Notice of OFAC Implementation of Certain Sanctions Imposed on Two Persons by the Secretary of State Pursuant to the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, 52051-52053 [2018-21131]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone
at 202–366–0113, or email at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Mr. Joshua Johnson by
telephone at 816–329–3825, or email at
joshua.johnson@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PHMSA received a special permit
request from Hilcorp Alaska, LLC
(Hilcorp) to deviate from the Federal
Pipeline Safety Regulations (PSRs) in 49
CFR 195.563 and 195.573 for the design,
construction, and operation and
maintenance (O&M) of the proposed
Liberty Pipeline. The PSRs require
hazardous liquid (HL) pipeline
operators to have cathodic protection to
prevent external corrosion and to
monitor the level of external corrosion
control to ensure adequate protection
from pipeline metal loss. Whereas
Hilcorp is seeking a waiver from
§§ 195.563 and 195.573, PHMSA
proposes that Hilcorp conduct
alternative integrity measures to
maintain safety through the
implementation of proposed special
permit conditions.
The proposed Liberty Pipeline will
originate on Liberty Drilling and
Production Island (LDPI), an artificial
island located in Foggy Island Bay of the
Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf
and State of Alaska waters. The Liberty
Pipeline consists of 7.2 miles of 12.75inch diameter HL interstate pipeline
(carrier pipeline) and will transport
crude oil. The submerged portion of the
Liberty Pipeline will utilize a pipe-inpipe design (12.75-inch diameter carrier
pipe installed within 16-inch casing
pipe). The maximum water depth along
the route is 19 feet at LDPI. The special
permit request is for approximately 5.7
miles of the carrier pipeline located
offshore in the Beaufort Sea.
The 5.7 miles of offshore carrier pipe
will be installed in 16-inch casing pipe
(pipe-in-pipe) to protect against crude
oil spills from any leaks or other failures
of the carrier pipeline. The pipe-in-pipe
will be designed and constructed and
O&M procedures will be implemented
to prevent, monitor, and mitigate the
creation of a corrosive environment and
stresses that might occur through the
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operational life of the Liberty Pipeline.
The pipe-in-pipe will be designed and
operated as secondary containment
against carrier pipeline crude oil in the
segment located in offshore waters. The
purpose of the special permit, with its
implemented conditions, is to assure
safety and environmental protection in
lieu of compliance with §§ 195.563 and
195.573.
The maximum operating pressure of
the carrier pipeline will be 1,480
pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
The Liberty Pipeline will transport
crude oil to and through the Badami and
Endicott Pipelines and then to the Trans
Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). The
TAPS will transport the Liberty Pipeline
crude oil to a terminal in Valdez,
Alaska, where tankers will then
transport crude oil to the West Coast.
The Liberty Pipeline will be installed in
a remote area of Alaska that is not
populated, in an area where federally
listed threatened and/or endangered
species exist and that is identified as an
unusually sensitive area. Pipelines in
such areas must be operated in
compliance with the pipeline integrity
management provisions as specified in
49 CFR 195.6, 195.450, and 195.452.
The proposed special permit and
Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)
for the Liberty Pipeline are available in
Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0091 at
https://www.Regulations.gov for public
review and comment. We invite
interested persons to review and submit
comments on the special permit request,
DEA, and other background materials in
the docket. Please include any
comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result
if the special permit is granted.
Comments may include relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the
special permit request, PHMSA will
evaluate all comments received on or
before the comment closing date.
Comments received after the closing
date will be evaluated if it is possible to
do so without incurring additional
expense or delay. PHMSA will consider
each relevant comment we receive in
making our decision to grant or deny a
request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 9,
2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Implementation of
Certain Sanctions Imposed on Two
Persons by the Secretary of State
Pursuant to the Countering America’s
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
is taking action to implement certain of
the sanctions imposed on two persons
by the Secretary of State pursuant to the
Countering America’s Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act (Pub. L. 115–44).
