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(b) This general license does not authorize
any transactions or activities otherwise
prohibited by E.O. 14014, or prohibited by
any part of 31 CFR chapter V, statute, or
other Executive order, or involving any
blocked persons other than the blocked
persons identified in paragraph (a) of this
general license.
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the Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations,
31 CFR part 569 (‘‘Regulations’’). GLs 2
and 3 were revoked on November 5,
2019. Each GL was made available on
OFAC’s website (https://
ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued.
In 2022, OFAC added GLs for the
official business of the U.S. government
and for official business of certain
international organizations and entities
at §§ 569.509 and 569 of the
Regulations, respectively, which
incorporate the authorizations
previously in GLs 1 and 3. The text of
these GLs is provided below.
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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Executive Order of October 14, 2019—
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of
Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation
in Syria
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: March 25, 2021
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Office of Foreign Assets Control
GENERAL LICENSE 1
31 CFR Part 569
Publication of Syria-Related Sanctions
Regulations Web General Licenses 1,
2, and 3
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General
Licenses.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing three
general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant
to the Syria-Related Sanctions
Regulations: GLs 1, 2, and 3, each of
which were previously made available
on OFAC’s website.
DATES: GLs 1, 2, and 3 were issued on
October 14, 2019. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional relevant
dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing,
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or
Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance, 202–622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s website: https://
ofac.treasury.gov.
Background
On October 14, 2019, OFAC issued
GLs 1, 2, and 3 to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by
Executive Order (E.O.) 13894 of October
14, 2019 ‘‘Blocking Property and
Suspending Entry of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Syria’’
(84 FR 55851, October 17, 2019). In
2020, E.O. 13894 was incorporated into
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Official Business of the United States
Government
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
this general license, all transactions and
activities prohibited pursuant to Sections 1,
2, and 3 of Executive Order of October 14,
2019 that are for the conduct of the official
business of the United States Government by
employees, grantees, or contractors thereof
are authorized.
(b) This general license does not authorize
any transaction or activity that is prohibited
by any other Executive Order or any part of
31 CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 14, 2019
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order of October 14, 2019—
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of
Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation
in Syria
GENERAL LICENSE 2
Authorizing Certain Activities Necessary to
the Wind Down of Operations or Existing
Contracts Involving the Ministry of National
Defence or the Ministry of Energy and
Natural Resources of the Government of
Turkey
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
this general license, all transactions and
activities prohibited by Executive Order
(E.O.) of October 14, 2019 that are ordinarily
incident and necessary to the wind down of
operations, contracts, or other agreements
involving the Ministry of National Defence or
the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
of the Government of Turkey, or any entity
in which one or more of such ministries own,
directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater
interest, that were in effect prior to 12:01
eastern daylight time October 14, 2019, are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
standard time November 13, 2019.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Any debit to an account of a person
blocked pursuant to E.O. of October 14, 2019
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on the books of a U.S. financial institution;
or
(2) Any transactions or activities otherwise
prohibited by any other E.O or any part of 31
CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 14, 2019
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order of October 14, 2019—
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of
Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation
in Syria
GENERAL LICENSE 3
Authorizing Official Activities of Certain
International Organizations Involving the
Ministry of National Defence or the Ministry
of Energy and Natural Resources of the
Government of Turkey
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
this general license, all transactions and
activities prohibited pursuant to Sections 1,
2, and 3 of Executive Order (E.O.) of October
14, 2019 involving the Ministry of National
Defence or the Ministry of Energy and
Natural Resources of the Government of
Turkey, or any entity in which one or more
of such ministries own, directly or indirectly,
a 50 percent or greater interest, that are for
the official business of the United Nations,
including its Programmes and Funds, and its
Specialized Agencies and Related
Organizations, including those entities listed
below, are authorized:
• World Bank
• IMF (International Monetary Fund)
• FAO (UN Food and Agriculture
Organization)
• OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs)
• OHCHR (UN Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights)
• UN Habitat
• UNDP (UN Development Program)
• UNFP A (UN Population Fund)
• UNHCR (Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees)
• UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund)
• WFP (World Food Program)
• The World Health Organization (WHO),
including the Pan-American Health
Organization (PAHO)
Note to paragraph (a): For an
organizational chart of the United Nations
and its specialized agencies and related
organizations, see the following page on the
United Nations website: https://www.unsceb.
orn/directory.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any property blocked
pursuant to E.O. of October 14, 2019 or any
part of 31 CFR chapter V, except as
authorized by paragraph (a); or
(2) Any transaction or dealing otherwise
prohibited by E.O. of October 14, 2019, any
other E.O., or any part of 31 CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Dated: October 14, 2019
Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
further instructions on submitting
comments. To view documents
mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2023–
0073 in the search box and click
‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type
column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related
Material.’’
