83 FR 12513 - Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures for Exportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices to Sudan and Iran; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 56 (March 22, 2018)
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 56 (March 22, 2018)
| Page Range | 12513-12514 | |
| FR Document | 2018-05638 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 12513-12514] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05638] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Parts 538 and 560 Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures for Exportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices to Sudan and Iran; Comment Request AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is soliciting comments on the effectiveness of OFAC's licensing procedures for the exportation of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran. Pursuant to section 906(c) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, OFAC is required to submit a biennial report to the Congress on the operation of licensing procedures for such exports. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 23, 2018 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Fax: Attn: Request for Comments (TSRA) (202) 622-0447. Mail: Attn: Request for Comments (TSRA), Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Freedman's Bank Building, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information about these licensing procedures should be directed to Davin Blackborow, Assistant Director, Licensing Division, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Freedman's Bank Building, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, telephone: (202) 622-2480. Additional information about these licensing procedures is also available at www.treasury.gov/tsra. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The current procedures used by OFAC pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (Title IX of Pub. L. 106-387, 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) (the ``Act'') for authorizing the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Iran are set forth in 31 CFR 560.530 through 560.533. Effective October 12, 2017, sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order (E.O.) 13067 of November 3, 1997 and all of E.O. 13412 of October 13, 2006 were revoked, pursuant to E.O. 13761 of January 13, 2017, as amended by E.O. 13804 of July 11, 2017. As a result of the revocation of these sanctions provisions, effective October 12, 2017, U.S. persons are no longer prohibited from engaging in transactions that were previously prohibited under the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538. However, pursuant to the Act, an OFAC license is still required for exports and reexports to the Government of Sudan or any other entity in Sudan of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices as a result of Sudan's inclusion on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. These exports and reexports are generally licensed by OFAC. Under the provisions of section 906(c) of the Act, OFAC must submit a biennial report to the Congress on the operation, during the preceding two-year period, of the licensing procedures required by section 906 of the Act for the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran. This report is to include: (1) The number and types of licenses applied for; [[Page 12514]] (2) The number and types of licenses approved; (3) The average amount of time elapsed from the date of filing of a license application until the date of its approval; (4) The extent to which the licensing procedures were effectively implemented; and (5) A description of comments received from interested parties about the extent to which the licensing procedures were effective, after holding a public 30-day comment period. This document solicits comments from interested parties regarding the effectiveness of OFAC's licensing procedures for the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran for the time period of October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2016. Interested parties submitting comments are asked to be as specific as possible. In the interest of accuracy and completeness, OFAC requires written comments. All comments received on or before April 23, 2018 will be considered by OFAC in developing the report to the Congress. Consideration of comments received after the end of the comment period cannot be assured. All comments made will be a matter of public record. OFAC will not accept comments accompanied by a request that part or all of the comments be treated confidentially because of their business proprietary nature or for any other reason; OFAC will not consider them and will return such comments when submitted by regular mail to the person submitting the comments. Copies of past biennial reports may be obtained from OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/lic-agmed-index.aspx). Written requests may be sent to: Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Freedman's Bank Building, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20220, Attn: Assistant Director for Licensing. Note 1: On December 23, 2016, OFAC published amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560, to expand the scope of medical devices and agricultural commodities generally authorized for export or reexport to Iran pursuant to the Act. This amendment also included new or expanded authorizations related to training, replacement parts, software, and services for the operation, maintenance, and repair of medical devices, and items that are broken or connected to product recalls or other safety concerns. Accordingly, specific licenses are no longer required for these transactions. John E. Smith, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2018-05638 Filed 3-21-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810-25-P
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Points, dated August 3, 2017, and McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), and within an 11.3- ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
effective September 15, 2017, is mile radius of the Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN by any of the following methods:
amended as follows: extending clockwise from the TACAN 310° Federal eRulemaking Portal:
radial to the 148° radial and within 4.4 miles www.regulations.gov. Follow the
Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace. each side of the Coyle VORTAC 031° radial
extending from the VORTAC to 11.3 miles instructions for submitting comments.
* * * * * northeast, and within 2.6 miles southwest Fax: Attn: Request for Comments
and 4.4 miles northeast of the Lakehurst (TSRA) (202) 622–0447.
