Action Affecting Export Privileges; Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines et al.

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 Order Making Temporary Denial of Export Privileges Applicable to Related Persons Pursuant to Section 766.23 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR” or “Regulations”), the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Office of Export Enforcement (“OEE”), has requested that I make the temporary denial order that was issued against the above-named Respondents Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (“IRISL”), Tadbir Sanaat Sharif Technology Development Center (“TSS”), and Icarus Marine (Pty) Ltd. (“Icarus Marine”) on January 23, 2009, and published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2009 ( 74 FR 6 , 465 ) (hereinafter referred to as the “TDO”) applicable to the following entities and individuals, as persons related to the Respondent IRISL or Respondent Icarus Marine: I. Background A. The TDO The TDO, effective upon issuance on January 23, 2009, denies the export privileges of Respondents IRISL, TSS, and Icarus Marine for 180 days pursuant to Section 766.24 of the Regulations. The TDO issued based upon my review of the evidence and determination that issuance of the TDO was necessary in the public interest to prevent an imminent violation of the Regulations. As more fully set forth in the TDO, the evidence showed, inter alia, that the Respondents were about to violate the EAR by re-e…