[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42143-42144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20080]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Action Affecting Export Privileges; New York & Southern Lumber 
Corp.; Order Denying Permission To Apply For or Use Export Licenses

    In the matter of: New York & Southern Lumber Corporation, 6 West 
Park Place, Great Neck, New York 11023.

    On June 15, 1995, New York & Southern Lumber Corporation was 
convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District 
of Louisiana of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1701-1706 (1991)) (IEEPA). Specifically, New 
York & Southern Lumber Corporation was convicted on one count of 
willfully selling and causing to be exported from Louisiana to Italy, 
for transshipment to Libya, approximately 7670.46 cubic board meters of 
southern yellow pine lumber, in violation of the President's embargo on 
the exportation of all goods to that country.
    Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended 
(50 U.S.C.A. app. Secs. 2401-2420 (1991, Supp. 1993, and Pub. L. No. 
103-277, July 5, 1994)) (the Act),\1\ provides that, at the discretion 
of the Secretary of Commerce,\2\ no person convicted of violating the 
IEEPA, or certain other provisions of the United States Code, shall be 
eligible to apply for or use any export license issued pursuant to, or 
provided by, the Act or the Export Administration Regulations 
(currently codified at 15 CFR Parts 768-799 (1995)) (the Regulations) 
for a period of up to 10 years from the date of the conviction. In 
addition, any export license issued pursuant to the Act in which such a 
person had any interest at the time of conviction may be revoked.

    \1\ The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive Order 12924 
(59 Fed. Reg. 43437, August 23, 1994) continued the Regulations in 
effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C.A. Secs. 1701-1706 (1991)).
    \2\ Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority that are 
reflected in the Regulations, the Director, Office of Export 
Licensing, in consultation with the Director, Office of Export 
Section 11(h) of the Act. Because of a recent Bureau of Export 
Administration reorganization, this responsibility now rests with 
the Director, Office of Exporter Services. Subsequent regulatory 
references herein to the ``Director, Office of Export Licensing,'' 
should be read as meaning ``Director, Office of Exporter Services.''
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    Pursuant to Sections 770.15 and 772.1(g) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating the IEEPA, 
the Director, Office of Export Licensing, in consultation with the 
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to deny 
that person permission to apply for or use any export license issued 
pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, and shall 
also determine whether to revoke any export license previously issued 
to such a person.
    Having received notice of New York & Southern Lumber Corporation's 
conviction for violating the IEEPA, and following consultations with 
the Director, Office of Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny New 
York & Southern Lumber Corporation permission to apply for or use any 
export license, including any general license, issued pursuant to, or 
provided by, the Act and the Regulations, for a period of 10 years from 
the date of its conviction. The 10-year period ends on June 15, 2005. I 
have also decided that this denial period be suspended for the entire 
10-year period and thereafter waived, provided that, during the period 
of suspension, New York & Southern Lumber Corporation has committed no 
violations of the Act or any regulation, order, or license issued under 
the Act.
    Accordingly, it is hereby Ordered:
    I. Until June 15, 2005, New York & Southern Lumber Corporation, 6 
West Park Place, Great Neck, New York 11023, hereby is denied all 
privileges of participating, directly or indirectly, in any manner or 
capacity, in any transaction in the United States or abroad involving 
any commodity or technical data exported or to be exported from the 
United States, in whole or in part, and subject to the Regulations. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, participation, either 
in the United States or abroad, shall include participation, directly 
or indirectly, in any manner or capacity: (i) as a party or as a 
representative of a party to any export license application submitted 
to the Department; (ii) in preparing or filing with the Department any 
export license application or request for reexport authorization, or 
any document to be submitted therewith; (iii) in obtaining from the 
department or using any validated or general export license, reexport 
authorization or other export 

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control document; (iv) in carrying on negotiations with respect to, or 
in receiving, ordering, buying, selling, delivering, storing, using, or 
disposing of, in whole or in part, any commodities or technical data 
exported or to be exported from the United States, and subject to the 
Regulations; and (v) in financing, forwarding, transporting, or other 
servicing of such commodities or technical data.
    II. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in Section 
770.15(h) of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or 
business organization related to New York & Southern Lumber Corporation 
by affiliation, ownership, control, or position of responsibility in 
the conduct of trade or related services may also be subject to the 
provisions of this Order.
    III. As provided in Section 787.12(a) of the Regulations, without 
prior disclosure of the facts to and specific authorization of the 
Office of Export Licensing, in consultation with the Office of Export 
Enforcement, no person may directly or indirectly, in any manner or 
capacity: (i) apply for, obtain, or use any license, Shipper's Export 
Declaration, bill of lading, or other export control document relating 
to an export or reexport of commodities or technical data by, to, or 
for another person then subject to an order revoking or denying his 
export privileges or then excluded from practice before the Bureau of 
Export Administration; or (ii) order, buy, receive, use, sell, deliver, 
store, dispose of, forward, transport, finance, or otherwise service or 
participate: (a) in any transaction which may involve any commodity or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States; (b) 
in any reexport thereof; or (c) in any other transaction which is 
subject to the Export Administration Regulations, if the person denied 
export privileges may obtain any benefit or have any interest in, 
directly or indirectly, any of these transactions.
    IV. The 10-year denial period is suspended until June 15, 2005 and 
shall thereafter be waived, provided that New York & Southern Lumber 
Corporation, during the period of suspension, has committed no 
violations of the Act or any regulation, license, or order issued under 
the Act.
    V. This Order is effective immediately.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to New York & Southern 
Lumber Corporation.

    Dated: July 26, 1995.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Acting Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 95-20080 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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