Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2007 / Notices 69649 

1Since August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse 

and the President, through Executive Order 13222 

of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), 

as extended by the Notice of August 15, 2007 (72 

FR 46137, Aug. 16, 2007), has continued the 

Regulations in effect under the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50) U.S.C. 1701–

1706 (2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). 

2The Regulations are currently codified at 15 CFR 

Parts 730–774 (2007). 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: December 4, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–23866 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Certification Requirements for 

NOAA’s Hydrographic Product Quality 

Assurance Program. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0507. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 24. 

Number of Respondents: 2. 

Average Hours Per Response: 4 hours. 

Needs and Uses: NOAA was 

mandated by the Hydrographic Service 

Improvement Acts of 1998 and 2002 to 

develop and implement a quality 

assurance program under which the 

Administrator may certify privatelymade hydrographic products. The 

Administrator fulfilled this mandate by 

establishing procedures by which 

hydrographic products are proposed for 

certification; by which standards and 

compliance tests are developed, 

adopted, and applied for those products; 

and by which certification is awarded or 

denied. These procedures are now at 15 

CFR 996. The application and 

recordkeeping requirements at 15 CFR 

part 996 are the basis for this collection 

of information. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: December 4, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–23868 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1536] 

Expansion of Foreign–Trade Zone 197, 

Don ̃ a Ana County, New Mexico 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

WHEREAS, the Board of County 

Commissioners of Don ̃ a Ana County, 

New Mexico, grantee of Foreign–Trade 

Zone 197, submitted an application to 

the Board for authority to expand FTZ 

197–Site 1 to include an additional 

parcel at the Santa Teresa Logistics Park 

and expand the zone to include a site 

at the Santa Teresa Bi–National Park 

(Site 3) in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, 

within the Santa Teresa Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry (FTZ 

Docket 19–2007; filed 5/25/07); 

WHEREAS, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (72 FR 31050, 6/5/07) and the 

application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

WHEREAS, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to expand FTZ 197 is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th

day of November 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import 

Administration,Alternate ChairmanForeign–

Trade Zones Board. 

Attest: 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–23900 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; 

Ernest Koh Chong Tek; In the Matter 

of: Ernest Koh Chong Tek currently 

incarcerated at: USM #73762–053 

Federal Correctional Inst. (FCI) P.O. 

Drawer 30 McRae, Georgia 31055 and 

with an address at: Bkl 136 #09–430 

Bishan Street 12 Singapore 570136; 

Order Denying Export Privileges 

A. Denial of Export Privileges of Ernest 

Koh Chong Tek 

On October 13, 2006, in the U.S. 

District Court in the Eastern District of 

New York, Ernest Koh Chong Tek, 

(‘‘Koh’’) was convicted of violating the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1705 

(2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). The court found that 

Koh did knowingly and willfully export 

from the United States to Iran, civilian 

aircraft wheel components and vanes 

that were listed on the Commerce 

Control Lists without first obtaining the 

required validated export license from 

the Commerce Department and the 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control. In addition, Koh 

was also found guilty on one count of 

conspiracy and one count of money 

laundering. Koh was sentenced to a 

term of imprisonment of 52 months 

followed by three years of supervised 

release. 

Section 11(h) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as amended 

(currently codified at 50 U.S.C. app. 

§§ 2401–2420 (2000)) (‘‘Act’’) 1 and 

Section 766.25 of the Export 

Administration Regulations 2


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69650 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2007 / Notices 

(‘‘Regulations’’) provide, in pertinent 

part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of 

Exporter Services, in consultation with 

the Director of the Office of Export 

Enforcement, may deny the export 

privileges of any person who has been 

convicted of a violation of * * * any 

regulation, license or order issued under 

the International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act,’’ for a period not to exceed 

10 years from the date of conviction. 15 

CFR 766.25(a) and (d). In addition, 

Section 750.8 of the Regulations states 

that Bureau of Industry’s (‘‘BIS’’) Office 

of Exporter Services may revoke any BIS 

licenses previously issued in which the 

person had an interest in at the time of 

his conviction. 

