Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, 21747-21748 [2023-07590]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 11, 2023 / Notices OMB Number: 1506–0013. Form Number: FinCEN Form 107— RMSB. Abstract: FinCEN is issuing this notice to renew the OMB control number for the registration of money services business regulations at 31 CFR 1022.380 and FinCEN Form 107— RMSB. Type of Review: Renewal without change of a currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions. Initial Registration Frequency: As required. Estimated Burden per Respondent: FinCEN estimates that the hourly burden of filing and maintaining a copy of the initial RMSB form is 1 hour and 10 minutes. (1 hour to fill out the form and file it, and 10 minutes to save the form electronically and print out a copy to maintain). FinCEN stipulates that the information required to be included on the form is basic information MSBs need to maintain to conduct business. The e-filing system prompts MSBs to save the registration form after submission. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,603 MSBs.17 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,204 hours.18 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Registration Renewal Frequency: Every two years. Estimated Burden per Respondent: FinCEN estimates that the hourly burden of filing and maintaining a copy of the renewal of the RMSB form is 40 minutes (30 minutes to revise the form and file it, and 10 minutes to save the form electronically and print out a copy to maintain). FinCEN stipulates that the information required to be included on the form is basic information MSBs need to maintain to conduct business. In addition, FinCEN’s e-filing system allows MSBs to open a previously filed RMSB form and the electronic form is pre-populated with the information from the prior filing. MSBs can amend Part I by selecting item 1b (renewal) and submit the form. MSBs can update any information required on the form prior to submitting the form electronically. The e-filing system prompts MSBs to save the registration form after submission. 17 FinCEN looked at the number of initial RMSBs filed in each of the calendar years 2018 through 2022. The average number of initial filings for the period of five years is 3,603. 18 3,603 MSBs multiplied by 70 minutes and converted to hours is 4,204 hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Apr 10, 2023 Jkt 259001 Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,429 MSBs.19 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,619 hours.20 Re-Registration Frequency: As required. Estimated Burden per Respondent: FinCEN estimates that the hourly burden of filing and maintaining a copy of the re-registration of the RMSB form is 40 minutes (30 minutes to revise the form and file it, and 10 minutes to save the form electronically and print out a copy to maintain). FinCEN stipulates that the information required to be included on the form is basic information MSBs need to maintain to conduct business. In addition, FinCEN’s e-filing system allows MSBs to open a previously filed RMSB form and the electronic form is pre-populated with the information from the prior filing. MSBs can amend Part I by selecting item 1d (re-registration) and selecting the appropriate response in item 2. MSBs can amend the applicable information required on the form and submit it electronically. The e-filing system prompts MSBs to save the registration form after submission. Estimated Number of Respondents: 201 MSBs.21 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 134 hours.22 Maintenance of Agent List Frequency: Annually. Estimated Burden: FinCEN estimates that the hourly burden of drafting an agent list and revising it annually is 30 minutes per MSB. FinCEN stipulates that the information required to be included on an agent list is basic information MSBs need to maintain to conduct business. FinCEN does not require the MSB to maintain the list in any particular format; therefore, the MSB can leverage its business records to create and revise the list. Estimated Number of Respondents: 26,276.23 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,138 hours.24 21747 Total Annual Burden Hours for this Information Collection: 23,095 hours.25 Records required to be retained under the BSA must be retained for five years. Generally, information reported pursuant to the BSA is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure but may be shared as provided by law with regulatory and law enforcement authorities. Request for Comments Specific Request for Comments • Is there a public source FinCEN can reference to better estimate the number of entities operating as agent-MSBs? General Request for Comments An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs, costs of operation and maintenance, and cost involved in purchasing services. Himamauli Das, Acting Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. [FR Doc. 2023–07540 Filed 4–10–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–02–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 19 FinCEN looked at the number of RMSB renewals filed in each of the calendar years 2018 through 2022. The average number of renewals for the period of five years is 8,429. 20 8,429 MSBs multiplied by 40 minutes and converted to hours equals 5,619 hours. 21 FinCEN looked at the number of RMSBs reregistered in each of the calendar years 2018 through 2022. The average number of reregistrations for the period of five years is 201. 22 201 MSBs multiplied by 40 minutes and converted to hours is 134 hours. 23 As of March 3, 2023 there were 26,276 MSBs registered with FinCEN. 