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agency’s Preliminary Report on ‘‘Auto 

Theft and Recovery Effects of the AntiCar Theft Act of 1992 and the Motor 

Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 

1984’’, (Docket 97–042; Notice 1), 

showed that between MYs 1987 and 

1993, the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac 

Firebird vehicle lines experienced a 

significant theft rate reduction after 

installation of a Pass-Key like antitheft 

device as standard equipment on the 

vehicle lines. 

GM also stated that the theft data, as 

provided by the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation’s National Crime 

Information Center (NCIC) and 

compiled by the agency, show that theft 

rates are lower for exempted GM models 

equipped with the PASS-Key systems 

than the theft rates for earlier models 

with similar appearance and 

construction. Based on the performance 

of the PASS-Key, PASS-Key II and 

PASS-Key III devices on other GM 

models, and the advanced technology 

utilized in PASS-Key III+ and the 

Keyless Access Device, GM believes that 

these devices will be more effective in 

deterring theft than the parts-marking 

requirements of 49 CFR part 541. 

Additionally, GM stated that the 

PASS-Key III+ is installed as standard 

equipment on the Cadillac CTS vehicle 

line. GM was granted an exemption 

from the parts-marking requirements by 

the agency for the Cadillac CTS vehicle 

line beginning with the 2011 MY (See 

74 FR 62385, November 27, 2009). The 

average theft rate using 3 MYs theft data 

(MYs 2007–2009) provided by the 

agency for the Cadillac CTS vehicle line 

is 1.5882. 

GM believes that these devices will be 

more effective in deterring theft than the 

parts-marking requirements and that the 

agency should find that inclusion of the 

PASS-Key III+ device on the Buick 

Verano vehicle line is sufficient to 

qualify it for full exemption from the 

parts-marking requirements. 

GM’s proposed device lacks an 

audible or visible alarm. Therefore, this 

device cannot perform one of the 

functions listed in 49 CFR 543.6(a)(3), 

that is, to call attention to unauthorized 

attempts to enter or move the vehicle. 

Based on comparison of the reduction in 

the theft rates of Chevrolet Corvettes 

using a passive theft deterrent system 

along with an audible/visible alarm 

system to the reduction in theft rates for 

the Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac 

Firebird models equipped with a 

passive theft deterrent device without 

an alarm, GM finds that the lack of an 

alarm or attention-attracting device does 

not compromise the theft deterrent 

performance of a device such as PASSKey III+ system. Theft data have 

indicated a decline in theft rates for 

vehicle lines equipped with comparable 

devices that have received full 

exemptions from the parts-marking 

requirements. In these instances, the 

agency has concluded that the lack of an 

audible or visible alarm has not 

prevented these antitheft devices from 

being effective protection against theft. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 33106 and 49 

CFR 543.7(b), the agency grants a 

petition for exemption from the partsmarking requirements of Part 541, either 

in whole or in part, if it determines that, 

based upon substantial evidence, the 

standard equipment antitheft device is 

likely to be as effective in reducing and 

deterring motor vehicle theft as 

compliance with the parts-marking 

requirements of Part 541. The agency 

finds that GM has provided adequate 

reasons for its belief that the antitheft 

device for the Buick Verano vehicle line 

is likely to be as effective in reducing 

and deterring motor vehicle theft as 

compliance with the parts-marking 

requirements of the Theft Prevention 

Standard (49 CFR part 541). This 

conclusion is based on the information 

GM provided about its device. 

The agency concludes that the device 

will provide four of the five types of 

performance listed in § 543.6(a)(3): 

Promoting activation, preventing defeat 

or circumvention of the device by 

unauthorized persons, preventing 

operation of the vehicle by 

unauthorized entrants and ensuring the 

reliability and durability of the device. 

Based on the evidence submitted by 

GM, the agency believes that the 

antitheft device for the Buick Verano 

vehicle line is likely to be as effective 

in reducing and deterring motor vehicle 

theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements of the Theft 

Prevention Standard (49 CFR part 541). 

For the foregoing reasons, the agency 

hereby grants in full GM’s petition for 

exemption for the Buick Verano vehicle 

line from the parts-marking 

requirements of 49 CFR part 541, 

beginning with the 2013 model year 

vehicles. The agency notes that 49 CFR 

part 541, Appendix A–1, identifies 

those lines that are exempted from the 

Theft Prevention Standard for a given 

model year. 49 CFR 543.7(f) contains 

publication requirements incident to the 

disposition of all Part 543 petitions. 

Advanced listing, including the release 

of future product nameplates, the 

beginning model year for which the 

petition is granted and a general 

description of the antitheft device is 

necessary in order to notify law 

enforcement agencies of new vehicle 

lines exempted from the parts marking 

requirements of the Theft Prevention 

Standard. 

If GM decides not to use the 

exemption for this line, it shall formally 

notify the agency. If such a decision is 

made, the line must be fully marked 

according to the requirements under 49 

CFR 541.5 and 541.6 (marking of major 

component parts and replacement 

parts). 

