The Justic Department announces that Omid Khalili, an Iranian national, has pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export fighter jet or military aircraft parts from the U.S. to Iran, which are designated as defense articles on the U.S. Munitions List. Khalili faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $1 million fine.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a final rule, effective June 16, 2010, which amends the Iranian Transactions Regulations to expand the scope of persons determined to be the Government of Iran in Appendix A to 31 CFR Part 560, and adds to the appendix 22 persons, among other things. The Treasury Department also announced new ITR designations, available here.
California's Air Resources Board announced that it settled several enforcement actions with Pep Boys Auto for $170,000 in May 2010, for selling non-compliant vehicles and generators. The Philadelphia, PA based Pep Boys offered for sale and sold several motorized scooters, generators, and one all-terrain vehicle that did not carry the correct certification.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued Federal Register notice of its partially open meeting on June 23, 2010, in which FMC is scheduled to consider complaints or inquiries from individual shippers of household goods or private automobiles in open session; and interim report findings on vessel capacity in closed session, among other things.
The Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products will host a Web-based public meeting on June 30, 2010 to discuss issues regarding the development of an enforcement action plan to enforce restrictions on promotion and advertising of menthol and other cigarettes to youth. Comments are due by August 2, 2010.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada, and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers have joined together to call for strong and comprehensive international safety standards on corded window coverings from manufacturers and standards organizations.
The Coast Guard is correcting the preamble to its June 17, 2010 proposed rule, “Bulk Solid Hazardous Materials: Harmonization with the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code,” to provide correct information with regard to the preliminary environmental analysis checklist.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on June 23, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
The Bureau of Industry and Security announces that Messina, Inc. of Dallas, TX has agreed to pay a $10,800 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations when it furnished to a U.S. bank two certificates signed by the agent for a vessel that attested to the vessel’s eligibility to call at the port of a boycotting country.