Additional Designation of Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 12978

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 the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is publishing the names of 28 newly-designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, “Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.” DATES: The designation by the Acting Director of OFAC of the 28 individuals and entities identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 12978 is effective on May 27, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site ( http://www.treas.gov/​ofac ) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: (202) 622-0077. Background On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia , of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706 ), issued Executive Order 12978 ( 60 FR 54579 , October 24, 1995) (the “Order”). In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant…