Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

• Published date: 01 June 2021
• Record Number: 2021-11438
• Section: Notices
• Court: Commerce Department,Economic Development Administration

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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 103 / Tuesday, June 1, 2021 / Notices

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ECRA was enacted as part of the John S. McCain

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

2019, and as amended is codified at 50 U.S.C.

4801–4852. Pourghannad’s conviction post-dates

ECRA’s enactment on August 13, 2018.

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The Regulations are currently codified in the

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–

774 (2021).

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The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is

now the authorizing official for issuance of denial

orders, pursuant to recent amendments to the

Regulations (85 FR 73411, November 18, 2020).

Dated: May 26, 2021.

David Mussatt,

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.

[FR Doc. 2021–11484 Filed 5–28–21; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

Notice of Petitions by Firms for

Determination of Eligibility To Apply

for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY

: Economic Development

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce.

ACTION

: Notice and opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY

: The Economic Development

Administration (EDA) has received

petitions for certification of eligibility to

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

from the firms listed below.

Accordingly, EDA has initiated

investigations to determine whether

increased imports into the United States

of articles like or directly competitive

with those produced by each of the

firms contributed importantly to the

total or partial separation of the firms’

workers, or threat thereof, and to a

decrease in sales or production of each

petitioning firm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

:

L

IST OF

P

ETITIONS

R

ECEIVED BY

EDA

FOR

C

ERTIFICATION OF

E

LIGIBILITY

T

O

A

PPLY FOR

T

RADE

A

DJUSTMENT

A

SSISTANCE

[5/7/2021 through 5/20/2021]

Firm name Firm address Date

accepted for

investigation Product(s)

Ramar-Hall, Inc ........................................ 26 Old Indian Trail, Middlefield, CT

06455. 5/12/2021 The firm manufactures miscellaneous

metal parts for aircraft.

Criterion Technology, Inc ........................ 101 McIntosh Parkway, Thomaston, GA

30286. 5/18/2021 The firm manufactures plastic covers

and miscellaneous plastic parts and

assemblies.

Edward Segal, Inc ................................... 360 Reynolds Bridge Road, Thomaston,

CT 06787. 5/20/2021 The firm manufactures industrial machin-

ery for setting eyelets, grommets, and

rivets.

Any party having a substantial

interest in these proceedings may

request a public hearing on the matter.

A written request for a hearing must be

submitted to the Trade Adjustment

Assistance Division, Room 71030,

Economic Development Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten

(10) calendar days following publication

of this notice. These petitions are

received pursuant to section 251 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

Please follow the requirements set

forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR

315.8 for procedures to request a public

hearing. The Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance official number

and title for the program under which

these petitions are submitted is 11.313,

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.

Bryan Borlik,

Director.

[FR Doc. 2021–11438 Filed 5–28–21; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

In the Matter of: Behzad Pourghannad,

NY11 AR Gandi, Tehran, Iran; Order

Denying Export Privileges

On November 13, 2019, in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District

of New York, Behzad Pourghannad

(‘‘Pourghannad’’) was convicted of

violating the International Emergency

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

et seq.) (‘‘IEEPA’’). Specifically,

Pourghannad was convicted of IEEPA

by conspiring to unlawfully export

carbon fiber from the United States to

Iran without having first obtained the

required U.S. Government

authorization. Pourghannad was

sentenced to 20 months in prison and a

$100 assessment.

Pursuant to Section 1760(e) of the

Export Control Reform Act (‘‘ECRA’’),

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the export privileges of any person who

has been convicted of certain offenses,

including, but not limited to, IEEPA,

may be denied for a period of up to ten

(10) years from the date of his/her

conviction. 50 U.S.C. 4819(e) (Prior

Convictions). In addition, any Bureau of

Industry and Security (BIS) licenses or

other authorizations issued under

ECRA, in which the person had an

interest at the time of the conviction,

may be revoked. Id.

BIS received notice of Pourghannad’s

conviction for violating IEEPA, and has

provided notice and opportunity for

Pourghannad to make a written

submission to BIS, as provided in

Section 766.25 of the Export

Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or

the ‘‘Regulations’’). 15 CFR 766.25.

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BIS

has not received a written submission

from Pourghannad.

Based upon my review of the record

and consultations with BIS’s Office of

Exporter Services, including its

Director, and the facts available to BIS,

I have decided to deny Pourghannad’s

export privileges under the Regulations

for a period of 10 years from the date of

Pourghannad’s conviction. The Office of

Exporter Services has also decided to

revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which

Pourghannad had an interest at the time

of his conviction.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ordered:

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