[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 41995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16690]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of an Individual Pursuant to Executive Order 13619

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13619 of 
July 11, 2012, ``Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, 
Security, or Stability of Burma.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the one individual 
named in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13619, is effective 
July 2, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance and Evaluation, 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 (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On July 11, 2012, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 
13619, ``Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, 
or Stability of Burma'' (``E.O. 13619''), 77 FR 41243 (July 13, 2012), 
pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), which modifies the scope of the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997, as 
modified in scope in Executive Order 13448 of October 18, 2007, and 
relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13310 of July 
28, 2003, Executive Order 13448 of October 18, 2007, and Executive 
Order 13464 of April 30, 2008.
    Section 1(a) of E.O. 13619 blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that 
come within the United States, or that are or come within the 
possession or control of any United States person, including any 
foreign branch, of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of 
State, to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs 
(a)(i)-(a)(vi) of Section 1. On July 2, 2013, the Director of OFAC, in 
consultation with or at the recommendation of the Department of State, 
designated pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth in Section 
1, subparagraphs (a)(i)-(a)(vi) of E.O. 13619, the following 
individual, whose name has been added to the list of Specially 
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13619:

1. HTAY, Thein; DOB 07 Sep 1955; POB Taunggyi, Burma; Lieutenant 
General; Chief of Defence Industries; Chief of Army Ordnance Industries 
(individual) [BURMA].

    Dated: July 2, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-16690 Filed 7-11-13; 8:45 am]
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