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, 15 CFR parts 730-774 (“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 the issuance of an Order temporarily denying, for a period of 180 days, the export privileges under the Regulations of: Turboshaft FZE (“Turboshaft”), Treetops Aviation (“Treetops”), Black Metal FZE (“Black Metal”), Timur Badr, and Elaine Balingit (collectively, the “Respondents”). OEE's request and related information indicate that the parties are located in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), at the respective addresses listed on the caption page of this order, and that Badr, a Russian national, owns or controls Turboshaft FZE and Treetops Aviation. I. Legal Standard Pursuant to section 766.24, BIS may issue an order temporarily denying a respondent's export privileges 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) and 766.24(d) . “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 inv…