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket Number USCG–2023–0073]
RIN 1625–AA00
Safety Zone; South Fork Wind Farm
Project Area, Outer Continental Shelf,
Lease OCS–A 0517, Offshore Rhode
Island, Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard, Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Temporary interim rule and
request for comments.
The Coast Guard is extending
the effective period for the 13 temporary
500-meter temporary safety zones
around the construction of 12 wind
turbine generators (WTGs) and one
offshore substation (OSS) located in the
South Fork Wind Farm (SFWF) project
area within Federal waters on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS), specifically, in
the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) Renewable Energy
Lease Area OCS–A 0517, approximately
16 nautical miles (NM) southeast of
Block Island, Rhode Island, and 30 NM
east of Montauk Point, New York. This
rule extends the effective period of the
existing safety zones for an additional
five months. The safety zones will now
end on May 31, 2024. This action is
necessary to provide for the safety of
life, property, and the environment
during the anticipated construction of
each facility’s monopile type foundation
and subsequent installation of the WTGs
turbines and OSS platform. When
enforced, only attending vessels and
those vessels specifically authorized by
the First Coast Guard District
Commander or a designated
representative are permitted to enter or
remain in the safety zones.
DATES: This temporary interim rule is
effective from January 1, 2024, through
May 31, 2024. Comments and related
material must be received by the Coast
Guard on or before March 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by docket number USCG–
2023–0073 using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Table of Abbreviations
AGENCY:
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If
you have questions about this
rulemaking, call or email Mr. Craig
Lapiejko, Waterways Management, at
Coast Guard First District, telephone
617–603–8592, email craig.d.lapiejko@
uscg.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
33 CFR Part 147
BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
OCS Outer Continental Shelf
OSS Offshore substation
NM Nautical mile
§ Section
SFWF South Fork Wind Farm
U.S.C. United States Code
WTG Wind turbine generator
II. Background, Purpose, and Legal
Basis
On May 2, 2023, the Coast Guard
published a temporary final rule (TFR)
establishing 13 temporary 500-meter
safety zones around the construction of
12 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and
one offshore substation (OSS) located in
the South Fork Wind Farm (SFWF)
project area within Federal waters on
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),
specifically, in the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM) Renewable
Energy Lease Area OCS–A 0517,
approximately 16 nautical miles (NM)
southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island,
and 30 NM east of Montauk Point, New
York (88 FR 27402).
The Coast Guard originally published
a temporary rule to be effective, and
enforceable, through December 31,
2023. We are now extending it to May
31, 2024, to provide more time for the
completion of the installation of the
wind turbine generator (WTG)
structures. This rule extends the
effective period of the safety zones for
five months until May 31, 2024.
The First Coast Guard District
Commander has determined that
extension of the 13 safety zones through
rulemaking is warranted to ensure the
safety of life, property, and the
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environment within a 500-meter radius
of each of the 13 facilities during their
construction.
The Coast Guard is issuing this
temporary rule without prior notice and
opportunity to comment pursuant to
authority under section 4(a) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5
U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision
authorizes an agency to issue a rule
without prior notice and opportunity to
comment when the agency for good
cause finds that those procedures are
‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that
good cause exists for not publishing a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
with respect to extending the effective
period for the safety zone because doing
so would be impracticable and contrary
to the public interest. The Coast Guard
did not receive sufficient notice that the
windfarm construction would not be
completed until May 31, 2024, to allow
time to publish an NPRM, reviewing
public comment, and publishing a
subsequent rule. Providing this prior
public notice and opportunity to
comment is contrary to the public’s
interest and impracticable because
doing so could result in a lapse in the
safety zone’s enforceability, and safety
concerns with vessels and persons
transiting too close to the construction
efforts. Immediate action is needed to
protect persons and property from the
potential dangers associated with the
construction.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
Guard finds that good cause exists for
making this temporary interim rule
effective less than 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register. The
current temporary final rule around the
windfarm construction ends on
December 31, 2023, but the construction
will be ongoing after that date. Delaying
the effective date of this temporary
interim rule would be contrary to the
public’s interest and impracticable
because action is needed starting
January 1, 2024, to protect persons and
vessels from the potential safety hazards
associated with the ongoing windfarm
construction.