AEA NJ D Wrightstown, NJ [Amended]
(Navy) TACAN 148° radial extending from Mail: Attn: Request for Comments
McGuire Field (Joint Base McGuire-Dix- the TACAN to 12.2 miles southeast, and (TSRA), Office of Foreign Assets
Lakehurst), NJ within a 6.4-mile radius of Trenton- Control, Department of the Treasury,
(Lat. 40°00′56″ N, long. 74°35′30″ W) Robbinsville Airport and within 5.7 miles Freedman’s Bank Building, 1500
That airspace extending upward from the north and 4 miles south of the Robbinsville Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
surface to and including 2,600 feet MSL VORTAC 278° and 098° radials extending
within a 4.5-mile radius of McGuire Field
DC 20220.
from 4.8 miles west to 10 miles east of the
(Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst). VORTAC, and within a 6.7-mile radius of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monmouth Executive Airport and within 1.8 Requests for additional information
Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace
Designated as an Extension to a Class D
miles each side of the Colts Neck VOR/DME about these licensing procedures should
167° radial extending from the Monmouth be directed to Davin Blackborow,
Surface Area.
Executive Airport 6.7-mile radius to the Assistant Director, Licensing Division,
* * * * * VOR/DME and within 4 miles each side of Office of Foreign Assets Control,
the 312° bearing from Monmouth Executive
AEA NJ E4 Wrightstown, NJ [Amended]
airport extending from the 6.7-mile radius of
Department of the Treasury, Freedman’s
McGuire Field (Joint Base McGuire-Dix- the airport to 9 miles northwest of the airport Bank Building, 1500 Pennsylvania
Lakehurst), NJ and within a 6.5-mile radius of Ocean County Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220,
(Lat. 40°00′56″ N, long. 74°35′30″ W) Airport and within 1.3 miles each side of the telephone: (202) 622–2480. Additional
McGuire VORTAC Coyle VORTAC 044° radial extending from information about these licensing
(Lat. 40°00′34″ N, long. 74°35′47″ W) the 6.5-mile radius to the VORTAC, procedures is also available at
That airspace extending upward from the excluding the portions that coincide with the www.treasury.gov/tsra.
surface within 1.8 miles each side of the Atlantic City, NJ, Princeton, NJ. Old Bridge
NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Class E airspace areas. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
McGuire VORTAC 350° radial extending
from the 4.5-mile radius of McGuire Field current procedures used by OFAC
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on March pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform
(Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), to 6.1 14, 2018.
miles north of the VORTAC and within 1.8 and Export Enhancement Act of 2000
Ryan W. Almasy, (Title IX of Pub. L. 106–387, 22 U.S.C.
miles each side of the McGuire VORTAC
051° radial extending from the 4.5-mile Manager Operations Support Group, Eastern 7201 et seq.) (the ‘‘Act’’) for authorizing
radius of the airport to 6.1 miles northeast of Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. the export of agricultural commodities,
the VORTAC and within 1.8 miles each side [FR Doc. 2018–05708 Filed 3–21–18; 8:45 am] medicine, and medical devices to Iran
of the McGuire VORTAC 180° radial BILLING CODE 4910–13–P are set forth in 31 CFR 560.530 through
extending from the 4.5-mile radius of the
560.533. Effective October 12, 2017,
airport to 5.2 miles south of the VORTAC,
and within 1.8 miles each side of the sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order
McGuire Field (Joint Base McGuire-Dix- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (E.O.) 13067 of November 3, 1997 and
Lakehurst), ILS localizer southwest course all of E.O. 13412 of October 13, 2006
extending from the 4.5-mile radius of the Office of Foreign Assets Control were revoked, pursuant to E.O. 13761 of
airport to 7 miles southwest of the localizer. January 13, 2017, as amended by E.O.
31 CFR Parts 538 and 560 13804 of July 11, 2017. As a result of the
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward From 700 feet or More revocation of these sanctions provisions,
Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures effective October 12, 2017, U.S. persons
Above the Surface of the Earth. for Exportation of Agricultural
* * * * * are no longer prohibited from engaging
Commodities, Medicine, and Medical in transactions that were previously
AEA NJ E5 Wrightstown, NJ [Amended] Devices to Sudan and Iran; Comment prohibited under the Sudanese
Lakewood Airport, NJ
Request Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538.
