The Census Bureau is updating Automated Export System (AES) Port of Export Codes, effective Jan. 1, it said in an AES Broadcast. On that date, Port of Export Code 3382 for Natrona County International Airport, Wyo., will be removed; Port of Export Code 3332 for Casper, Wyo., will be added; and Port of Export Code 3386 for Gallatin Field User Fee Air, Bozeman, Mont., will be renamed to “Bozeman Yellowstone User Fee Airport, Belgrade, Mont.”
The Bureau of Industry and Security denied the export privileges for five years of Henson Chua, a Philippine national, as well as the Celltron Marketing Company, following Chua’s 2011 conviction for the unauthorized temporary import of a controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Chua and Celltron will be denied persons until Nov. 8, 2016, BIS said. Chua had been sentenced to time served plus three years of supervised release, a $13,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment. He is also listed on the State Department’s Debarred List.
The Temrex Corp., a manufacturer of restorative and cosmetic products for dentistry, will pay $8,750, and its president and vice president for sales and marketing $5,250 each, to settle charges that they illegally exported items destined for Iran without the required Office of Foreign Assets Control license, in violation of the Iranian Transactions Regulations.
The Department of Energy is seeking comments on an application by Sempra LNG Marketing for blanket authorization to export up to the equivalent of 250 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas that previously had been imported into the U.S. from foreign sources, for a two-year period beginning Feb. 1. The LNG would be exported from the Cameron LNG Terminal (Cameron Terminal) owned by Sempra LNG Marketing's affiliate Cameron LNG, LLC, in Cameron Parish, La. Protests, motions to intervene or notices of intervention, requests for additional procedures, and written comments are due by Jan. 25 to the U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and Supply, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. Further information: Larine Moore 202-586-9478.
Cheniere Energy Partners' Sabine Pass Liquefaction subsidiary signed a contract with Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals for engineering, procurement and construction of the third and fourth LNG liquefaction trains to be constructed adjacent to the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located in Cameron Parish, L., it said. Sabine said it will give Bechtel a notice to proceed with construction when it completes acceptable financing arrangements and makes a final investment decision. Construction for the third and fourth trains is expected to begin in the first half of 2013, it said.
Pangea LNG B.V. said its Pangea LNG (North America) Holdings subsidiary filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy for multi-contract authorization to export liquefied natural gas from its proposed facility in South Texas to any country with which the U.S. does not have a Free Trade Agreement. Pangea is developing a new LNG export terminal on a 550-acre site fronting the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay, and Pangea filed an application with DOE Nov. 29 for export authority to countries with which the U.S. has Free Trade Agreements.
The Census Bureau released its schedule for Automated Export System seminars and AESPcLink workshops for 2013. At each event, training will be provided by Census, CBP, and the Bureau of Industry and Security at the seminar on the first day. These experts will cover the filing requirements of the Foreign Trade Regulations, how to classify commodities in Schedule B, EAR compliance, enforcement of the FTR, and provide a thorough overview of the AES. The second day will offer a half day AESPcLink Workshop.
More than a $150 million worth of American-made energy equipment will be exported to Uruguay and Mexico as a result of transactions approved by the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. It approved a $78.6 million direct loan to Abengoa of Seville, Spain, that applies technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors. The Bank also approved a $73.6 million direct loan to Palmatir S.A. of Cuchilla de Peralta, Uruguay, which is owned by Abengoa. Ex-Im's loan to Palmatir will support the purchase of 25 wind turbines from Gamesa Technology Corp. of Trevose, Pa. The loan to Abengoa will support the purchase of three GE 7FA gas turbines and two generators for the use in the 642 MW Centro Power Project in Morelos, Mexico.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is asking for comments by Jan, 18 on the impact that implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) has had on commercial activities involving “Schedule 1” chemicals during calendar year 2012. Information collected will be used by BIS to prepare its annual certification to Congress, which is required by the 1997 Senate Resolution giving its advice and consent to the ratification of the CWC.
Compliance and enforcement activities for exports using country-based license exceptions differ only from licensed exports in terms of license application review, vetting parties to transactions, and recordkeeping, said the Government Accountability Office in report on “Export Controls: Compliance and Enforcement Activities and Congressional Notification Requirements under Country-Based License Exemptions.” The report, requested by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-Calif.), was compiled in response to concerns about new country-based license exceptions such as the State Department’s defense trade treaties with the U.K. and Australia, as well as the Bureau of Industry and Security’s new Strategic Trade Authorization (STA) license exception.