years: 

(A) 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 entities; 

(B) No department or agency of the 

United States Government may provide 

any assistance to these entities, and 

none of these entities shall be eligible to 

participate in any assistance program of 

the United States Government. 

(C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

prohibit the importation into the United 

States of any goods, technology, or 

services produced or provided by these 

entities, other than information or 

informational materials within the 

meaning of section 203(b)(3) of the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)). 

These measures become effective 

immediately and shall be implemented 

by the responsible departments and 

agencies as provided in Executive Order 

12938. 

Executive Order 13382 

Pursuant to the authority in section 

1(ii) of Executive Order 13382, 

‘‘Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Proliferators and Their 

Supporters’’, the United States 

Government determined on January 9, 

2009 that foreign persons 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. 

The following foreign persons’ property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13382: 

1. ALGUADIS, Selim; DOB 27 May 

1944; POB Turkey; Nationality Turkey; 

Passport 585843 (Turkey) issued 11 

November 1999 in Istanbul; 

2. CIRE, Kursad Zafer (a.k.a. CIRE, 

Kursat Zafer); DOB 30 August 1967; 

POB Germany; Nationality Turkey; 

Passport 778456 (Turkey) issued 14 May 

1997 in Istanbul expired 13 May 2007; 

3. FAROOQ, Muhammad; DOB 12 

March 1949; Nationality Pakistan; 

Passport S122252 (Pakistan); 

4. GEIGES, Daniel; DOB 25 January 

1938; POB Lachen, Switzerland; 

Nationality Switzerland; Passport 

8071366 (Switzerland); 

5. GRIFFIN, Paul Nicholas; DOB 16 

February 1964; Nationality United 

Kingdom; 

6. GRIFFIN, Peter; DOB 9 September 

1935; POB Oxford, United Kingdom; 

Nationality United Kingdom; Passport 

B401584 (United Kingdom) issued 28 

September 1989 in Newport, Gwent, 

expired 28 September 1999; Passport 

B109455 (United Kingdom) issued 3 

October 1979; 

7. KHAN, Abdul Qadeer (a.k.a. 

ZAMAN, Haydar); DOB 27 April 1936; 

POB Bhopal, India; Nationality 

Pakistan; Passport D000428 (Pakistan); 

8. LERCH, Gotthard; DOB 21 

December 1942; POB Germany; 

Nationality German; Passport 

3545767791D (Germany) issued 7 

August 1998 at General Consulate, 

Zurich expired 6 August 2008; alt. 

Passport 3545767791 (Germany); 

Kreuzbergstrasse 4, 9472 Grabs, St. 

Gallen Canton, Switzerland; 

9. TAHIR, Buhary Seyed Abu; DOB 17 

April 1959; POB Chennai, India; 

Nationality Sri Lanka; Passport 

M2068357 (Sri Lanka) issued 4 

September 2001 in Colombo expired 

September 2006; Passport M1754102 

(Sri Lanka) issued 16 March 1999 

expired 16 March 2004; 

10. WISSER, Gerhard; DOB 2 July 

1939; POB Lohne, Germany; Nationality 

German; Passport 3139001443 

(Germany). 

These measures become effective 

immediately and shall be implemented 

by the responsible departments and 

agencies as provided in Executive Order 

13382. 

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. 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Patricia A. McNerney, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau 

of International Security and 

Nonproliferation, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–820 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending December 20, 

2008 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). 

The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

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