Commerce Department, Industry and Security Bureau
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 04-BIS-14] The Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”) has initiated an administrative proceeding against Sunford Trading, Ltd. (“Sunford”) pursuant to Section 766.3 of the Export Administration Regulations (currently codified at 15 CFR parts 730-774 (2005)) (“Regulations”), [ 1 ] and Section 13(c) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2401-2420 (2000)) (“Act”), [ 2 ] through issuance of a charging letter to Sunford that alleged that Sunford committed three violations of the Regulations. Specifically, the charges are: 1. One violation of 15 CFR 764.2(e) —Ordering, Buying, Financing, and/or Forwarding Items to China With the Knowledge That a Violation of the Regulations Will Occur. Beginning on or about November 23, 1998 and continuing to on or about July 20, 1999, Sunford ordered, bought, financed, and/or forwarded an industrial hot press furnace to the Beijing Research Institute of Materials and Technology (hereinafter, “BRIMT”) in China with knowledge that a violation of the Regulations would occur. Specifically, at the time Sunford ordered, bought, financed, and/or forwarded the furnace, it knew or had reason to know that a Department of Commerce license was required for export to BRIMT under Section 744.3 of the Regulations, and that such license would not be obtained. 2. One violat…
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Citation: 70 FR 49910
