Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 141 / Monday, July 23, 2012 / Notices 43131 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Roger B Garland, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17808 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7959] 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. 2012–17911 Filed 7–20–12; 8:45 am] 

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TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments on Negotiating 

Objectives With Respect to Canada’s 

Participation in the Proposed TransPacific Partnership Trade Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments on 

negotiating objectives with respect to 

Canada’s participation in the ongoing 

negotiations of a Trans-Pacific 

Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, and 

notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The United States intends to 

commence negotiations with Canada as 

part of the ongoing negotiations of a TPP 

trade agreement. Including Canada in 

the TPP negotiations furthers the 

objective of achieving a high-standard, 

broad-based Asia-Pacific regional 

agreement. The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

seeking public comments on all 

elements related to Canada’s 

participation in the TPP negotiations in 

order to develop U.S. negotiating 

positions. 

DATES: Persons wishing to testify orally 

at the hearing must provide written 

notification of their intention, as well as 

their testimony, by September 4, 2012. 

The hearing will be held in Washington, 

DC, on September 24, 2012. Written 

comments are due by noon, 

ADDRESSES: Submissions via on-line: 

www.regulations.gov. For alternatives to 

on-line submissions, please contact 

Donald W. Eiss at (202) 395–3475. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning requirements for 

written comments, please contact 

Donald W. Eiss at (202) 395–3475. All 

other questions regarding this notice 

should be directed to Mary T. Smith, 

Director for Canada, at (202) 395–3412. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

On November 14, 2011, Canadian 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated 

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