Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Notices 26475 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of Two 

Individuals Pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 

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 newly-designated individuals 

whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 

Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 

2001, ‘‘Blocking Property and 

Prohibiting Transactions With Persons 

Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or 

Support Terrorism.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of two individuals identified 

in this notice, pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224, is effective on May 14, 

2009. 

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 September 23, 2001, the President 

issued Executive Order 13224 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1706, and the United 

Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 

U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to 

address grave acts of terrorism and 

threats of terrorism committed by 

foreign terrorists, including the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in 

New York, Pennsylvania, and at the 

Pentagon. The Order imposes economic 

sanctions on persons who have 

committed, pose a significant risk of 

committing, or support acts of terrorism. 

The President identified in the Annex to 

the Order, as amended by Executive 

Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 

individuals and 16 entities as subject to 

the economic sanctions. The Order was 

further amended by Executive Order 

13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the 

creation of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in or 

hereafter come within the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 

foreign persons determined by the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of the Department of 

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 May 14, 2009 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, two individuals whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

The list of designees is as follows: 

AL-DARI, Muthanna Harith (a.k.a. AL 

DARI AL-ZAWBA’, Doctor Muthanna 

Harith Sulayman; a.k.a. AL DARI, Dr. 

Muthanna; a.k.a. AL DARI, Muthana 

Harith; a.k.a. AL-DARI AL-ZAWBA’I, 

Muthanna Harith Sulayman; a.k.a. ALDARI AL-ZOBAI, Muthanna Harith 

Sulayman; a.k.a. AL-DARI, Muthanna 

Harith Sulayman; a.k.a. AL-DHARI, 

Muthana Haris; a.k.a. AL-DHARI, 

Muthanna Hareth; a.k.a. AL-DHARI, 

Muthanna Harith Sulayman), Egypt; 

Amman, Jordan; Khan Dari, Iraq; Asas 

Village, Abu Ghurayb, Iraq; DOB 16 Jun 

1969; alt. DOB circa 1969; citizen Iraq; 

nationality Iraq (individual) [SDGT]. 

AL-SHAMMARI, Sa’ad Uwayyid 

’Ubayd Mu’jil (a.k.a. ABU HAMMUDI 

AL-SHAMMARI; a.k.a. ABU KHALAF; 

a.k.a. SA’AD AL-SHAMMARI; a.k.a. 

‘‘SAAD OWAIED OBAID’’), Tal Hamis, 

Syria; ’Awinat Village, Rabi’ah District, 

Iraq; Tal Wardan, Iraq; DOB 3 Jul 1972; 

POB Tal Wardan, Ninevah, Iraq; alt. 

POB Tal Afar, Ninevah, Iraq (individual) 

[SDGT]. 

Dated: May 14, 2009. 

Barbara Hammerle, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. E9–12823 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4811–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of Two 

Individuals Pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of two 

newly-designated individuals whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13224 of September 23, 2001, ‘‘Blocking 

Property and Prohibiting Transactions 

With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To 

Commit, or Support Terrorism.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the two individuals 

identified in this notice, pursuant to 

Executive Order 13224, is effective on 

May 27, 2009. 

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 

(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 

service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

26476 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Notices 

Background 

On September 23, 2001, the President 

issued Executive Order 13224 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1706, and the United 

Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 

U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to 

address grave acts of terrorism and 

threats of terrorism committed by 

foreign terrorists, including the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in 

New York, Pennsylvania, and at the 

Pentagon. The Order imposes economic 

sanctions on persons who have 

committed, pose a significant risk of 

committing, or support acts of terrorism. 

The President identified in the Annex to 

the Order, as amended by Executive 

Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 

individuals and 16 entities as subject to 

the economic sanctions. The Order was 

further amended by Executive Order 

13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the 

creation of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in or 

hereafter come within the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 

foreign persons determined by the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of the Department of 

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 May 27, 2009, 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, two individuals whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

The designees are as follows: 

1. AL-QUBAYSI, Abd-al-Munim 

(a.k.a. KOBEISSI, Abd Al Menhem; 

a.k.a. KOBEISSI, Abdel Menhem; a.k.a. 

KOBEISSI, Abdul Menhem; a.k.a. 

KOBEISSY, Abdul Menhem; a.k.a. 

KUBAYSY, Abd Al Munhim; a.k.a. 

QUBAYSI, Abd Al Menhem); DOB 1 Jan 

1964; alt. DOB 1961; POB Beirut, 

Lebanon; nationality Lebanon; Passport 

RL 1622378 (Lebanon) (individual) 

[SDGT] 

2. TAJIDEEN, Kassim (a.k.a. TAJI ALDIN, Kasim; a.k.a. TAJI AL-DIN, Qasim; 

a.k.a. TAJIDDINE, Kassim Mohammad; 

a.k.a. TAJMUDIN, Kasim); DOB 21 Mar 

1955; POB Sierra Leone; nationality 

Sierra Leone; alt. nationality Lebanon; 

Passport 0285669 (Sierra Leone); alt. 

Passport RL 1794375 (Lebanon) 

(individual) [SDGT] 

J. Robert McBrien, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. E9–12800 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4811–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Revenue Procedure 97–19 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning 

Revenue Procedure 97–19, Timely 

Mailing Treated as Timely Filing. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before August 3, 2009 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Carolyn N. Brown, 

(202) 622–6688, at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet at 

Carolyn.N.Brown@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Timely Mailing Treated as 

Timely Filing. 

OMB Number: 1545–1535. 

Form Number: Revenue Procedure 

97–19. 

Abstract: Procedure 97–19 provides 

the criteria that will be used by the IRS 

to determine whether a private delivery 

service qualifies as a designated Private 

Delivery Service under section 7502 of 

the Internal Revenue Code. 

Current Actions: There is no change 

in the paperwork burden previously 

approved by OMB. This form is being 

submitted for renewal purposes only. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 613 

hours 48 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,069. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the