Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant To Section 231(a) of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) and Executive Order 13849 of September 20, 2018, and Notice of Additions To the CAATSA Section 231(d) Guidance, 50433-50434 [2018-21684]
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preventing, minimizing, or remedying
the risk of harm to individuals, the
recipient agency or entity (including its
information systems, programs, and
operations), the Federal Government, or
national security, resulting from a
suspected or confirmed breach.
The Department of State periodically
publishes in the Federal Register its
standard routine uses which apply to all
of its Privacy Act systems of records.
These notices appear in the form of a
Prefatory Statement (published in
Volume 73, Number 136, Public Notice
6290, on July 15, 2008). All these
standard routine uses apply to Family
Liaison Office Records, State-50.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF
RECORDS:
Records are stored both in hard copy
and on electronic media. A description
of standard Department of State policies
concerning storage of electronic records
is found here https://fam.state.gov/
FAM/05FAM/05FAM0440.html. All
hard copies of records containing
personal information are maintained in
secured file cabinets in restricted areas,
access to which is limited to authorized
personnel only.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
By individual name of the family
member, name of the U.S. direct-hire
employee sponsor, his/her agency and
current post.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
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Records are retired or destroyed in
accordance with published Department
of State Disposition Schedules as
approved by the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) and
outlined here https://foia.state.gov/
Learn/RecordsDisposition.aspx. More
specific information may be obtained by
writing to the Director, Office of
Information Programs and Services,
A/GIS/IPS; SA–2, Department of State;
515 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC
20522–8100.
requirements, including the rules of
behavior for handling PII and the
potential consequences if it is handled
improperly.
Access to the Department of State, its
annexes and posts abroad is controlled
by security guards and admission is
limited to those individuals possessing
a valid identification card or individuals
under proper escort. All paper records
containing personal information are
maintained in secured file cabinets in
restricted areas, access to which is
limited to authorized personnel only.
Access to computerized files is
password-protected and under the
direct supervision of the system
manager. The system manager has the
capability of printing audit trails of
access from the computer media,
thereby permitting regular and ad hoc
monitoring of computer usage. When it
is determined that a user no longer
needs access, the user account is
disabled.
Before being granted access to Family
Liaison Office Records, a user must first
be granted access to the Department of
State computer system. Remote access
to the Department of State network from
non-Department owned systems is
authorized only to unclassified systems
and only through a Department
approved access program. Remote
access to the network is configured with
the authentication requirements
contained in the Office of Management
and Budget Circular Memorandum A–
130. All Department of State employees
and contractors with authorized access
have undergone a thorough background
security investigation.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals who wish to gain access
to or amend records pertaining to them
should write to the Director; Office of
Information Programs and Services,
A/GIS/IPS; SA–2 Department of State;
515 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC
20522–8100.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See above.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL
SAFEGUARDS:
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
All users are given cyber security
awareness training which covers the
procedures for handling Sensitive But
Unclassified (SBU) information,
including personally identifiable
information (PII). Annual refresher
training is mandatory. In addition, all
Foreign Service and Civil Service
employees and those Locally Engaged
Staff who handle PII are required to take
the Foreign Service Institute distance
learning course, PA 459, instructing
employees on privacy and security
Individuals who have reason to
believe that the Family Liaison Office
might have records pertaining to him or
her should write to the following
address: Director; Office of Information
Programs and Services, A/GIS/IPS; SA–
2 Department of State; 515 22nd Street
NW, Washington, DC 20522–8100.
The individual must specify that he or
she request the records of the Family
Liaison Office to be checked. At a
minimum, the individual must include
the following: Name, date and place of
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birth, current mailing address and zip
code, agency, current post, signature,
and any other information helpful in
identifying the record.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
The Department of State proposes to
consolidate two record systems: Family
Liaison Office Centralized Data Bank of
Family Member Skills and Direct
Communication Network Records,
State-50 (previously published at 43 FR
45958) and Skills Catalogue Records,
State-49 (previously published at 43 FR
45957).
Eric F. Stein,
Acting Senior Agency Official for Privacy,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of
Global Information Services, Bureau of
Administration, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice PN 10579]
Notice of Department of State
Sanctions Actions Pursuant To
Section 231(a) of the Countering
America’s Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) and
Executive Order 13849 of September
20, 2018, and Notice of Additions To
the CAATSA Section 231(d) Guidance
ACTION:
Notice.
The Secretary of State has
determined, pursuant to CAATSA
Section 231(a), that the Chinese entity
Equipment Development Department of
the Central Military Commission (EDD),
formerly known as the General
Armaments Department (GAD), has
knowingly, on or after August 2, 2017,
engaged in a significant transaction with
a person that is part of, or operates for
or on behalf of, the defense or
intelligence sectors of the Government
of the Russian Federation. The Secretary
of State has selected certain sanctions to
be imposed upon EDD and Li Shangfu,
EDD’s Director, who has been
determined to be a principal executive
officer of EDD, or to perform similar
functions with similar authorities as
such an officer.
