BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 036408 SIPDIS CANBERRA FOR DAVID ATKINSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC AS SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050152251 REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050152251 for the export of UH-1 helicopter component parts to Australia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Unfamiliar foreign end-user, Buzz Aviation. The company has not appeared on previous licenses nor have the bona fides of the company been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION CANBERRA: Embassy is requested to make inquiries with appropriate officials to establish the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign end-user, Buzz Aviation. PM/DTCC also requests that post conducts a site visit to the company in order to provide Department with an assessment of its business operations and on-site security. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears to be a reliable recipient of USML items. If a site visit is not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC officer. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --Does the company have supporting documentation for this proposed transaction? --Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? --What is the exact end-use for these USML items? Will Buzz Aviation retain positive control over the UH-1 helicopter component parts at all times? --When was the company established and who are its principals? --What is the nature of its business -- what type of items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? END ACTION ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050152251 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 Fast Fin and Strake Kit for UH-1 model License Value: USD 35,550.00 SELLER: Overseas Aircraft Support, Inc. 727 B Woodland Rd. Lakeside, AZ 85929 POC is Thach Nguyen, Tel. 928-368-6965 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Buzz Aviation RMB 1773 Ouirbah Creek Rd. Palm Grove New South Wales 2258 Australia POC is Peter Franks, Tel. 61-2-4362-9556 FOREIGN END-USER: Buzz Aviation RMB 1773 Ouirbah Creek Rd. Palm Grove New South Wales 2258 Australia POC is Peter Franks, Tel. 61-2-4362-9556 PURPOSE: Fast Fin and Strake Kit required as per Civil Aviation Authority Airworthiness Directive ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate submitted by Buzz Aviation, signed by Director Peter Franks on 19 March 2009 --Purchase Order No. RSL-01 submitted by Buzz Aviation, signed by Director Peter Franks on 16 March 2009 ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in the subject line. POC is Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's E-Book Collection on the DOS Intranet: http://buncheelectroniclibrary.state.gov/eboo ks/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON