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therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics,
Environmental Analysis, and
Administration within 14 calendar days
of the date of this notice. The rules for
release of waybill data are codified at 49
CFR 1244.9.
Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 245–
0317.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designations, Foreign
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
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 5
additional entities and individuals
whose property and interests in
property have been blocked pursuant to
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21
U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
DATES: The designation by the Secretary
of the Treasury of the two entities and
four individuals identified in this notice
pursuant to section 805(b) of the
Kingpin Act is effective on April 22,
2008.
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 on 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
The Kingpin Act became law on
December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act
establishes a program targeting the
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activities of significant foreign narcotics
traffickers and their organizations on a
worldwide basis. It provides a statutory
framework for the President to impose
sanctions against significant foreign
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narcotics traffickers and their
organizations on a worldwide basis,
with the objective of denying their
businesses and agents access to the U.S.
financial system and to the benefits of
trade and transactions involving U.S.
companies and individuals.
The Kingpin Act blocks all property
and interests in property, subject to U.S.
jurisdiction, owned or controlled by
significant foreign narcotics traffickers
as identified by the President. In
addition, the Kingpin Act blocks the
property and interests in property,
subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of foreign
persons designated by the Secretary of
Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General, the Director of Central
Intelligence, the Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the
Secretary of Homeland Security who are
found to be: (1) Materially assisting in,
or providing financial or technological
support for or to, or providing goods or
services in support of, the international
narcotics trafficking activities of a
person designated pursuant to the
Kingpin Act; (2) owned, controlled, or
directed by, or acting for or on behalf of,
a person designated pursuant to the
Kingpin Act; or (3) playing a significant
role in international narcotics
trafficking.
On April 22, 2008, OFAC designated
two additional entities and four
additional individuals whose property
and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to section 805(b) of the Foreign
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
The list of additional designees is as
follows:
Entities
1. CAMBIOS NASDAQ LTDA,
Avenida 15 No. 77–05 Local 2–106,
Bogota, Colombia; NIT # 8301284123
(Colombia); (ENTITY) [SDNTK].
2. CAMBIOS EL TREBOL, Avenida
Calle 26 No. 69C–03 Local 214, Bogota,
Colombia; Commercial Registry Number
1404087 (Colombia); (ENTITY)
[SDNTK].
Individuals
1. CALDERON VELANDIA, Nilson
(a.k.a. ‘‘Villa’’); Colombia; DOB 18 Jul
1974; POB Mogotes, Santander,
Colombia; Citizen Colombia; Nationality
Colombia; Cedula No. 91348897
(Colombia); Passport AK040618
(Colombia); (INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].
2. CAMACHO BERNAL, Jose
Edilberto, Colombia; DOB 28 Feb 1954;
POB Venecia, Cundinamarca, Colombia;
Citizen Colombia; Nationality Colombia;
Cedula No. 11374416 (Colombia);
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Passport AI222190 (Colombia);
(INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].
3. DIAZ HERRERA, Carlos Olimpo,
c/o CAMBIOS NASDAQ LTDA, Bogota,
Colombia; DOB 07 Feb 1954; POB
Pandi, Cundinamarca, Colombia;
Citizen Colombia; Nationality Colombia;
Cedula No. 11250581 (Colombia);
Passport 11250581 (Colombia);
(INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].
4. RINCON MOLINA, Myriam, c/o
CAMBIOS EL TREBOL, Bogota,
Colombia; DOB 29 Jan 1959; POB
Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia;
Citizen Colombia; Nationality Colombia;
Cedula No. 20622294 (Colombia);
Passport AK739055 (Colombia);
(INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].
Dated: April 22, 2008.
Barbara Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
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BILLING CODE 4811–45–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service Advisory
Council (IRSAC); Nominations
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Request for Applications.
SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) requests applications of
individuals to be considered for
selection as Internal Revenue Service
Advisory Council (IRSAC) members.
Applications will be accepted for
current vacancies and should describe
and document the applicant’s
qualifications for membership. IRSAC is
comprised of up to thirty (30) appointed
members; approximately three of these
appointments will expire in December
2008. It is important that the IRSAC
continue to represent a diverse taxpayer
and stakeholder base. Accordingly, to
maintain membership diversity,
selection is based on the applicant’s
qualifications as well as areas of
expertise.
The Internal Revenue Service
Advisory Council (IRSAC) provides an
organized public forum for IRS officials
and representatives of the public to
discuss relevant tax administration
issues. The council advises the IRS on
issues that have a substantive effect on
federal tax administration. As an
advisory body designed to focus on
broad policy matters, the IRSAC reviews
existing tax policy and/or recommends
policies with respect to emerging tax
administration issues. The IRSAC
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suggests operational improvements,
offers constructive observations
regarding current or proposed IRS
policies, programs, and procedures, and
advises the IRS with respect to issues
having substantive effect on federal tax
administration.
DATES: Written applications must be
postmarked or faxed on or before June
16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Applications should be sent
to Ms. Lorenza Wilds, National Public
Liaison, CL:NPL:P, Room 7559 IR, 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20224, Attn: IRSAC Applications; or
by e-mail: *public_liaison@irs.gov.