(Lat. 40°04′00″ N, long. 74°10′40″ W) AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets However, pursuant to the Act, an OFAC
McGuire Field (Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Control, Treasury. license is still required for exports and
Lakehurst), NJ reexports to the Government of Sudan
(Lat. 40°00′56″ N, long. 74°35′30″ W) ACTION: Request for comments.
or any other entity in Sudan of
Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, NJ SUMMARY: The Department of the
(Lat. 40°12′50″ N, long. 74°36′06″ W) agricultural commodities, medicine, and
Monmouth Executive Airport, NJ
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets medical devices as a result of Sudan’s
(Lat. 40°11′12″ N, long. 74°07′28″ W) Control (OFAC) is soliciting comments inclusion on the State Sponsors of
Ocean County Airport, NJ on the effectiveness of OFAC’s licensing Terrorism List. These exports and
(Lat. 39°55′34″ N, long. 74°17′44″ W) procedures for the exportation of reexports are generally licensed by
Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN agricultural commodities, medicine, and OFAC. Under the provisions of section
(Lat. 40°02′13″ N, long. 74°21′11″ W) medical devices to Sudan and Iran. 906(c) of the Act, OFAC must submit a
Colts Neck VOR/DME Pursuant to section 906(c) of the Trade biennial report to the Congress on the
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(Lat. 40°18′42″ N, long. 74°09′35″ W) Sanctions Reform and Export operation, during the preceding two-
Coyle VORTAC Enhancement Act of 2000, OFAC is
(Lat. 39°49′02″ N, long. 74°25′54″ W) year period, of the licensing procedures
Robbinsville VORTAC
required to submit a biennial report to required by section 906 of the Act for
(Lat. 40°12′09″ N, long. 74°29′42″ W) the Congress on the operation of the export of agricultural commodities,
That airspace extending upward from 700
licensing procedures for such exports. medicine, and medical devices to Sudan
feet above the surface within a 6.4-mile DATES: Written comments should be and Iran. This report is to include:
radius of Lakewood Airport, and within a received on or before April 23, 2018 to (1) The number and types of licenses
10.5-mile radius of McGuire Field (Joint Base be assured of consideration. applied for;
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(2) The number and types of licenses concerns. Accordingly, specific licenses are contact Mr. Alan Shar, (214) 665–6691,
approved; no longer required for these transactions. shar.alan@epa.gov. For the full EPA
(3) The average amount of time public comment policy, information
John E. Smith, about CBI or multimedia submissions,
elapsed from the date of filing of a Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
license application until the date of its and general guidance on making
approval;
[FR Doc. 2018–05638 Filed 3–21–18; 8:45 am] effective comments, please visit http://
BILLING CODE 4810–25–P www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-
(4) The extent to which the licensing epa-dockets.
procedures were effectively Docket: The index to the docket for
implemented; and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION this action is available electronically at
(5) A description of comments AGENCY www.regulations.gov and in hard copy
received from interested parties about at the EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
the extent to which the licensing 40 CFR Part 52 Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all
procedures were effective, after holding documents in the docket are listed in
[EPA–R06–OAR–2017–0145; FRL–9975–55–
a public 30-day comment period. the index, some information may be
Region 6]
publicly available only at the hard copy
This document solicits comments location (e.g., copyrighted material), and
from interested parties regarding the Approval and Promulgation of State
Implementation Plans, Oklahoma some may not be publicly available at
effectiveness of OFAC’s licensing either location (e.g., CBI).
procedures for the export of agricultural AGENCY: Environmental Protection FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
commodities, medicine, and medical Agency (EPA). Alan Shar (6MM–AA), (214) 665–6691,
devices to Sudan and Iran for the time ACTION: Proposed rule. shar.alan@epa.gov. To inspect the hard
period of October 1, 2014 to September copy materials, please schedule an
30, 2016. Interested parties submitting SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection appointment with Mr. Alan Shar.
comments are asked to be as specific as Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
possible. In the interest of accuracy and revisions to the State Implementation
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
completeness, OFAC requires written Plan (SIP) for Oklahoma submitted by
and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA.
