Publication of Venezuela Sanctions Regulations Web General License 45A, 3353-3354 [2024-00879]
Download as PDF
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2024 / Rules and Regulations
acceptable types of collateral and their
assigned values that may be pledged to
secure deposits of public monies and
other financial interests of the
government under Treasury’s Fiscal
Service collateral programs.
Treasury’s Fiscal Service collateral
programs are described in, and governed
by, the regulations at 31 CFR part 202
(Depositaries and Financial Agents of
the Federal Government), 31 CFR part
203 (Payment of Federal Taxes and the
Treasury Tax and Loan Program), and
31 CFR part 225 (Acceptance of Bonds
Secured by Government Obligations in
Lieu of Bonds with Sureties). Treasury’s
Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal
Service) administers 31 CFR part 380,
which governs the acceptability and
valuation of the collateral in these
programs. The Federal Reserve System,
acting as the fiscal agent for Treasury,
monitors collateral pledged to these
programs.
This rule amendment revises 31 CFR
part 380 to reflect that information
about the acceptability and valuation of
collateral for Treasury’s 31 CFR part 202
and 31 CFR part 225 programs has been
moved and can now be accessed on the
Fiscal Service’s website located at
fiscal.treasury.gov instead of its
previous address
www.treasurydirect.gov. This
amendment also removes outdated
versions of the bureau’s postal mailing
address and the Government Securities
Regulations Staff’s (GSRS’s) email
address.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES
Procedural Requirements
Executive Orders 12866 and 14094.
This final rule is not a significant
regulatory action pursuant to Executive
Order 12866, as amended by Executive
Order 14094.
Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
This final rule is being issued without
prior notice and the opportunity for
public comment and without the 30-day
delayed effective date ordinarily
prescribed by the APA 5 U.S.C. 553(b)
and (d). Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of
the APA, general notice and the
opportunity for public comment are not
required with respect to a rulemaking
when an ‘‘agency for good cause finds
(and incorporates the finding and a brief
statement of reasons therefor in the
rules issued) that notice and public
procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest. APA prior notice procedures
are unnecessary because this rule does
not promulgate any substantive changes
VerDate Sep<11>2014
16:09 Jan 17, 2024
Jkt 262001
to the regulations being amended.
Rather, this rule merely makes minor,
technical changes, specifically, updating
the website address and contact
information listed in the regulations,
that do not involve the exercise of
agency discretion and which are
unlikely to generate public comment.
Accordingly, Treasury finds that good
cause exists to dispense with notice and
comment procedures for this rule, and
to have the rule take immediate effect,
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3).
Regulatory Flexibility Act. Because a
notice of proposed rulemaking is not
required for this rule under 5 U.S.C. 553
or any other law, the Regulatory
Flexibility Act does not apply to this
rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act. We ask for
no collections of information in this
final rule. Therefore, the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.,
does not apply.
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 380
Government securities, Securities,
Surety bonds.
Text of Amendments
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, Fiscal Service amends 31 CFR
part 380 as follows:
PART 380—COLLATERAL
ACCEPTABILITY AND VALUATION
1. The authority citation for part 380
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 90, 265–266, 332, 391,
1452(d), 1464(k), 1767, 1789a, 2013, 2122,
3101–3102; 26 U.S.C. 6302; 31 U.S.C. 321,
323, 3301–3304, 3336, 9301, 9303.
■
2. Revise § 380.2 to read as follows:
§ 380.2 What collateral may I pledge if I am
a depositary or a financial agent of the
Government under 31 CFR part 202, and
what value will you assign to it?
Unless we specify otherwise, we will
list the types and valuation of
acceptable collateral in Treasury
procedural instructions. We will also
post updated information and guidance
on Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal
Service website at fiscal.treasury.gov.
■ 3. Revise § 380.4 to read as follows:
§ 380.4 What collateral may I pledge
instead of a surety bond under 31 CFR part
225, and what value will you assign to it?
