Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 14 / Friday, January 23, 2009 / Notices 4299 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 

49 CFR 1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 15, 

2009. 

John Gale, 

Director, Office of Regulations. 

[FR Doc. E9–1425 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of an Entity 

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 one 

newly-designated entity 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 one entity identified in 

this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 

13224, is effective on January 6, 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-on-demand 

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 January 6, 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, one entity whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

The designee is as follows: 

1.WAAD PROJECT (a.k.a. AL-WAAD 

AL-SADIQ; a.k.a. ’MASHURA WAAD 

LAADAT AL-AAMAR; a.k.a. WAAD; 

a.k.a. WA’AD AS SADIQ; a.k.a. WAAD 

COMPANY; a.k.a. WAAD FOR 

REBUILDING THE SOUTHERN 

SUBURB; a.k.a. WAAD PROJECT FOR 

RECONSTRUCTION; a.k.a. WA’D 

PROJECT; a.k.a. WAED; a.k.a. WA’ED 

ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. WA’ID 

COMPANY), Harat Hurayk, Lebanon; 

Beirut, Lebanon; Telephone No. 

009613679153; Telephone No. 

009613380223; Telephone No. 

03889402; Telephone No. 03669916 

[SDGT]. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designations of Individuals 

and Entities Pursuant to Executive 

Order 13448 or Executive Order 13464 

and Identifications of Individuals and 

Entities Blocked Pursuant to the JADE 

Act 

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 and 

twenty-three entities whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13448 of 

October 18, 2007, ‘‘Blocking Property 

and Prohibiting Certain Transactions 

Related to Burma’’ or Executive Order 

13464 of April 30, 2008, ‘‘Blocking 

Property and Prohibiting Certain 

Transactions Related to Burma.’’ OFAC 

is also identifying certain individuals 

and entities that are subject to the 

blocking provisions of the Tom Lantos 

Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s AntiDemocratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (the 

‘‘JADE Act’’). 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of two individuals and twentythree entities identified in this notice, 

pursuant to Executive Order 13448 or 

Executive Order 13464 is effective 

January 15, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., (Treasury Annex), 

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