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1ECRA was enacted as part of the John S. McCain 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2019, and as amended is codified at 50 U.S.C. 

4801–4852. Rodriguez’s conviction post-dates 

ECRA’s enactment on August 13, 2018. 

2The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR Parts 730– 

774 (2021). 

3The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is 

now the authorizing official for issuance of denial 

orders, pursuant to recent amendments to the 

Regulations (85 FR 73411, November 18, 2020). 

Dated: May 27, 2021. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11631 Filed 6–2–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–04–2021] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 22— 

Chicago, Illinois; Authorization of 

Production Activity, AbbVie, Inc. 

(Pharmaceutical Products), North 

Chicago and Lake County, Illinois 

On January 27, 2021, AbbVie, Inc., 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board for 

its facilities within Subzone 22S, in 

North Chicago and Lake County, 

Illinois. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (86 FR 7989, February 

3, 2021). On May 27, 2021, the applicant 

was notified of the FTZ Board’s decision 

that no further review of the activity is 

warranted at this time. The production 

activity described in the notification 

was authorized, subject to the FTZ Act 

and the FTZ Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.14. 

Dated: May 27, 2021. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11630 Filed 6–2–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

In the Matter of: Chris Rodriguez, 20 

Liberty Drive, Thomasville, NC 27360; 

Order Denying Export Privileges 

On October 18, 2019, in the U.S. 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Virginia, Chris Rodriguez (‘‘Rodriguez’’), 

was convicted of violating Section 38 of 

the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2778) (‘‘AECA’’). Specifically, Rodriguez 

was convicted of willfully attempting to 

export, exporting and causing to be 

exported from the United States to San 

Pedro Sula, Honduras, defense articles, 

that is 27 firearms and hundreds of 

rounds of ammunition, which were and 

are designated as defense articles on the 

United States Munitions List, without 

having first obtained from the 

Department of State, a license for such 

exports or written authorization for such 

exports. Rodriguez was sentenced to 18 

months in prison, supervised release for 

three years and a $100 assessment. 

Rodriguez was also placed on the U.S. 

Department of State Debarred List. 

Pursuant to Section 1760(e) of the 

Export Control Reform Act (‘‘ECRA’’),1

the export privileges of any person who 

has been convicted of certain offenses, 

including, but not limited to, Section 38 

of the AECA, may be denied for a period 

of up to ten (10) years from the date of 

his/her conviction. 50 U.S.C. 4819(e) 

(Prior Convictions). In addition, any 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 

licenses or other authorizations issued 

under ECRA, in which the person had 

an interest at the time of the conviction, 

may be revoked. Id. 

BIS received notice of Rodriguez’s 

conviction for violating Section 38 of 

the AECA, and has provided notice and 

opportunity for Rodriguez to make a 

written submission to BIS, as provided 

in Section 766.25 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or 

the ‘‘Regulations’’). 15 CFR 766.25.2 BIS 

has received a written submission from 

Rodriguez. 

Based upon my review of the record, 

including Rodriguez’s written response, 

and consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Exporter Services, including its 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny Rodriguez’s 

export privileges under the Regulations 

for a period of seven years from the date 

of Rodriguez’s conviction. The Office of 

Exporter Services has also decided to 

revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which 

Rodriguez had an interest at the time of 

his conviction.3

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

October 18, 2026, Chris Rodriguez, with 

a last known address of 20 Liberty 

Drive, Thomasville, NC 27360, and 

when acting for or on his behalf, his 

successors, assigns, employees, agents 

or representatives (‘‘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, 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 engaging 

in any other activity subject to the 

Regulations; or 

C. Benefitting 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 

from any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

Second, 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 

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. 

Third, pursuant to Section 1760(e) of 

the Export Control Reform Act (50 

U.S.C. 4819(e)) and Sections 766.23 and 

766.25 of the Regulations, any other 


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