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38553 Federal Register / Vol.

66, No.

143 / Wednesday, July 25,

2001 / Rules and Regulations Signed: March 13, 2001. Bradley A. Buckles, Director. Approved: June 11, 2001. Timothy E. Skud, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, (Regulatory, Tariff and Trade Enforcement). [FR Doc. 01C18178 Filed 7C24C01;

8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810C31CP DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Parts

535 Amendments to the Iranian Assets Control Regulations AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments;

amendments. SUMMARY: The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Iranian Assets Control Regulations,

31 CFR part

535 (the '

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IACR'

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), to conform certain provisions related to custodians of property in which Iran has an interest to rulings of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal. DATES: Effective date: July 25, 2001. Comments: Written comments must be received no later than September 24, 2001. ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to David W. Mills, Chief, Policy Planning and Program Management Division, rm.

2176 Main Treasury Annex,

1500 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, DC

20220 or via OFAC'

s website (http:/ /www.treas.gov/ofac). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis P. Wood, Chief of Compliance Programs, tel.: 202/622C2490, Steven I. Pinter, Acting Chief of Licensing, tel.: 202/622C2480, or Barbara C. Hammerle, Acting Chief Counsel, tel.: 202/622C 2410, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Availability This document is available as an electronic file on The Federal Bulletin Board the day of publication in the Federal Register. By modem, dial 202/ 512C1387 and type '

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or call 202/512C1530 for disk or paper copies. This file is available for downloading without charge in ASCII and Adobe Acrobat ? readable (*.PDF) formats. For Internet access, the address for use with the World Wide Web (Home Page), Telnet, or FTP protocol is: fedbbs.access.gpo.gov. This document and additional information concerning the programs of the Office of Foreign Assets Control are available for downloading from the Office'

s Internet Home Page: http://www.treas.gov/ofac, or in fax form through the Office'

s 24- hour fax-on-demand service: call 202/ 622C0077 using a fax machine, fax modem, or (within the United States) a touch-tone telephone. Background The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Iranian Assets Control Regulations,

31 CFR part

535 (the '

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IACR'

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), to conform certain provisions related to custodians of property in which Iran has an interest to rulings of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal (the '

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Tribunal'

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). In its May

1992 partial award in Case A/15, Awd. No. 529C A15CFT,

28 Iran-U.S. Cl. Tr. Rep.

112 (May 6, 1992), the Tribunal found that certain provisions of the IACR were not in strict compliance with commitments made by the U.S. in the Algiers Accords. See, Awd. 529, at ? 51, p. 131;

See also, Id., at ? 53, p. 131. These amendments are intended to state clearly that obligations or liens on property do not disqualify this property from IACR requirements dictating that this property be returned if that property is otherwise subject to the requirements of the IACR. Because the Regulations involve a foreign affairs function, the provisions of Executive Order