A person may submit a petition for administrative reconsideration pursuant to the procedures outlined below in order to seek removal of a person or property (e.g., a vessel) from the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) or any other list or identification of sanctioned persons or property maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC):
(a) A person blocked under the provisions of any part of this chapter, including a specially designated national, specially designated terrorist, specially designated narcotics trafficker, or a person otherwise subject to sanctions pursuant to the provisions of any part of this chapter (each, a “sanctioned person”), or a person owning a majority interest in property (e.g., a vessel) that is blocked or otherwise subject to sanctions may submit arguments or evidence that the person believes establishes that insufficient basis exists for the sanction or that the circumstances resulting in the sanction no longer apply. The sanctioned person also may propose remedial steps on the person's part, such as corporate reorganization, resignation of persons from positions in a blocked entity, or similar steps, which the person believes would negate the basis for the sanction. A person owning a majority interest in property (e.g., a vessel) that is blocked or otherwise subject to sanctions may propose the sale of the vessel, with the proceeds to be placed into a blocked interest-bearing account after deducting the costs incurred while the vessel was blocked and the costs of the sale. This submission must be made via email to [email protected].
(b) For purposes of reconsideration petitions relating to persons or property sanctioned by OFAC:
(1) The information submitted by the person seeking removal of a person or property from the SDN List or any other list or identification of sanctioned persons or property maintained by OFAC will be reviewed by OFAC, which may request clarifying, corroborating, or other additional information.
(2) A person seeking removal of a person or property from the SDN List or any other list or identification of sanctioned persons or property maintained by OFAC may request a meeting with OFAC; however, such meetings are not required, and the office may, at its discretion, decline to conduct such meetings prior to completing a review pursuant to this section.
(3) After OFAC has conducted a review of the request for reconsideration, it will provide a written decision to the person seeking the removal of a person or property from the SDN List or any other list or identification of sanctioned persons or property maintained by OFAC.
[89 FR 40378, May 10, 2024]
Notes of Decisions
Sandra Cortez v. Trans Union, 617 F.3d 688 (3rd Cir. 2010).
· cites it 2× “806 , and to have a name removed from designated lists, 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . 13 . 19 U.S.C. § 3907 (maximum fine for willful violation of laws governing clean diamond trade).”
Zevallos v. Obama Ex Rel. United States, 793 F.3d 106 (D.C. Cir. 2015).
· cites it 3× “Persons designated as significant foreign narcotics traffickers under the Kingpin Act — -just like persons designated a threat to the United States under IEEPA and AED-PA — are added to the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List,” 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 (a), and…”
Humanitarian Law Proj. v. United States Treasury Dep't, 578 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2009).
· cites it 4× “30, 2007); 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 , and allow the Department to grant licenses on a case-by-case basis to permit transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the Executive Order, 31 C.”
Zevallos v. Obama, 10 F. Supp. 3d 111 (D.D.C. 2014).
· cites it 4× “” 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . Administrative reconsideration is handled by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), which is an agency within the Department of the Treasury.”
Al Haramain Islamic Found., Inc. v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, 686 F.3d 965 (9th Cir. 2011).
· cites it 2× “The letter concluded that AHIF-Oregon could request administrative reconsideration pursuant to 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . In early 2005, AHIF-Oregon submitted additional documents for the administrative record and requested administrative reconsideration.”
Waked Fares v. Smith, 249 F. Supp. 3d 115 (D.D.C. 2017).
· cites it 2× “" 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . Administrative reconsideration is handled by OFAC.”
United States v. Shukri Baker, 664 F.3d 467 (5th Cir. 2011).
“; see also 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . The Treasury Department designated HLF as a SDT and a SDGT on December 3, 2001.”
Samark Lopez Bello v. Andrea Gacki, 94 F.4th 1067 (D.C. Cir. 2024).
· cites it 5× “3d at 110 ; 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 (a). A Kingpin Act designee “may seek administrative reconsideration” before OFAC and request “delisting.”
Keith Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, (FARC), 771 F.3d 713 (11th Cir. 2014).
“Herrera subsequently began the process for de-listing as a SDNT by filing a petition with the OFAC office in Bogota, Colombia, as provided in 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . That petition was granted when OFAC removed Herrera’s SDNT designation and unblocked his assets effective April 30,…”
Al-Aqeel v. Paulson, 568 F. Supp. 2d 64 (D.D.C. 2008).
· cites it 4× “Pursuant to 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 , a “person may seek administrative reconsideration of his, her or its designation .”
Al Haramain Islamic Found., Inc. v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, 660 F.3d 1019 (9th Cir. 2011).
· cites it 2× “The letter concluded that AHIF-Oregon could request administrative reconsideration pursuant to 31 C.F.R. § 501.807 . In early 2005, AHIF-Oregon submitted additional documents for the administrative record and requested administrative reconsideration.”
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