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Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to have committed, or to pose 

a significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States; (3) persons determined by the 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

the Departments of State, Homeland 

Security and Justice, to be owned or 

controlled by, or to act for or on behalf 

of those persons listed in the Annex to 

the Order or those persons determined 

to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 

1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) except as 

provided in section 5 of the Order and 

after such consultation, if any, with 

foreign authorities as the Secretary of 

State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the Attorney General, deems 

appropriate in the exercise of his 

discretion, persons determined by the 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

the Departments of State, Homeland 

Security and Justice, to assist in, 

sponsor, or provide financial, material, 

or technological support for, or financial 

or other services to or in support of, 

such acts of terrorism or those persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order or 

determined to be subject to the Order or 

to be otherwise associated with those 

persons listed in the Annex to the Order 

or those persons determined to be 

subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) 

of the Order. 

On July 17, 2008, the Director of 

OFAC, in consultation with the 

Departments of State, Homeland 

Security, Justice and other relevant 

agencies, designated, pursuant to one or 

more of the criteria set forth in 

subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the 

Order, four individuals whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

The list of designees is as follows: 

1. GASMI, Salah (a.k.a. 

‘‘BOUNOUADHER’’; a.k.a. ‘‘SALAH 

ABU MOHAMED’’; a.k.a. ‘‘SALAH ABU 

MUHAMAD’’); DOB 13 Apr 1971; POB 

Zeribet El Oued, Biskra, Algeria 

(individual) [SDGT]. 

2. DJOUADI, Yahia (a.k.a. ABU 

AMAR, Yahia; a.k.a. ‘‘ABOU ALAM’’; 

a.k.a. ‘‘ABU ALA’’); DOB 1 Jan 1967; 

POB M’Hamid, Sidi Bel Abbas, Algeria 

(individual) [SDGT]. 

3. DEGHDEGH, Ahmed (a.k.a. ‘‘ABU 

ABDALLAH’’; a.k.a. ‘‘AL ILLAH, Abd’’); 

DOB 17 Jan 1967; POB Anser, Jijel, 

Algeria (individual) [SDGT]. 

4. HAMMADOU, Abid (a.k.a. ABOU 

ZEID, Abdelhamid; a.k.a. ABU ZEID, 

Abdelhamid; a.k.a. ADEL, Youcef; a.k.a. 

HAMADU, Abid; a.k.a. ‘‘ABU 

ABDELLAH’’); DOB 12 Dec 1965; POB 

Touggourt, Ouargla, Algeria (individual) 

[SDGT]. 

Dated: July 17, 2008. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Identification of Blocked Entities 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13460 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 

two entities that have been identified as 

entities in which Rami Makhluf, a 

person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 

Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 

2008, ‘‘Blocking Property of Additional 

Persons in Connection With the 

National Emergency With Respect to 

Syria,’’ owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest. Therefore, all 

property and interests in property of 

such entities are blocked. 

DATES: The identification by the 

Secretary of the Treasury of these two 

entities is effective on July 10, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202/622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On May 11, 2004, the President issued 

Executive Order 13338 pursuant to, 

inter alia, the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq., the National Emergencies Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1601 et seq., the Syria 

Accountability and Lebanese 

Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, 

Public Law 108–175, and section 301 of 

title 3, United States Code. In Executive 

Order 13338, the President declared a 

national emergency to address the threat 

posed by the actions of the Government 

of Syria in supporting terrorism, 

continuing its occupation of Lebanon, 

pursuing weapons of mass destruction 

and missile programs, and undermining 

the United States and international 

efforts with respect to the stabilization 

and reconstruction of Iraq. 

On February 13, 2008, the President 

issued Executive Order 13460 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the 

National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 

1601 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, 

United States Code. In the Order, the 

President found that the Government of 

Syria continues to engage in certain 

conduct that formed the basis for the 

national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, 

including but not limited to 

undermining efforts with respect to the 

stabilization of Iraq. The President 

further found that the conduct of certain 

members of the Government of Syria 

and other persons contributing to public 

corruption related to Syria, including by 

misusing Syrian public assets or by 

misusing public authority, entrenches 

and enriches the Government of Syria 

and its supporters and thereby enables 

the Government of Syria to continue to 

engage in certain conduct that formed 

the basis for the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13338. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property of the following 

persons, that are in the United States, 

that hereafter come within the United 

States, or that are or hereafter come 

within the possession or control of 

United States persons: Persons who are 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, to be responsible for, 

to have engaged in, to have facilitated, 

or to have secured improper advantage 

as a result of, public corruption by 

senior officials within the Government 

of Syria. 

On July 10, 2008, the Secretary of the 

Treasury identified two entities in 

which Rami Makhluf, whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13460, 

owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest. Therefore, all 

property and interests in property of 

such entities are blocked. 

The list of blocked entities is as 

follows: 

1. RAMAK (a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY 

FREE; a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY FREE SHOP 

LTD; a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY FREE 

SHOPS—SYRIA; a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY 

FREE SHOPS LTD.; a.k.a. RAMAK FIRM 

FOR FREE TRADE ZONES), Free Zone 

Area, Jamarek, P.O. Box 932, Damascus, 

Syria; Al Rawda Street, P.O. Box 932, 


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Damascus, Syria; Abu Ramana Street, 

Rawda, Damascus, Syria; Damascus 

Duty Free, Damascus International 

Airport, Damascus, Syria; Dara’a Duty 

Free, Naseeb Border Center, Dara’a, 

Syria; Aleppo Duty Free, Aleppo 

International Airport, Aleppo, Syria; 

Jdaideh Duty Free Complex, Jdaideh 

Yaboos, Damascus, Syria; Bab el Hawa 

Border Center, Aleppo, Syria; Lattakia 

Port, Lattakia, Syria; Tartous Port, 

Tartous, Syria; E-mail Address 

dam.d.free@net.sy (Syria); Web site 

http://www.ramakdutyfree.net (Syria) 

[SYRIA]. 

2. SYRIATEL (a.k.a. SYRIATEL 

MOBILE; a.k.a. SYRIATEL MOBILE 

TELECOM; a.k.a. SYRIATEL MOBILE 

TELECOM SA), Doctors Syndicate 

Building, Al Jalaa Street, Abu 

Roumaneh Area, P.O. Box 2900, 

Damascus, Syria [SYRIA]. 

Dated: July 18, 2008. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Recordkeeping and Confirmation 

Requirements for Securities 

Transactions 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

extend this information collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before October 20, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518; 

or send an e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, and NW., by 

appointment. To make an appointment, 

call (202) 906–5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information 

about this proposed information 

collection from Judi McCormick, (202) 

906–5636, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Comments should address one or 

more of the following points: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of OTS; 

b. The accuracy of OTS’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

We will summarize the comments 

that we receive and include them in the 

OTS request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. In this notice, OTS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Recordkeeping and 

Confirmation Requirements for 

Securities Transactions. 

OMB Number: 1550–0109. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR part 

551. 

Description: The regulation found at 

12 CFR part 551 imposes recordkeeping 

and confirmation requirements for 

savings associations that effect 

securities transactions. 

The recordkeeping and confirmation 

regulation ensures that savings 

association customers receive the same 

protections and disclosures provided to 

brokerage customers; ensures savings 

associations effect securities 

transactions safely and soundly; and 

provides savings associations with 

formal guidance when they effect 

securities transactions. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

829. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 829. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Burden: 4,235 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

Dated: August 13, 2008. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

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