Applications may be submitted by mail
to the address above or faxed to 202–
927–5253. Application packages are
available on the Tax Professional’s Page,
which is located on the IRS Internet
Web site at http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/
index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Lorenza Wilds, 202–622–6440 (not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IRSAC
was authorized under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
No. 92–463., the first Advisory Group to
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue—
or the Commissioner’s Advisory Group
(‘‘CAG’’)—was established in 1953 as a
‘‘national policy and/or issue advisory
committee.’’ Renamed in 1998, the
Internal Revenue Service Advisory
Council (IRSAC) reflects the agency-
wide scope of its focus as an advisory
body to the entire agency. The IRSAC’s
primary purpose is to provide an
organized public forum for senior IRS
executives and representatives of the
public to discuss relevant tax
administration issues.
Conveying the public’s perception of
IRS activities, the IRSAC is comprised
of individuals who bring substantial,
disparate experience and diverse
backgrounds on the Council’s activities.
Membership is balanced to include
representation from the taxpaying
public, the tax professional community,
small and large businesses, state tax
administration, and the payroll
community.
IRSAC members are appointed by the
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service and serve a term of three years.
There are four subcommittees of IRSAC,
the (Small Business/Self Employed (SB/
SE); Large Mid-Size Business (LMSB);
Wage & Investment (W&I); and the Tax
Gap Analysis (TGA) subcommittee,
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which was established last year.
Members are not paid for their
services. However, travel expenses for
working sessions, public meetings and
orientation sessions, such as airfare, per
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diem, and transportation to and from
airports, train stations, etc., are
reimbursed within prescribed federal
travel limitations.
Receipt of applications will be
acknowledged, these individuals
contacted, and immediately thereafter,
biographical information must be
completed and returned to Ms. Lorenza
Wilds in National Public Liaison within
fifteen (15) days.
In accordance with Department of
Treasury Directive 21–03, a clearance
process including, fingerprints, annual
tax checks, a Federal Bureau of
Investigation criminal and subversive
name check, and a practitioner check
with the Office of Professional
Responsibility will be conducted.
Equal opportunity practices will be
followed for all appointments to the
IRSAC in accordance with the
Department of Treasury and IRS
policies. To ensure that the
recommendations of the IRSAC have
taken into account the needs of the
diverse groups served by the IRS,
membership shall include individuals
who demonstrate the ability to represent
minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities.
Dated: April 18, 2008.
Candice Cromling,
Director, National Public Liaison.
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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND
SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Notice of Open Public Hearing
AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission.
ACTION: Notice of open public hearing—
May 20, 2008, Washington, DC.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the
following hearing of the U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review
Commission.
Name: Larry Wortzel, Chairman of the
U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission.
The Commission is mandated by
Congress to investigate, assess, evaluate
and report to Congress annually on ‘‘the
national security implications and
impact of the bilateral trade and
economic relationship between the
United States and the People’s Republic
of China.’’
Pursuant to this mandate, the
Commission will hold a public hearing
in Washington, DC on May 20, 2008 to
address ‘‘China’s Proliferation Practices
and the Development of its Cyber and
Space Warfare Capabilities’’
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Background
This event is the fifth in a series of
public hearings the Commission will
hold during its 2008 report cycle to
collect input from leading academic,
industry, and government experts on the
impact of the economic and national
security implications of the U.S.
bilateral trade and economic
relationship with China. The May 20
hearing will examine three topics:
China’s proliferation activities, China’s
growing cyber space activities and
capabilities, and China’s growing
presence and capabilities in outer space.
The May 20 hearing will address
‘‘China’s Proliferation Practices and the
Development of its Cyber and Space
Warfare Capabilities’’ and will be Co-
chaired by Commissioners Peter
Brookes and William Reinsch.
Information on hearings, as well as
transcripts of past Commission hearings,
can be obtained from the USCC Web
Site http://www.uscc.gov.
Copies of the hearing agenda will be
made available on the Commission’s
Web site http://www.uscc.gov as soon as
available. Any interested party may file
a written statement by May 20, 2008, by
mailing to the contact below. On May
20, the hearing will be held in two
sessions, one in the morning and one in
the afternoon. There will be a question
and answer period between the
Commissioners and the witnesses.
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, May 20, 2008,
10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time. A detailed agenda for the hearing
will be posted to the Commission’s Web
site at http://www.uscc.gov in the near
future.
ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held on
Capitol Hill in Room 562 Dirksen Senate
Office Building located at First Street
and Constitution Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20510. Public seating is
limited to about 50 people on a first
come, first served basis. Advance
reservations are not required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information concerning the hearing
should contact Kathy Michels, Associate
Director for the U.S.-China Economic
and Security Review Commission, 444
North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602,
Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202–
624–1409, or via e-mail at
kmichels@uscc.gov.
Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission
in 2000 in the National Defense
Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106–398), as
amended by Division P of the Consolidated
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L.
108–7), as amended by Public Law 109–108
(November 22, 2005).
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