Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 135 / Thursday, July 16, 2009 / Notices 34639 

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 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: July 9, 2009. 

R. Joseph Durbala, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–16880 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of One Individual and One 

Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 

13438 

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 

one newly designated entity and one 

newly designated individual whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13438 of July 17, 2007, ‘‘Blocking 

Property of Certain Persons Who 

Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Secretary 

of the Treasury of the entity and 

individual identified in this notice 

pursuant to Executive Order 13438 is 

effective on July 02, 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 July 17, 2007, the President issued 

Executive Order 13438 (the ‘‘Order’’) 

pursuant to 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 declared a national 

emergency to address the threat to the 

national security and foreign policy of 

the United States posed by acts of 

violence threatening the peace and 

stability of Iraq and undermining efforts 

to promote economic reconstruction and 

political reform in Iraq and to provide 

humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi 

people. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property 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, 

including any overseas branch, of the 

following persons: Persons who are 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

Defense, (1) To have committed, or to 

pose a significant risk of committing, an 

act or acts of violence that have the 

purpose or effect of threatening the 

peace or stability of Iraq or the 

Government of Iraq, or undermining 

efforts to promote economic 

reconstruction and political reform in 

Iraq or to provide humanitarian 

assistance to the Iraqi people; (2) to have 

materially assisted, sponsored, or 

provided financial, material, or 

technical support for, or goods or 

services in support of, such an act or 

acts of violence or any person whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to the Order; or (3) to 

be owned or controlled by, or to have 

acted or purported to act for or on behalf 

of, directly or indirectly, any person 

whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to the 

Order. 

On July 2, 2009, the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

Defense, designated, pursuant to one or 

more of the criteria set forth in the 

Order, one individual and one entity 

whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 

Executive Order 13438. 

The list of designees is as follows: 

AL–MUHANDIS, ABU MAHDI (a.k.a. 

AL BASERI, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL– 

BASARI, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL–BASRI, 

Abu-Mahdi al-Mohandis; a.k.a. AL– 

IBRAHIMI, Jamal; a.k.a. AL–IBRAHIMI, 

Jamal Ja’afar Muhammad Ali; a.k.a. AL– 

IBRAHIMI, Jamal Ja’far; a.k.a. AL– 

MADAN, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL– 

MOHANDAS, Abu-Mahdi; a.k.a. AL– 

MOHANDESS, Abu Mehdi; a.k.a. AL– 

MUHANDES, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL– 

MUHANDIS, Abu Mahdi al-Basri; a.k.a. 

AL–MUHANDIS, Abu-Muhannad; a.k.a. 

BIHAJ, Jamal Ja’afar Ibrahim al-Mikna; 

a.k.a. EBRAHIMI, Jamal Jafaar 

Mohammed Ali; a.k.a. JAMAL, Ibrahimi; 

a.k.a. ‘‘AL–IBRAHIMI, Jamal Fa’far 

’Ali’’; a.k.a. ‘‘AL–TAMIMI, Jamal alMadan’’; a.k.a. ‘‘JAAFAR, Jaafar Jamal’’; 

a.k.a. ‘‘MOHAMMED, Jamal Jaafar’’), 

Mehran, Iran; Al Fardoussi Street, 

Tehran, Iran; Al Maaqal, Al Basrah, Iraq; 

Velayat Faqih Base, Kenesht Mountain 

Pass, Northwest of Kermanshah, Iran; 

DOB 1953; POB Ma’ghal, Basrah, Iraq; 

citizen Iran; alt. citizen Iraq; nationality 

Iraq (individual) [IRAQ3] 

KATA’IB HIZBALLAH (a.k.a. 

HIZBALLAH BRIGADES; a.k.a. 

HIZBALLAH BRIGADES IN IRAQ; a.k.a. 

HIZBALLAH BRIGADES–IRAQ; a.k.a. 

KATA’IB HEZBOLLAH; a.k.a. 

KHATA’IB HEZBOLLAH; a.k.a. 

KHATA’IB HIZBALLAH; a.k.a. 

KHATTAB HEZBALLAH; a.k.a. 

‘‘HIZBALLAH BRIGADES–IRAQ OF 

THE ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ’’; 

a.k.a. ‘‘ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN 

IRAQ’’; a.k.a. ‘‘KATA’IB HIZBALLAH FI 

AL–IRAQ’’; a.k.a. ‘‘KATIBAT ABU 

FATHEL AL A’ABAS’’; a.k.a. 

‘‘KATIBAT ZAYD EBIN ALI’’; a.k.a. 

‘‘KATIBUT KARBALAH’’), Iraq; Najaf, 

Iraq [FTO] [SDGT] [IRAQ3] 

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. E9–16877 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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