I have received notice of Koh’s 

conviction for violating the IEEPA, and 

have provided notice and an 

opportunity for Koh to make a written 

submission to the Bureau of Industry 

and Security as provided in Section 

766.25 of the Regulations. Having 

received no submission from Koh, I, 

following consultations with BIS’s 

Office of Export Enforcement, including 

its Director, have decided to deny Koh’s 

export privileges under the Regulations 

for a period of 10 years from the date of 

Koh’s conviction. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered. 

I. Until October 13, 2016, Ernest Koh 

Chong Tek, Ernest Koh Chong Tek, 

currently incarcerated at: USM #73762–

053, Federal Correctional Inst. (FCI), 

P.O. Drawer 30, McRae, Georgia 31055, 

and with an address at: Blk 136 #09–430 

Bishan Street 12, Singapore 570136, and 

when acting for or on behalf of Koh, his 

representatives, assigns, agents, or 

employees, (collectively referred to 

hereinafter as the ‘‘Denied Person’’) 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, 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 ot 

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 

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 other person, 

firm, corporation, or business 

organization related to Ernest Koh 

Chong Tek by affiliation, ownership, 

control, or position of responsibility in 

the conduct of trade or related services 

may also be made subject to the 

provisions of this Order if necessary to 

prevent evasion of the 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 shll remain in effect until October 

13, 2016. 

VI. In accordance with Part 756 of the 

Regulations, Koh may file an appeal of 

this Order with the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Industry and Security. 

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 Koh. This Order shall be 

published in Federal Register. 

Dated: November 27, 2007. 

Eileen M. Albanese, 

Director, Office of Exporter Services. 

[FR Doc. 07–5986 Filed 12–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; XU 

WEIBO, a/k/a ‘‘KEVIN XU’’; HAO LI 

CHEN, a/k/a ‘‘ALI CHAN’’; XIU LING 

CHEN, a/k/a ‘‘LINDA CHEN’’ and KWAN 

CHUN CHAN, a/k/a ‘‘JENNY CHAN’’

In the Matter of: Xu Weibo, a/k/a ‘‘Kevin 

Xu’’, 21 Wood View Drive, Mt. Laurel, NJ 

08504, Respondent: and Hao Li Chen, a/k/a 

‘‘Ali Chan’’ currently incarcerated at: 40922–

050 FCI Fairton, Federal Correctional 

Institution, P.O. Box 420, Fairton, NJ 08320 

and with an address at: 11 Long Bridge 

Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08504 and Xiu 

Ling Chen, a/k/a ‘‘Linda Chen’’, 21 Wood 

View Drive, Mount Laurel, NJ 08504 and 

Kwan Chun Chan, a/k/a ‘‘Jenny Chan’’, 11 

Long Bridge Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 

08504, Related Persons 

Ordering Denying Export Privileges 

A. Denial of Export Privileges of Xu 

Weibo, a/k/a Kevin Xu 

On May 4, 2006, in the District Court 

for the District of New Jersey, Xu Weibo, 

a/k/a ‘‘Kevin Xu’’ (‘‘Xu’’) pled guilty to 

knowingly and willfully ordering, 

buying, removing, concealing, storing, 

using, selling, loaning, disposing of, 

transferring, transporting, financing, 

forwarding and otherwise servicing, in 

whole or in part, items exported and to 

be exported from the U.S., specifically, 

certain Gallium Arsenide Monolithic 

Microwave Integrated Circuits to the 

People’s Republic of China, with 

knowledge that a violation of the Act, 

the Regulations and any order, license 

and authorization issued thereunder, 

had occurred, was about to occur or was 

intended to occur in connection with 

the items, in violation of the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706 

(2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). The involved 

Commerce controlled items were 

classified under Export Control 

Classification Number 3A001 on the 


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