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 Number 17-BIS-0004 (consolidated)] This matter is before me a second time to review the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) decision in this case. On March 11, 2020, I affirmed the ALJ's initial recommended decision and order's (Initial RDO) findings of liability, modified the denial order to a period of 15 years, and remanded to the ALJ for a reexamination of the civil monetary penalty (Remand Order). [ 1 ] The ALJ did so, resulting in a reinstatement of the original $31,425,760 civil monetary penalty by way of a July 15, 2020 Recommended Decision and Order (Penalty RDO). [ 2 ] With the benefit of the Penalty RDO and additional briefing from the parties, this matter is ripe for decision. For the following reasons, I conclude that Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd.'s (Nordic) and Morten Innhaug's (Innhaug and, collectively, Respondents) conduct—including the knowing export of highly controlled equipment to one of America's adversaries, coupled with making false and misleading statements to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the course of its investigation into the matter—warrants a significant sanction. As a result, I affirm the $31,425,760 civil monetary penalty in its entirety and determine that no suspension of the penalty is appropriate. I. Background This matter has a thorough procedural history, which is recounted in the Remand Order and in the Initial RDO. See 85 FR 15 , 415-16 ; see also id. at 1…
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Citation: 85 FR 52312
