[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2011)] [Notices] [Page 55167] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-22686] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive Order 13382 Related to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is removing one vessel previously identified as property blocked because of its connection to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) from OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. DATES: This removal by the Director of OFAC was effective on February 14, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202/622-2490, Office of Foreign Assets Control; Assistant Director for Policy, tel.: 202/622-4855, Office of Foreign Assets Control; or Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622-2410, Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622-0077. Background On June 28, 2005, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 13382 (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005) (the ``Order''), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 29, 2005. In the Order, the President took additional steps with respect to the national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them. Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, or that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) The persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation concern; (3) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to have provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of, any activity or transaction described in clause (2) above or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order; and (4) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order. On February 14, 2011, the Director of OFAC removed one vessel that was previously identified as property of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) from OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Removed Vessel Fourth Ocean Container Ship 82,200DWT 74,200GRT Malta flag (IRISL); Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9349605 (Malta) (vessel) [NPWMD]. Dated: August 29, 2011. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2011-22686 Filed 9-2-11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4811-AL-P