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NOTE 2 TO § 538.417: See § 538.532 for a
general license authorizing humanitarian
transshipments through areas of Sudan other
than the Specified Areas of Sudan to or from
the Specified Areas of Sudan.
Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations,
and Statements of Licensing Policy
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7. Revise § 538.509 to read as follows:
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§ 538.509 Importation of certain Sudaneseorigin services authorized; activities related
to travel to the United States by Sudanese
persons authorized.
(a) The importation of Sudaneseorigin services into the United States or
other dealing in such services is
authorized where such services are
performed in the United States by a
Sudanese citizen or national and either
are for the purpose of or directly relate
to participating in a public conference,
performance, exhibition or similar
event.
(b) Persons otherwise qualified for a
non-immigrant visa under categories A–
3 and G–5 (attendants, servants, and
personal employees of aliens in the
United States on diplomatic status), D
(crewmen), F (students), I (information
media representatives), J (exchange
visitors), M (non-academic students), O
and P (aliens with extraordinary ability,
athletes, artists and entertainers), Q
(international cultural exchange
visitors), R (religious workers), or S
(witnesses) are authorized to carry out
in the United States those activities for
which such a visa has been granted by
the U.S. State Department.
(c) Persons otherwise qualified for a
visa under categories E–2 (treaty
investor), H (temporary worker), or L
(intra-company transferee) and all
immigrant visa categories are authorized
to carry out in the United States those
activities for which such a visa has been
granted by the U.S. State Department,
provided that the persons are not
coming to the United States to work as
an agent, employee or contractor of the
Government of Sudan or a business
entity or other organization in Sudan.
(d) U.S. persons are authorized to
provide services to persons in Sudan in
connection with the filing of visa
applications with the U.S. Department
of State or the Department of Homeland
Security’s U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services for the visa
categories listed in paragraphs (b) and
(c) of this section.
8. Amend § 538.515 by removing
paragraph (c), redesignating the Note to
paragraph (c) of § 538.515 as Note to
§ 538.515, and revising the redesignated
Note to § 538.515 to read as follows:
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§ 538.515 Sudanese diplomatic missions
in the United States.
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NOTE TO § 538.515: The importation of
goods and services into the United States by
the Government of the Republic of South
Sudan not involving transit or transshipment
through Sudan is not prohibited and
therefore requires no authorization.
Similarly, the provision of goods, technology,
and services in the United States to the
Government of the Republic of South Sudan
and its employees is not prohibited and also
requires no authorization. See § 538.537 for
a general license authorizing the
transshipment of goods, technology, and
services through Sudan to or from the
Republic of South Sudan, and related
transactions.
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9. Revise § 538.532 to read as follows:
§ 538.532 Humanitarian transshipments to
or from the Specified Areas of Sudan.
The transit or transshipment to or
from the Specified Areas of Sudan of
goods, technology, or services intended
for humanitarian purposes, through
areas of Sudan other than the Specified
Areas of Sudan, is authorized.
■ 10. Add new § 538.536 to read as
follows:
§ 538.536 Activities relating to the
petroleum and petrochemical industries in
the Republic of South Sudan.
(a) To the extent they are not exempt
from the prohibitions of this part, all
activities and transactions relating to the
petroleum and petrochemical industries
in the Republic of South Sudan are
authorized, including but not limited to
the transshipment of goods, technology,
and services to or from the Republic of
South Sudan through Sudan;
exploration; development; production;
field auditing services; oilfield services;
activities related to oil and gas
pipelines; investment; payment to the
Government of Sudan or to entities
owned or controlled by the Government
of Sudan of pipeline, port, and other
fees; and downstream activities such as
refining, sale, and transport of
petroleum from the Republic of South
Sudan, except for the refining in Sudan
of petroleum from the Republic of South
Sudan.
(b) All financial transactions
ordinarily incident to the activities
authorized by paragraph (a) of this
section also are authorized, including
but not limited to financial transactions
with a depository institution owned or
controlled by the Government of Sudan
or located in Sudan, provided that any
transaction between a U.S. depository
institution and a depository institution
owned or controlled by the Government
of Sudan must first transit through a
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depository institution not owned or
controlled by the Government of Sudan.
(c) This section does not authorize
exports of goods, services, or technology
that are not used in connection with the
Republic of South Sudan’s petroleum or
petrochemical industries.
