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| Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07MOSCOW4264 | 2007-08-30 09:26 | 2011-08-30 01:44 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Moscow |
VZCZCXYZ0018 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHMO #4264 2420926 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 300926Z AUG 07 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3431 RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS MOSCOW 004264 SIPDIS SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/DMUSLU USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KAMENSK-URALSKY CITY ADMINISTRATION, KAMENSK-URALSKY, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D362161 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Kamensk-Uralsky City Administration, Kamensk- Uralsky, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application D362161 as the ultimate consignee of a spectrometer, Air Sentry-IMS ion mobility gas analyzer. This item is controlled for national security and regional stability reasons under ECCN 2B351. The licensee is Particle Measuring Systems Inc., 5475 Airport Blvd., Boulder, CO 80301. ¶3. On August 21, 2007, Export Control Attache Donald Pearce and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification with Kamensk- Uralsky City Administration, Kamensk-Uralsky and Center of Ecological Monitoring and Control (CEMC), Yekaterinburg, Russia. The export control team met with Aleksandr Yeremin, Director of Sverdlovsk Regional State Organization "Center of Ecological Monitoring and Control" Yekaterinburg and Elena Pshinitsina, Head of Ecology Department of Kamensk- Uralsky City Administration, Kamensk-Uralsky. ¶4. The CEMC was founded in February, 2001 as the official environmental monitoring and reporting service for the region. The organization has no commercial activities, and works only on government tasks. The principal activity of CEMC is the analysis of environmental conditions in the region, and annual reporting of the environmental conditions and their potential impact on health. The organization employs 116, and is headquartered in Yekaterineburg with personnel and equipment deployed throughout the region. ¶5. The commodity in reftel is utilized to monitor the level of Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) present in ambient air samples in the city of Kamensk-Uralsk, a city located approximately 40 km East of Yekaterineburg. The city is home to eight industrial factories and metal works. ¶6. The team was shown a Molecular Analytics Air Sentry IMS HF analyzer, serial number 1188AN, which is rack-mounted with similar equipment in a monitoring shack. The shack is located on a hill approximately 2km from the city center in a small field adjacent to a multi-story housing complex. Only two specialists have access to the shack. The shack has a motion- sensor electronic security system that is monitored by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russian acronym MVD) Militsia, who will respond in the case of unauthorized entry. NOTE: MVD Militsia is the principal law enforcement organization in the Russian Federation. END NOTE. Mr. Yeremin and Ms. Pshinitsina are familiar with the conditions of the license. ¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends Kamensk-Uralsky City Administration, Kamensk-Uralsky and Sverdlovsk Regional State Organization "Center of Ecological monitoring and control" Yekaterinburg, Russia as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/DPEARCE) BURNS
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