The Secretary of State is also updating
previously issued guidance pursuant to
CAATSA Section 231(d) to specify
additional persons that are part of, or
operate for or on behalf of, the defense
and intelligence sectors of the
Government of the Russian Federation.
SUMMARY:
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The Secretary of State’s
determination that EDD has knowingly,
on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in
a significant transaction with a person
that is part of, or operates for or on
behalf of, the defense or intelligence
sectors of the Government of the
Russian Federation, and the Secretary of
State’s selection of certain sanctions to
be imposed upon EDD and Li Shangfu,
are effective on September 20, 2018. The
Secretary of State’s updates to
previously issued guidance pursuant to
CAATSA Section 231(d) to specify
additional persons that are part of, or
operate for or on behalf of, the defense
and intelligence sectors of the
Government of the Russian Federation
are effective on September 20, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas W. Zarzecki, Director, Task
Force 231, Bureau of International
Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520, tel.: 202–647–7594,
ZarzeckiTW@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 231(a) of CAATSA and
Executive Order 13849 the Secretary of
State has selected the following
sanctions to be imposed upon EDD:
• United States Government
departments and agencies shall not
issue any specific license or grant any
other specific permission or authority
under any statute that requires the prior
review or approval of the United States
Government as a condition for the
export or re-export of goods or
technology to EDD;
• A prohibition on any transactions
in foreign exchange that are subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States and
in which EDD has any interest;
• A prohibition on any transfers of
credit or payments between financial
institutions, or by, through, or to any
financial institution, to the extent that
such transfers or payments are subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States and
involve any interest of EDD;
• All property and interests in
property of EDD that are in the United
States, that hereafter come within the
United States, or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of
any United States person are blocked
and may not be transferred, paid,
exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt
in; and
• Imposition on the principal
executive officer or officers of EDD, or
on persons performing similar functions
and with similar authorities as such
officer or officers, certain sanctions, as
selected by the Secretary of State and
described below.
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The Secretary of State has selected the
following sanctions to be imposed upon
Li Shangfu, EDD’s Director, who has
been determined to be a principal
executive officer of EDD, or to perform
similar functions with similar
authorities as such an officer:
• A prohibition on any transactions
in foreign exchange that are subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States and
in which Li Shangfu has any interest;
• A prohibition on any transfers of
credit or payments between financial
institutions, or by, through, or to any
financial institution, to the extent that
such transfers or payments are subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States and
involve any interest of Li Shangfu;
• All property and interests in
property of Li Shangfu that are in the
United States, that hereafter come
within the United States, or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of any United States person are
blocked and may not be transferred,
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise
dealt in; and
• The Secretary of State shall deny a
visa to Li Shangfu, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall exclude Li
Shangfu from the United States, by
treating Li Shangfu as a person covered
by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of
July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of
Aliens Subject to United Nations
Security Council Travel Bans and
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act Sanctions).
Also, pursuant to the authority in
CAATSA Section 231(d), the Secretary
of State is issuing updated guidance
specifying the following additional
persons that are part of, or operate for
or on behalf of, the defense and
intelligence sectors of the Government
of the Russian Federation:
Section 231(d) List Regarding the
Defense Sector of the Government of the
Russian Federation
• Komsomolsk-na-Amur Aviation
Production Organization (KNAAPO)
• Oboronlogistika, OOO
• PMC Wagner
Section 231(d) List Regarding the
Russian Intelligence Sector of the
Government of the Russian Federation
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Krylova, Aleksandra Yuryevna
Lukashev, Aleksey Viktorovich
Malyshev, Artem Andreyevich
Morgachev, Sergey Aleksandrovich
Netyksho, Viktor Borisovich
Osadchuk, Aleksandr Vladimirovich
Podkopaev, Vadim Vladimirovich
Polozov, Sergey Pavlovich
Potemkin, Aleksey Aleksandrovich
Prigozhin, Yevgeniy Viktorovich
Vasilchenko, Gleb Igorevich
Venkov, Vladimir
Yermakov, Ivan Sergeyevich
Yershov, Pavel Vyacheslavovich
Christopher A. Ford,
Assistant Secretary of State.
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[Docket No. AB 497 (Sub-No. 7X)]
Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in Norman
and Polk Counties, MN
Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc.
(MNN) filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1152 subpart
F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon
approximately 5.8 miles of its ‘‘P Line’’
Subdivision between milepost 40.2 at
the north end of the Marsh River Bridge,
near Shelly, MN, and milepost 46.0 at
Second Street in Nielsville, MN, in
Norman and Polk Counties, MN (the
Line). The Line traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Codes 56561, 56568,
and 56581.
MNN has certified that: (1) No local
freight traffic has moved over the Line
for at least two years; (2) no overhead
traffic has moved over the Line for at
least two years; (3) no formal complaint
filed by a user of rail service on the line
(or a state or local government acting on
behalf of any such user) regarding
cessation of service over the line either
is pending before the Surface
Transportation Board or any U.S.