We are soliciting comments on the
extension of the enforcement period of
this safety zone. If the Coast Guard
determines that changes to the
temporary interim rule are necessary,
we will publish a temporary final rule
or other appropriate document.
III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule
The Coast Guard is issuing this rule
under the authority provided in 14
U.S.C. 544, 43 U.S.C. 1333, and
Department of Homeland Security
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 569
Publication of Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations Web General
Licenses 1, 2, and 3
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General Licenses.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing three general licenses (GLs) issued
pursuant to the Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations: GLs 1, 2, and 3,
each of which were previously made available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GLs 1, 2, and 3 were issued on October 14, 2019. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs,
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance, 202-622-
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov.
Background
On October 14, 2019, OFAC issued GLs 1, 2, and 3 to authorize
certain transactions otherwise prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.)
13894 of October 14, 2019 ``Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of
Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria'' (84 FR 55851,
October 17, 2019). In 2020, E.O. 13894 was incorporated into the Syria-
Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 569 (``Regulations''). GLs 2
and 3 were revoked on November 5, 2019. Each GL was made available on
OFAC's website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued. In 2022,
OFAC added GLs for the official business of the U.S. government and for
official business of certain international organizations and entities
at Sec. Sec. 569.509 and 569 of the Regulations, respectively, which
incorporate the authorizations previously in GLs 1 and 3. The text of
these GLs is provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order of October 14, 2019--Blocking Property and Suspending
Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria
GENERAL LICENSE 1
Official Business of the United States Government
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions and activities prohibited pursuant to Sections 1,
2, and 3 of Executive Order of October 14, 2019 that are for the
conduct of the official business of the United States Government by
employees, grantees, or contractors thereof are authorized.
(b) This general license does not authorize any transaction or
activity that is prohibited by any other Executive Order or any part
of 31 CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 14, 2019
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order of October 14, 2019--Blocking Property and Suspending
Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria
GENERAL LICENSE 2
Authorizing Certain Activities Necessary to the Wind Down of Operations
or Existing Contracts Involving the Ministry of National Defence or the
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Government of Turkey
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions and activities prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.)
of October 14, 2019 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to
the wind down of operations, contracts, or other agreements
involving the Ministry of National Defence or the Ministry of Energy
and Natural Resources of the Government of Turkey, or any entity in
which one or more of such ministries own, directly or indirectly, a
50 percent or greater interest, that were in effect prior to 12:01
eastern daylight time October 14, 2019, are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern standard time November 13, 2019.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Any debit to an account of a person blocked pursuant to E.O.
of October 14, 2019 on the books of a U.S. financial institution; or
(2) Any transactions or activities otherwise prohibited by any
other E.O or any part of 31 CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 14, 2019
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order of October 14, 2019--Blocking Property and Suspending
Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria
GENERAL LICENSE 3
Authorizing Official Activities of Certain International Organizations
Involving the Ministry of National Defence or the Ministry of Energy
and Natural Resources of the Government of Turkey
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions and activities prohibited pursuant to Sections 1,
2, and 3 of Executive Order (E.O.) of October 14, 2019 involving the
Ministry of National Defence or the Ministry of Energy and Natural
Resources of the Government of Turkey, or any entity in which one or
more of such ministries own, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or
greater interest, that are for the official business of the United
Nations, including its Programmes and Funds, and its Specialized
Agencies and Related Organizations, including those entities listed
below, are authorized:
World Bank
IMF (International Monetary Fund)
FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization)
OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs)
OHCHR (UN Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights)
UN Habitat
UNDP (UN Development Program)
UNFP A (UN Population Fund)
UNHCR (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees)
UNICEF (UN Children's Fund)
WFP (World Food Program)
The World Health Organization (WHO), including the Pan-
American Health Organization (PAHO)
Note to paragraph (a): For an organizational chart of the United
Nations and its specialized agencies and related organizations, see
the following page on the United Nations website: https://www.unsceb.orn/directory.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to E.O. of
October 14, 2019 or any part of 31 CFR chapter V, except as
authorized by paragraph (a); or
(2) Any transaction or dealing otherwise prohibited by E.O. of
October 14, 2019, any other E.O., or any part of 31 CFR chapter V.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director,
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Dated: October 14, 2019
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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