■ 11. Add new § 538.537 to read as
follows:
§ 538.537 Transshipment of goods,
technology, and services to or from the
Republic of South Sudan.
(a) To the extent they are not exempt
from the prohibitions of this part, the
transit or transshipment of goods,
technology, and services through Sudan
to or from the Republic of South Sudan
are authorized.
(b) All financial transactions
ordinarily incident to the activities
authorized by paragraph (a) of this
section also are authorized, including
but not limited to financial transactions
with a depository institution owned or
controlled by the Government of Sudan
or located in Sudan, provided that any
transaction between a U.S. depository
institution and a depository institution
owned or controlled by the Government
of Sudan must first transit through a
depository institution not owned or
controlled by the Government of Sudan.
Dated: December 5, 2011.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2011–31557 Filed 12–7–11; 8:45 am]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 20
International Mail: New Prices and Fee
Changes—Mailing Services
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Postal Service will revise
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, International Mail
Manual (IMM®) throughout various
Individual Country Listings (ICLs) to
reflect price adjustments for First-Class
Mail International® and extra services.
DATES: Effective January 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Klutts at (813) 877–0372.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October
2011, the Postal Service filed a notice of
mailing services price adjustments with
the Postal Regulatory Commission
(PRC), effective on January 22, 2012. On
October 24, 2011, the USPS published a
proposed rule in the Federal Register
(76 FR 65639–65640) with changes that
SUMMARY:
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coincide with the price adjustments.
This final rule conveys the comments
received on the proposal, and the final
mailing standards.
Prices are available under Docket
Number R2012–3 on the Postal
Regulatory Commission’s Web site at
https://www.prc.gov. Prices are also
available on the Postal Explorer® Web
site at https://pe.usps.com.
[Delete the entry ‘‘Postcards (241.22)’’
and the price for postcards in their
entirety.]
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Extra Services
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20
Foreign relations, International postal
services.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 20 is
amended as follows:
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[For each country that offers
certificate of mailing service, revise the
fees to read as follows:]
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR
part 20 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301–
307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001–3011,
3201–3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626,
3632, 3633, and 5001.
2. Revise the following sections of the
Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, International Mail
Manual (IMM) as follows:
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Mailing Standards of the United States
Postal Service, International Mail
Manual (IMM)
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First-Class Mail International (240)
[For each country that offers FirstClass Mail International service, retain
the country’s Price Group designation
(which appears in the ‘‘First-Class Mail
International’’ heading), but remove the
three price tables for letters, large
envelopes (flats), and packages (small
packets), and insert text to read as
follows:]
For the prices and maximum weights
for postcards, letters, large envelopes
(flats), packages (small packets), and
postcards, see Notice 123—Price List.
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Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans and
Designations of Areas for Air Quality
Planning Purposes; Georgia: Atlanta;
1.15 Determination of Attaining Data for the
1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter
National Ambient Air Quality
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Standards
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International Reply Coupons (381)
[For each country that offers
international reply coupons, revise the
fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $2.20
Registered Mail (330)
Restricted Delivery (350)
[For each country that offers
international restricted delivery service,
revise the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $4.55
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Return Receipt (340)
[For each country that offers
international return receipt service,
revise the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $2.35
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
EPA has determined that the
Atlanta, Georgia, fine particulate (PM2.5)
nonattainment area (hereafter referred to
as the ‘‘Atlanta Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’) has
attained the 1997 annual average PM2.5
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS) and, additionally, that the
Area has attained the 1997 annual PM2.5
NAAQS by its applicable attainment
date of April 5, 2010. The Atlanta Area
is comprised of Barrow, Bartow, Carroll,
Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta,
DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth,
Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton,
Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and
Walton Counties in their entireties, and
portions of Heard and Putnam Counties.
First, the determination that the Atlanta
Area has attained the 1997 annual PM2.5
NAAQS is based on upon qualityassured and certified ambient air
monitoring data for the 2008–2010
period showing that the Area has
monitored attainment of the 1997
annual PM2.5 NAAQS. The requirements
for the Area to submit an attainment
demonstration and associated
reasonably available control measures
(RACM), a reasonable further progress
(RFP) plan, contingency measures, and
other planning State Implementation
Plan (SIP) revisions related to
attainment of the standard shall be
suspended so long as the Area continues
to attain the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS.