NHTSA notes that if GM wishes in the 

future to modify the device on which 

this exemption is based, the company 

may have to submit a petition to modify 

the exemption. Section 543.7(d) states 

that a Part 543 exemption applies only 

to vehicles that belong to a line 

exempted under this part and equipped 

with the antitheft device on which the 

line’s exemption is based. Further, 

§ 543.9(c)(2) provides for the submission 

of petitions ‘‘to modify an exemption to 

permit the use of an antitheft device 

similar to but differing from the one 

specified in that exemption.’’ 

The agency wishes to minimize the 

administrative burden that § 543.9(c)(2) 

could place on exempted vehicle 

manufacturers and itself. The agency 

did not intend in drafting Part 543 to 

require the submission of a modification 

petition for every change to the 

components or design of an antitheft 

device. The significance of many such 

changes could be de minimis. Therefore, 

NHTSA suggests that if the 

manufacturer contemplates making any 

changes, the effects of which might be 

characterized as de minimis, it should 

consult the agency before preparing and 

submitting a petition to modify. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 33106; delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Issued on: April 24, 2012. 

Christopher J. Bonanti, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable On 

Federal Bonds: Pacific Employers 

Insurance Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 18 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2011 Revision, published July 1, 2011, 

at 76 FR 38892. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable 

surety on Federal bonds is hereby 

issued under 31 U.S.C. 9305 to the 

following company: Pacific Employers 

Insurance Company (NAIC #22748). 

Business Address: 436 Walnut Street, 

P.O. Box 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19106. 

Phone: (215) 640–1000. Underwriting 

Limitation b/: $104,839,000. Surety 

Licenses c/: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, 

CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, 

KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, 

MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, 

ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, 

TX, UT, VT, VA, VI, WA, WV, WI, WY. 

Incorporated In: Pennsylvania. 

Federal bond-approving officers 

should annotate their reference copies 

of the Treasury Circular 570 

(‘‘Circular’’), 2011 Revision, to reflect 

this addition. 

Certificates of Authority expire on 

June 30th each year, unless revoked 

prior to that date. The Certificates are 

subject to subsequent annual renewal as 

long as the companies remain qualified 

(see 31 CFR part 223). A list of qualified 

companies is published annually as of 

July 1st in the Circular, which outlines 

details as to the underwriting 

limitations, areas in which companies 

are licensed to transact surety business, 

and other information. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this Notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Laura Carrico, 

Director, Financial Accounting and Services 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable On 

Federal Bonds: Endurance American 

Insurance Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 17 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2011 Revision, published July 1, 2011, 

at 76 FR 38892. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable 

surety on Federal bonds is hereby 

issued under 31 U.S.C. 9305 to the 

following company: Endurance 

American Insurance Company (NAIC 

#10641). Business Address: 333 

Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New 

York 10604. Phone: (914) 468–8000. 

Underwriting Limitation b/: 

$23,566,000. Surety Licenses c/: AL, AK, 

AZ, AR, CO, DE, DC, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, 

IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, 

MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, 

OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, 

VT, WA, WV, WI, WY. Incorporated In: 

Delaware. 

Federal bond-approving officers 

should annotate their reference copies 

of the Treasury Circular 570 

(‘‘Circular’’), 2011 Revision, to reflect 

this addition. 

Certificates of Authority expire on 

June 30th each year, unless revoked 

prior to that date. The Certificates are 

subject to subsequent annual renewal as 

long as the companies remain qualified 

(see 31 CFR part 223). A list of qualified 

companies is published annually as of 

July 1st in the Circular, which outlines 

details as to the underwriting 

limitations, areas in which companies 

are licensed to transact surety business, 

and other information. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this Notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Laura Carrico, 

Director, Financial Accounting and Services 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Unblocking of Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons 

Pursuant to Executive Order 12978 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the 

names of nine individuals and three 

entities whose property and interests in 

property have been unblocked pursuant 

to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 

1995, ‘‘Blocking Assets and Prohibiting 

Transactions With Significant Narcotics 

Traffickers’’. 

DATES: The unblocking and removal 

from the list of Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN 

List’’) of the nine individuals and three 

entities identified in this notice whose 

property and interests in property were 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

12978 of October 21, 1995, is effective 

on April 19, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, Department 

of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: 

(202) 622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on demand 

service at (202) 622–0077. 

Background 

On October 21, 1995, the President, 

invoking the authority, inter alia, of the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) 

(‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order 

12978 (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995) 

(the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the 

President declared a national emergency 

to deal with the threat posed by 

significant foreign narcotics traffickers 

centered in Colombia and the harm that 

they cause in the United States and 

abroad. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in the 

United States, or that hereafter come 

within the United States or that are or 

hereafter come within the possession or 

control of United States persons, of: (1) 

The foreign persons listed in an Annex 

to the Order; (2) any foreign person 

determined by the Secretary of 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Attorney General and the Secretary of 

State: (a) To play a significant role in 

international narcotics trafficking 

centered in Colombia; or (b) to 

materially assist in, or provide financial 

or technological support for or goods or 

services in support of, the narcotics 

trafficking activities of persons 

designated in or pursuant to the Order; 

and (3) persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

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