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 Nos. 04-BIS-04, 04-BIS-05, 04-BIS-06, 04-BIS-07] This matter is before me upon a Recommended Decision and Order of an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”), as further described below. On February 2, 2004, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) initiated four administrative proceedings by filing Charging Letters alleging that Megatech Engineering & Services Pvt. Ltd. (“Megatech”) and Ajay Ahuja (“Ahuja”) each committed four violations of the Export Administration Regulations (“Regulations”) and that Ravi Shettigar (“Shettigar”) and T.K. Mohan (“Mohan”) each committed three violations of the Regulations, [ 1 ] issued pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2401-2420 (2000)) (“Act”). [ 2 ] On August 13, 2004, the ALJ consolidated the cases involving Megatech, Ahuja, Shettigar and Mohan. Thus, use of the term “the Respondents” in this document refers to Megatech, Ahuja, Shettigar and Mohan, collectively. The charges against each Respondent are as follows: Charge 1: Conspiracy to Export Items Subject to the Regulations to a Person Listed on the Entity List Without BIS Authorization: From on or about April 1, 2000, through on or about August 31, 2001, the Respondents conspired with others, known and unknown, to export from the United States to the Indira Gandhi Centre for…
Citation: 72 FR 61609