District Court or has been decided in
favor of the complainant within the twoyear period; and (4) the requirements at
49 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental
report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal
letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper
publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1)
(notice to governmental agencies) have
been met.
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employee adversely affected by the
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice PN 10579]
Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant To
Section 231(a) of the Countering America's Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) and Executive Order 13849 of September
20, 2018, and Notice of Additions To the CAATSA Section 231(d) Guidance
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to CAATSA
Section 231(a), that the Chinese entity Equipment Development
Department of the Central Military Commission (EDD), formerly known as
the General Armaments Department (GAD), has knowingly, on or after
August 2, 2017, engaged in a significant transaction with a person that
is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or
intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. The
Secretary of State has selected certain sanctions to be imposed upon
EDD and Li Shangfu, EDD's Director, who has been determined to be a
principal executive officer of EDD, or to perform similar functions
with similar authorities as such an officer.
The Secretary of State is also updating previously issued guidance
pursuant to CAATSA Section 231(d) to specify additional persons that
are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and
intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation.
[[Page 50434]]
DATES: The Secretary of State's determination that EDD has knowingly,
on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in a significant transaction with a
person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or
intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, and
the Secretary of State's selection of certain sanctions to be imposed
upon EDD and Li Shangfu, are effective on September 20, 2018. The
Secretary of State's updates to previously issued guidance pursuant to
CAATSA Section 231(d) to specify additional persons that are part of,
or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and intelligence sectors of
the Government of the Russian Federation are effective on September 20,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas W. Zarzecki, Director, Task
Force 231, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202-647-7594,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 231(a) of CAATSA and
Executive Order 13849 the Secretary of State has selected the following
sanctions to be imposed upon EDD:
United States Government departments and agencies shall
not issue any specific license or grant any other specific permission
or authority under any statute that requires the prior review or
approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export
or re-export of goods or technology to EDD;
A prohibition on any transactions in foreign exchange that
are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which EDD
has any interest;
A prohibition on any transfers of credit or payments
between financial institutions, or by, through, or to any financial
institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of
EDD;
All property and interests in property of EDD that are in
the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or
that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any
United States person are blocked and may not be transferred, paid,
exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; and
Imposition on the principal executive officer or officers
of EDD, or on persons performing similar functions and with similar
authorities as such officer or officers, certain sanctions, as selected
by the Secretary of State and described below.
The Secretary of State has selected the following sanctions to be
imposed upon Li Shangfu, EDD's Director, who has been determined to be
a principal executive officer of EDD, or to perform similar functions
with similar authorities as such an officer:
A prohibition on any transactions in foreign exchange that
are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which Li
Shangfu has any interest;
A prohibition on any transfers of credit or payments
between financial institutions, or by, through, or to any financial
institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of Li
Shangfu;
All property and interests in property of Li Shangfu that
are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States,
or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any
United States person are blocked and may not be transferred, paid,
exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; and
The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to Li Shangfu,
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude Li Shangfu from
the United States, by treating Li Shangfu as a person covered by
section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of
Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and
International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
Also, pursuant to the authority in CAATSA Section 231(d), the Secretary
of State is issuing updated guidance specifying the following
additional persons that are part of, or operate for or on behalf of,
the defense and intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian
Federation:
Section 231(d) List Regarding the Defense Sector of the Government of
the Russian Federation
Komsomolsk-na-Amur Aviation Production Organization (KNAAPO)
Oboronlogistika, OOO
PMC Wagner
Section 231(d) List Regarding the Russian Intelligence Sector of the
Government of the Russian Federation
Antonov, Boris Alekseyevich
Aslanov, Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly
Badin, Dmitriy Sergeyevich
Bogacheva, Anna Vladislavovna
Bovda, Maria Anatolyevna
Bovda, Robert Sergeyevich
Burchik, Mikhail Leonidovich
Bystrov, Mikhail Ivanovich
Concord Catering
Concord Management and Consulting LLC
Gizunov, Sergey Aleksandrovich
Internet Research Agency LLC
Kaverzina, Irina Viktorovna
Korobov, Igor Valentinovich
Kovalev, Anatoliy Sergeyevich
Kozachek, Nikolay Yuryevich
Krylova, Aleksandra Yuryevna
Lukashev, Aleksey Viktorovich
Malyshev, Artem Andreyevich
Morgachev, Sergey Aleksandrovich
Netyksho, Viktor Borisovich
Osadchuk, Aleksandr Vladimirovich
Podkopaev, Vadim Vladimirovich
Polozov, Sergey Pavlovich
Potemkin, Aleksey Aleksandrovich
Prigozhin, Yevgeniy Viktorovich
Vasilchenko, Gleb Igorevich
Venkov, Vladimir
Yermakov, Ivan Sergeyevich
Yershov, Pavel Vyacheslavovich
Christopher A. Ford,
Assistant Secretary of State.
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