Order Temporarily Denying Export Privileges

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 Pursuant to Section 766.24 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR” or the “Regulations”), [ 1 ] the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Office of Export Enforcement (“OEE”), has requested that I issue an Order temporarily denying, for a period of 180 days, the export privileges under the EAR of: OEE also has requested pursuant to Sections 766.23 and 766.24 of the Regulations that the following party also be named to the TDO as a related person to Aban Air and Ali Mahdavi, in order to prevent evasion of the TDO: I. Issuance of Temporary Denial Order A. Legal Standard Pursuant to Section 766.24(b) of the Regulations, BIS may issue a TDO upon a showing that the order is necessary in the public interest to prevent an “imminent violation” of the Regulations. 15 CFR 766.24(b)(1) . “A violation may be `imminent' either in time or degree of likelihood.” 15 CFR 766.24(b)(3) . BIS may show “either that a violation is about to occur, or that the general circumstances of the matter under investigation or case under criminal or administrative charges demonstrate a likelihood of future violations.” Id. As to the likelihood of future violations, BIS may show that “the violation under investigation or charges is significant, deliberate, covert and/or likely to occur again, rather than technical o…