24 26,276 MSBs multiplied by 30 minutes and converted to hours is 13,138 hours. PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Office of Foreign Assets Control Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice AGENCY: 25 The grand total annual burden hours for this information collection represents the total annual burden hours to file initial RMSBs, renewals, and re-registrations, and to maintain agent lists (4,204 + 5,619 + 134 + 13,138 = 23,095). E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1 21748 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 11, 2023 / Notices The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one person that has been placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC’s determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this person are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 202–622–2490; 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; or the Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Electronic Availability The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available on OFAC’s website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac). Notice of OFAC Action On April 5, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Individual 1. BODEAU, Gary, 11 Rue Doucet, Delmas 83, Port Au Prince HT6120, Haiti; DOB 18 Nov 1977; POB Port Au Prince, Haiti; nationality Haiti; Gender Male; Passport PP5201306 (Haiti) issued 03 Apr 2019 expires 02 Apr 2029; National ID No. 0038132991 (Haiti) (individual) [GLOMAG]. Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 2017, ‘‘Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption,’’ 82 FR 60839 (Dec. 26, 2017) for being a foreign person who is a current or former government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of such an official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery. Dated: April 5, 2023. Andrea Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury. [FR Doc. 2023–07590 Filed 4–10–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Apr 10, 2023 Jkt 259001 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC’s determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this person are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for effective date(s). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 202–622–2490; 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; or the Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Electronic Availability The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available on OFAC’s website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac). Notice of OFAC Action On March 31, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below. Dealings in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction directly or indirectly owned, whether individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by or more by one or more blocked persons are prohibited effective as of the date of that status, which may be earlier than the date of OFAC’s determination. Entity 1. TABACALERA DEL ESTE S.A. (a.k.a. TABESA), Ybyra Pyta s/n Esquina Mandarinas, Villa Conavi II, Hernandarias 7220, Paraguay; Calle Yvyra Pyta y Mandarinas, Barrio Santa Teresa, Ciudad Hernandarias, Alto Parana, Paraguay; Organization Established Date 1994; Organization Type: Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco; Tax ID No. 80008790– PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9 (Paraguay) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: CARTES JARA, Horacio Manuel). Identified as an entity in which HORACIO MANUEL CARTES JARA, a person whose property and interests are blocked pursuant to an Executive Order or regulations administered by OFAC, owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest as set forth in 31 CFR 583.406. Dated: March 31, 2023. Andrea Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury. [FR Doc. 2023–07479 Filed 4–10–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request Relating to Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A–11, Section 280 Implementation) Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments relating to, Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A–11, Section 280 Implementation), proposed by the Agency. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before June 12, 2023 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. Include ‘‘OMB Number 1545–2290’’ in the subject line of the message. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of this collection should be directed to Martha R. Brinson, at (202)317–5753, or at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet at Martha.R.Brinson@irs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A–11, Section 280 (Implementation). SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21747-21748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07590]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one person that has been 
placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more 
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in 
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this person are blocked, and 
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions 
with them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2490; 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; or the Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action

    On April 5, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individual

    1. BODEAU, Gary, 11 Rue Doucet, Delmas 83, Port Au Prince 
HT6120, Haiti; DOB 18 Nov 1977; POB Port Au Prince, Haiti; 
nationality Haiti; Gender Male; Passport PP5201306 (Haiti) issued 03 
Apr 2019 expires 02 Apr 2029; National ID No. 0038132991 (Haiti) 
(individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of Executive Order 
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons 
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption,'' 82 FR 60839 
(Dec. 26, 2017) for being a foreign person who is a current or 
former government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of 
such an official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has 
directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption, including the 
misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private 
assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts 
or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery.

    Dated: April 5, 2023.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-07590 Filed 4-10-23; 8:45 am]
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