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant
Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622–
2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; or the
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
the General Counsel: Office of the Chief
Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.:
202–622–2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic Availability
The list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN
List) and additional information
concerning OFAC sanctions programs
are available on OFAC’s website (https://
www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Background: Section 231 of the
Countering America’s Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act requires the
Secretary of State, pursuant to authority
delegated by the President, to impose or
waive sanctions on persons he
determines have knowingly 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. Pursuant to
Executive Order 13849 of September 20,
2018, ‘‘Authorizing the Implementation
of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the
Countering America’s Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act’’ (the ‘‘Order’’),
the Secretary of the Treasury is
responsible for implementing certain of
the sanctions imposed set forth in
Section 235 of CAATSA when those
sanctions are selected for imposition by
the President, Secretary of State, or the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary
of the Treasury is responsible for
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implementing the following sanctions
under CAATSA: (i) Prohibiting any
United States financial institution from
making loans or providing credits to the
sanctioned person totaling more than
$10,000,000 in any 12-month period,
unless the person is engaged in
activities to relieve human suffering and
the loans or credits are provided for
such activities; (ii) prohibiting any
transactions in foreign exchange that are
subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States and in which the sanctioned
person has any interest; (iii) prohibiting
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
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of the United States and involve any
interest of the sanctioned person; (iv)
blocking all property and interests in
property of the sanctioned person 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, and providing that such
property and interests in property may
not be transferred, paid, exported,
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; (v)
prohibiting any United States person
from investing in or purchasing
significant amounts of equity or debt
instruments of the sanctioned person; or
(vi) imposing on the principal executive
officer or officers of the sanctioned
person, or on persons performing
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similar functions and with similar
authorities as such officer or officers,
the sanctions described in (i)–(v).
The Secretary of State has imposed
CAATSA sanctions on two persons.
This action, published today in the
Federal Register by the Department of
State, provides the names of the persons
subject to sanctions, as well as a
complete list of the sanctions imposed
on each person. Accordingly, the
Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, has taken the
actions described below to implement
those sanctions set forth in Section 235
of CAATSA and the Order with respect
to the persons listed below.
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The Director of OFAC has: (a) Blocked
all property and interests in property
that are in the United States, that come
within the United States, or that are or
come within the possession or control of
any United States person, including any
overseas branch, and which may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn,
or otherwise dealt in, of Equipment
Development Department and Li
Shangfu; (b) prohibited any transfers of
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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
involved any interest of Equipment
Development Department and Li
Shangfu; and (c) prohibited any
transactions in foreign exchange that are
subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States and in which Equipment
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Development Department and Li
Shangfu have any interest. These
persons have been added to OFAC’s List
of Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons and include the
identifying tag ‘‘CAATSA—RUSSIA.’’
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Implementation of Certain Sanctions Imposed on Two
Persons by the Secretary of State Pursuant to the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) is taking action to implement certain of the sanctions imposed
on two persons by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Countering
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Pub. L. 115-44).
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-
4855; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.:
202-622-2490; or the Department of the Treasury's Office of the General
Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.:
202-622-2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN
List) and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are
available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Background: Section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act requires the Secretary of State, pursuant to
authority delegated by the President, to impose or waive sanctions on
persons he determines have knowingly 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. Pursuant to Executive Order 13849 of September 20,
2018, ``Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth
in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act'' (the
``Order''), the Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for
implementing certain of the sanctions imposed set forth in Section 235
of CAATSA when those sanctions are selected for imposition by the
President, Secretary of State, or the Secretary of the Treasury. The
Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for
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implementing the following sanctions under CAATSA: (i) Prohibiting any
United States financial institution from making loans or providing
credits to the sanctioned person totaling more than $10,000,000 in any
12-month period, unless the person is engaged in activities to relieve
human suffering and the loans or credits are provided for such
activities; (ii) prohibiting any transactions in foreign exchange that
are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the
sanctioned person has any interest; (iii) prohibiting 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 the sanctioned person; (iv) blocking all
property and interests in property of the sanctioned person 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, and providing that such property and interests in
property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or
otherwise dealt in; (v) prohibiting any United States person from
investing in or purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt
instruments of the sanctioned person; or (vi) imposing on the principal
executive officer or officers of the sanctioned person, or on persons
performing similar functions and with similar authorities as such
officer or officers, the sanctions described in (i)-(v).
The Secretary of State has imposed CAATSA sanctions on two persons.
This action, published today in the Federal Register by the Department
of State, provides the names of the persons subject to sanctions, as
well as a complete list of the sanctions imposed on each person.
Accordingly, the Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, has taken the actions described below to implement those
sanctions set forth in Section 235 of CAATSA and the Order with respect
to the persons listed below.
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The Director of OFAC has: (a) Blocked all property and interests in
property that are in the United States, that come within the United
States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any
United States person, including any overseas branch, and which may not
be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in, of
Equipment Development Department and Li Shangfu; (b) prohibited 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 involved any interest of Equipment Development Department
and Li Shangfu; and (c) prohibited any transactions in foreign exchange
that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which
Equipment Development Department and Li Shangfu have any interest.
These persons have been added to OFAC's List of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons and include the identifying tag
``CAATSA--RUSSIA.''
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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