Second, the determination that the
Atlanta Area has attained the 1997 PM2.5
NAAQS by its applicable attainment
date of April 5, 2010, is based upon
SUMMARY:
[For each country that offers
International Business Reply Service,
revise the fees to read as follows:]
Fee: Envelopes up to 2 ounces $1.50;
Cards $1.00
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[For each country that offers
international Registered Mail service,
revise the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $11.75
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Individual Country Listings
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
Individual pieces:
Individual article (PS Form
3817) .....................................
Firm mailing books (PS Form
3877), per article listed (minimum 3) .................................
Duplicate copy of PS Form
3817 or PS Form 3877 (per
page) .....................................
Bulk Quantities:
First 1,000 pieces (or fraction
thereof) ..................................
Each additional 1,000 pieces
(or fraction thereof) ................
Duplicate copy of PS Form
3606 .......................................
International Business Reply Service
(382)
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PART 20—[AMENDED]
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2011–31327 Filed 12–7–11; 8:45 am]
Certificate of Mailing (313)
Comments
We received comments from two
submitters, both of whom supported the
proposed changes.
The Postal Service adopts the
following changes to Mailing Standards
of the United States Postal Service,
International Mail Manual (IMM),
which is incorporated by reference in
the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39
CFR 20.
We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR part 20 to reflect
these changes.
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 236 (Thursday, December 8, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76619-76620]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-31327]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 20
International Mail: New Prices and Fee Changes--Mailing Services
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service will revise Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg])
throughout various Individual Country Listings (ICLs) to reflect price
adjustments for First-Class Mail International[supreg] and extra
services.
DATES: Effective January 22, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Klutts at (813) 877-0372.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October 2011, the Postal Service filed a
notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory
Commission (PRC), effective on January 22, 2012. On October 24, 2011,
the USPS published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (76 FR
65639-65640) with changes that
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coincide with the price adjustments. This final rule conveys the
comments received on the proposal, and the final mailing standards.
Prices are available under Docket Number R2012-3 on the Postal
Regulatory Commission's Web site at https://www.prc.gov. Prices are also
available on the Postal Explorer[supreg] Web site at https://pe.usps.com.
Comments
We received comments from two submitters, both of whom supported
the proposed changes.
The Postal Service adopts the following changes to Mailing
Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail
Manual (IMM), which is incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal
Regulations. See 39 CFR 20.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20
Foreign relations, International postal services.
Accordingly, 39 CFR part 20 is amended as follows:
PART 20--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 20 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-
1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-
3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.
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2. Revise the following sections of the Mailing Standards of the United
States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM) as follows:
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International
Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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First-Class Mail International (240)
[For each country that offers First-Class Mail International
service, retain the country's Price Group designation (which appears in
the ``First-Class Mail International'' heading), but remove the three
price tables for letters, large envelopes (flats), and packages (small
packets), and insert text to read as follows:]
For the prices and maximum weights for postcards, letters, large
envelopes (flats), packages (small packets), and postcards, see Notice
123--Price List.
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[Delete the entry ``Postcards (241.22)'' and the price for
postcards in their entirety.]
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Extra Services
Certificate of Mailing (313)
[For each country that offers certificate of mailing service,
revise the fees to read as follows:]
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Fee
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Individual pieces:
Individual article (PS Form 3817).......................... $1.15
Firm mailing books (PS Form 3877), per article listed 0.44
(minimum 3)...............................................
Duplicate copy of PS Form 3817 or PS Form 3877 (per page).. 1.15
Bulk Quantities:
First 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof)................... 6.70
Each additional 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof)......... 0.80
Duplicate copy of PS Form 3606............................. 1.15
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International Business Reply Service (382)
[For each country that offers International Business Reply Service,
revise the fees to read as follows:]
Fee: Envelopes up to 2 ounces $1.50; Cards $1.00
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International Reply Coupons (381)
[For each country that offers international reply coupons, revise
the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $2.20
Registered Mail (330)
[For each country that offers international Registered Mail
service, revise the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $11.75
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Restricted Delivery (350)
[For each country that offers international restricted delivery
service, revise the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $4.55
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Return Receipt (340)
[For each country that offers international return receipt service,
revise the fee to read as follows:]
Fee: $2.35
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We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 20 to
reflect these changes.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2011-31327 Filed 12-7-11; 8:45 am]
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