comments. All comments received on or the State of Oklahoma designee with a
before April 23, 2018 will be considered letter dated February 14, 2017. The I. Background
by OFAC in developing the report to the submittal covers updates to the On November 3, 2015 (80 FR 67647),
Congress. Consideration of comments Oklahoma SIP, as contained in annual the EPA finalized, among other things,
received after the end of the comment SIP updates for 2013, 2014, 2015, and its approval of revisions to Oklahoma
period cannot be assured. 2016, and incorporates the latest Administrative Code (OAC) Title 252
changes to the EPA regulations. The Department of Environmental Quality
All comments made will be a matter overall intended outcome of this action
of public record. OFAC will not accept (ODEQ), Chapter 100 Air Pollution
is to make the approved Oklahoma SIP Control (OAC:252:100), Subchapter 17
comments accompanied by a request consistent with current Federal and
that part or all of the comments be Incinerators, Subchapter 25 Visible
State requirements. This action is being Emissions and Particulates, Appendix E
treated confidentially because of their taken in accordance with the federal
business proprietary nature or for any Primary Ambient Air Quality Standards,
Clean Air Act (the Act) March 22, 2018. and Appendix F Secondary Ambient Air
other reason; OFAC will not consider
DATES: Comments must be received on Quality Standards.
them and will return such comments
or before April 23, 2018. The submittal dated February 14,
when submitted by regular mail to the
person submitting the comments. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 2017 (February 14, 2017 Submittal, or
identified by Docket No. EPA–R06– Submittal) which is the subject of this
Copies of past biennial reports may be OAR–2017–0145, at http:// proposed action includes revisions to
obtained from OFAC’s website www.regulations.gov or via email to Subchapters 2 Incorporation by
(www.treasury.gov/resource-center/ shar.alan@epa.gov. Follow the online Reference, 5 Registration, Emission
sanctions/Programs/Pages/lic-agmed- instructions for submitting comments. Inventory and Annual Operating Fees,
index.aspx). Written requests may be Once submitted, comments cannot be 13 Open Burning, 17 Incinerators, 25
sent to: Office of Foreign Assets Control, edited or removed from Regulations.gov. Visible Emissions and Particulates, 31
U.S. Department of the Treasury, The EPA may publish any comment Control of Emission of Sulfur
Freedman’s Bank Building, 1500 received to its public docket. Do not Compounds, Appendix E Primary
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC submit electronically any information Ambient Air Quality Standards,
20220, Attn: Assistant Director for you consider to be Confidential Appendix F Secondary Ambient Air
Licensing. Business Information (CBI) or other Quality Standards, and Appendix Q
Note 1: On December 23, 2016, OFAC information whose disclosure is Incorporation by Reference of
published amendments to the Iranian restricted by statute. Multimedia OAC:252:100. The Submittal covers the
Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be annual updates for the years 2013, 2014,
CFR part 560, to expand the scope of medical accompanied by a written comment. 2015, and 2016.
devices and agricultural commodities The written comment is considered the The criteria used to evaluate these SIP
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generally authorized for export or reexport to official comment and should include revisions are found primarily in section
Iran pursuant to the Act. This amendment discussion of all points you wish to 110 of the Act. Section 110(l) requires
also included new or expanded make. The EPA will generally not that a SIP revision submitted to the EPA
authorizations related to training, consider comments or comment be adopted after reasonable notice and
replacement parts, software, and services for contents located outside of the primary public hearing and also requires that the
the operation, maintenance, and repair of submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or EPA not approve a SIP revision if the
medical devices, and items that are broken or other file sharing system). For revision would interfere with any
connected to product recalls or other safety additional submission methods, please applicable requirement concerning
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Request for comments. | |
| Dates | Written comments should be received on or before April 23, 2018 to be assured of consideration. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information about these licensing procedures should be directed to Davin Blackborow, Assistant Director, Licensing Division, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Freedman's Bank Building, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, telephone: (202) 622-2480. Additional information about these licensing procedures is also available at www.treasury.gov/tsra. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 12513 | |
| CFR Citation | 31
CFR
538 31 CFR 560 |
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