Unless we specify otherwise, we will
list the types and valuation of
acceptable collateral in Treasury
procedural instructions. We will also
post updated information and guidance
PO 00000
Frm 00055
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
3353
on Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal
Service website at fiscal.treasury.gov.
Subpart C [Removed]
4. Remove Subpart C, consisting of
§ 380.5.
■
David A. Lebryk,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–00927 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 591
Publication of Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations Web General License 45A
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
AGENCY:
Publication of Web General
License.
ACTION:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one
general license (GL) issued pursuant to
the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations:
GL 45A, which was previously made
available on OFAC’s website.
SUMMARY:
GL 45A was issued on November
16, 2023. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional relevant
dates.
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 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 November 16, 2023, OFAC issued
GL 45A to authorize certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela
Sanctions Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR
part 591, or authorities incorporated
therein. The GL was made available on
OFAC’s website (https://
ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued.
GL 45A supersedes GL 45, which was
issued on October 18, 2023. The text of
GL 45A is provided below.
E:\FR\FM\18JAR1.SGM
18JAR1
3354
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2024 / Rules and Regulations
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR
Part 591
General License No. 45A
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES
Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving
Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias
Aerona´uticas y Servicios Ae´reos, S.A.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of
this general license, all transactions
ordinarily incident and necessary to the
repatriation of Venezuelan nationals from
non-U.S. jurisdictions in the Western
Hemisphere to Venezuela, and which are
exclusively for the purposes of such
repatriation, involving Consorcio Venezolano
de Industrias Aerona´uticas y Servicios
Ae´reos, S.A. (Conviasa), or any entity in
which Conviasa owns, directly or indirectly,
a 50 percent or greater interest, that are
prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 13850,
as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884,
each as incorporated into the Venezuela
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the
VSR), are authorized.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of
this general license, all transactions
ordinarily incident and necessary to the
general maintenance (including repair) of the
blocked aircraft listed in the Annex to this
general license that are prohibited by E.O.
13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O.
13884, each as incorporated into the VSR, are
authorized.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of
this general license, all transactions
ordinarily incident and necessary to noncommercial (i.e., not-for-profit) flights
between non-U.S. jurisdictions in the
Western Hemisphere and Venezuela of the
blocked aircraft listed in the Annex to this
general license that are prohibited by E.O.
13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O.
13884, each as incorporated into the VSR, are
authorized.
(d) This general license does not authorize
any transactions otherwise prohibited by the
VSR, including any transactions involving
any person blocked pursuant to the VSR
other than the blocked persons or blocked
aircraft described in paragraphs (a), (b) and
(c) of this general license, Government of
Venezuela persons blocked solely pursuant
to E.O. 13884, Banco Central de Venezuela,
or Banco de Venezuela SA Banco Universal.
(e) Effective November 16, 2023, General
License No. 45, dated October 18, 2023, is
replaced and superseded in its entirety by
this General License No. 45A.
Note to General License 45A. Nothing in
this general license relieves any person from
compliance with any other Federal laws or
requirements of other Federal agencies,
including export, reexport, and transfer (incountry) licensing requirements maintained
by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of
Industry and Security under the Export
Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts
730–774.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: November 16, 2023.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
16:09 Jan 17, 2024
Jkt 262001
Annex—Blocked Aircraft Described in
Paragraph (b) of General License 45A
List of blocked aircraft described in
paragraph (b) of General License 45A:
(a) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2849
(b) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2850
(c) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2851
(d) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2911
(e) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2912
(f) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2913
(g) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2943
(h) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2944
(i) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2953
(j) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2954
(k) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2964
(l) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2965
(m) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 2966
(n) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 3052
(o) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190–
100 IGW; Registration: YV 3071
(p) Aircraft Type: Lineage 1000; Model: ERJ
190–100 ECJ; Registration: YV 3016
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2024–00879 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 281 and 282
[EPA–R04–UST–2023–0410; FRL–11400–
02–R4]
Mississippi: Final Approval of State
Underground Storage Tank Program
Revisions, Codification, and
Incorporation by Reference
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The State of Mississippi
(Mississippi or State) has applied to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
for final approval of revisions to its
Underground Storage Tank Program
(UST Program) under subtitle I of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). Pursuant to RCRA, the EPA
is taking direct final action, subject to
public comment, to approve revisions to
the UST Program. The EPA has
reviewed Mississippi’s revisions and
has determined that these revisions
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00056
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
satisfy all requirements needed for
approval. In addition, this action also
codifies the EPA’s approval of
Mississippi’s revised UST Program and
incorporates by reference those
provisions of the State statutes and
regulations that the EPA has determined
meet the requirements for approval.
