78392 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices 

1The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– 

774 (2014). The Regulations issued pursuant to the 

Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401– 

2420 (2000)) (‘‘EAA’’). Since August 21, 2001, the 

EAA has been in lapse and the President, through 

Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 

2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been extended 

by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent 

being that of August 7, 2014 (79 FR 46959 (August 

11, 2014)), has continued the Regulations in effect 

under IEEPA. 

violating Section 38 of the Arms Export 

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 (2012)). 

Specifically, Sanchez-Lopez conspired 

to knowingly and willfully export and 

attempted to export and caused to be 

exported from the United States to 

Mexico approximately 98 AK47 

magazines and 707 rounds of 7.62mm 

ammunition, which were designated as 

defense articles on the United States 

Munitions List, without having first 

obtained from the Department of State a 

license for such export or written 

authorization for such export. SanchezLopez was sentenced 46 months of 

imprisonment and fined a $100 

assessment. 

Section 766.25 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or 

‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, 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 the Export 

Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’), the EAR, 

or any order, license or authorization 

issued thereunder; any regulation, 

license, or order issued under the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18 

U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of 

the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50 

U.S.C. 783(b)), or section 38 of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15 

CFR 766.25(a); see also Section 11(h) of 

the EAA, 50 U.S.C. app. § 2410(h). The 

denial of export privileges under this 

provision may be for a period of up to 

10 years from the date of the conviction. 

15 CFR 766.25(d); see also 50 U.S.C. 

app. § 2410(h). In addition, Section 

750.8 of the Regulations states that the 

Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office 

of Exporter Services may revoke any 

Bureau of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’) 

licenses previously issued in which the 

person had an interest in at the time of 

his conviction. 

BIS has received notice of SanchezLopez’s conviction for violating AECA, 

and in accordance with Section 766.25 

of the Regulations, BIS has provided 

notice and an opportunity for SanchezLopez to make a written submission to 

BIS. BIS has not received a submission 

from Sanchez-Lopez. 

Based upon my review and 

consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Export Enforcement, including its 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny Sanchez-Lopez’s 

export privileges under the Regulations 

for a period of 10 years from the date of 

Sanchez-Lopez’s conviction. I have also 

decided to revoke all licenses issued 

pursuant to the Act or Regulations in 

which Sanchez-Lopez had an interest at 

the time of her conviction. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

February 13, 2024, Maria Luisa 

Sanchez-Lopez, with a last known 

address of Inmate Number: 51777–379, 

FCI Aliceville, Federal Correctional 

Institution, P.O. Box 4000, Aliceville, 

AL 35442, and when acting for or on her 

behalf, her 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 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 in 

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, 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 Sanchez-Lopez 

by ownership, control, position of 

responsibility, affiliation, or other 

connection in the conduct of trade or 

business may also be made subject to 

the provisions of this Order in order to 

prevent evasion of this Order. 

Fourth, in accordance with Part 756 of 

the Regulations, Sanchez-Lopez 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. 

Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be 

delivered to Sanchez-Lopez. This Order 

shall be published in the Federal 

Register. 

Sixth, this Order is effective 

immediately and shall remain in effect 

until February 13, 2024. 

Issued this 22 day of December, 2014. 

Karen H. Nies-Vogel, 

Director, Office of Exporter Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Order Denying Export Privileges 

In the Matter of: 

Gregorio Rodriguez-Aranda, Inmate Number: 

51776–379, D. Ray James, Correctional 

Institution, P.O. Box 2000, Folkston, GA 

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices 78393 

1The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– 

774 (2014). The Regulations issued pursuant to the 

Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401– 

2420 (2000)) (‘‘EAA’’). Since August 21, 2001, the 

EAA has been in lapse and the President, through 

Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 

2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been extended 

by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent 

being that of August 7, 2014 (79 FR 46959 (August 

11, 2014)), has continued the Regulations in effect 

under IEEPA. 

On February 13, 2014, in the U.S. 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

New York, Gregorio Rodriguez-Aranda 

(‘‘Rodriguez-Aranda’’) was convicted of 

violating Section 38 of the Arms Export 

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 (2012)). 

Specifically, Rodriguez-Aranda 

conspired to knowingly and willfully 

export and attempted to export and 

caused to be exported from the United 

States to Mexico approximately 98 

AK47 magazines and 707 rounds of 

7.62mm ammunition, which were 

designated as defense articles on the 

United States Munitions List, without 

having first obtained from the 

Department of State a license for such 

export or written authorization for such 

export. Rodriguez-Aranda was 

sentenced 57 months of imprisonment 

and fined a $100 assessment. 

Section 766.25 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or 

‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, 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 the Export 

Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’), the EAR, 

or any order, license or authorization 

issued thereunder; any regulation, 

license, or order issued under the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18 

U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of 

the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50 

U.S.C. 783(b)), or section 38 of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15 

CFR 766.25(a); see also Section 11(h) of 

the EAA, 50 U.S.C. app. § 2410(h). The 

denial of export privileges under this 

provision may be for a period of up to 

10 years from the date of the conviction. 

15 CFR 766.25(d); see also 50 U.S.C. 

app. § 2410(h). In addition, Section 

750.8 of the Regulations states that the 

Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office 

of Exporter Services may revoke any 

Bureau of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’) 

licenses previously issued in which the 

person had an interest in at the time of 

his conviction. 

BIS has received notice of RodriguezAranda’s conviction for violating AECA, 

and in accordance with Section 766.25 

of the Regulations, BIS has provided 

notice and an opportunity for 

Rodriguez-Aranda to make a written 

submission to BIS. BIS has not received 

a submission from Rodriguez-Aranda. 

Based upon my review and 

consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Export Enforcement, including its 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny RodriguezAranda’s export privileges under the 

Regulations for a period of 10 years from 

the date of Rodriguez-Aranda’s 

conviction. I have also decided to 

revoke all licenses issued pursuant to 

the Act or Regulations in which 

Rodriguez-Aranda had an interest at the 

time of his conviction. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

February 13, 2024, Gregorio RodriguezAranda, with a last known address of 

Inmate Number: 51766–379, D. Ray 

James, Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 

2000, Folkston, GA 31537, 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 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 in 

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, 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 RodriguezAranda by ownership, control, position 

of responsibility, affiliation, or other 

connection in the conduct of trade or 

business may also be made subject to 

the provisions of this Order in order to 

prevent evasion of this Order. 

Fourth, in accordance with Part 756 of 

the Regulations, Rodriguez-Aranda 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. 

Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be 

delivered to the Rodriguez-Aranda. This 

Order shall be published in the Federal 

Register. 

Sixth, this Order is effective 

immediately and shall remain in effect 

until February 13, 2024. 

Issued this 22 day of December 2014. 

Karen H. Nies-Vogel, 

Director, Office of Exporter Services. 

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