DATES: This rule is effective March 18,
2024, unless the EPA receives adverse
comment by February 20, 2024. If the
EPA receives adverse comment, it will
publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register informing the public
that the rule will not take effect. The
incorporation by reference of certain
publications listed in the regulations is
approved by the Director of the Federal
Register as of March 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method). Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: giri.upendra@epa.gov.
Include the Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
UST–2023–0410 in the subject line of
the message.
Instructions: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
UST–2023–0410, via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from https://
www.regulations.gov. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or
comment contents located outside of the
primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit:
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
The EPA encourages electronic
comment submittals, but if you are
unable to submit electronically or need
other assistance, please contact Upendra
Giri, the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT provision
below. The index to the docket for this
E:\FR\FM\18JAR1.SGM
18JAR1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3353-3354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00879]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 591
Publication of Venezuela Sanctions Regulations Web General
License 45A
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General License.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant
to the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations: GL 45A, which was previously
made available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GL 45A was issued on November 16, 2023. 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 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 November 16, 2023, OFAC issued GL 45A to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR part 591, or authorities incorporated
therein. The GL was made available on OFAC's website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued. GL 45A supersedes GL 45, which
was issued on October 18, 2023. The text of GL 45A is provided below.
[[Page 3354]]
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 591
General License No. 45A
Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving Consorcio Venezolano de
Industrias Aeron[aacute]uticas y Servicios A[eacute]reos, S.A.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the
repatriation of Venezuelan nationals from non-U.S. jurisdictions in
the Western Hemisphere to Venezuela, and which are exclusively for
the purposes of such repatriation, involving Consorcio Venezolano de
Industrias Aeron[aacute]uticas y Servicios A[eacute]reos, S.A.
(Conviasa), or any entity in which Conviasa owns, directly or
indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are prohibited by
Executive Order (E.O.) 13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O.
13884, each as incorporated into the Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the VSR), are authorized.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the general
maintenance (including repair) of the blocked aircraft listed in the
Annex to this general license that are prohibited by E.O. 13850, as
amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884, each as incorporated into the
VSR, are authorized.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to non-commercial
(i.e., not-for-profit) flights between non-U.S. jurisdictions in the
Western Hemisphere and Venezuela of the blocked aircraft listed in
the Annex to this general license that are prohibited by E.O. 13850,
as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884, each as incorporated into
the VSR, are authorized.
(d) This general license does not authorize any transactions
otherwise prohibited by the VSR, including any transactions
involving any person blocked pursuant to the VSR other than the
blocked persons or blocked aircraft described in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of this general license, Government of Venezuela persons
blocked solely pursuant to E.O. 13884, Banco Central de Venezuela,
or Banco de Venezuela SA Banco Universal.
(e) Effective November 16, 2023, General License No. 45, dated
October 18, 2023, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this
General License No. 45A.
Note to General License 45A. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport,
and transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: November 16, 2023.
Annex--Blocked Aircraft Described in Paragraph (b) of General License
45A
List of blocked aircraft described in paragraph (b) of General
License 45A:
(a) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2849
(b) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2850
(c) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2851
(d) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2911
(e) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2912
(f) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2913
(g) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2943
(h) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2944
(i) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2953
(j) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2954
(k) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2964
(l) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2965
(m) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2966
(n) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
3052
(o) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
3071
(p) Aircraft Type: Lineage 1000; Model: ERJ 190-100 ECJ;
Registration: YV 3016
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2024-00879 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810-AL-P