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4 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

4 If FINRA seeks to provide additional temporary 

relief from the rule requirements identified in this 

proposed rule change beyond April 30, 2021, 

FINRA will submit a separate rule filing to further 

extend the temporary extension of time. 

5See Frequently Asked Questions Related to 

Regulatory Relief Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, 

available at https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/ 

key-topics/covid-19/faq. 

6See https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/keytopics/covid-19/faq#qe. 

7At the outset of the COVID–19 pandemic, all 

FINRA qualification examinations were 

administered at test centers operated by Prometric. 

Based on the health and welfare concerns resulting 

from COVID–19, in March Prometric closed all of 

its test centers in the United States and Canada and 

began to slowly reopen some of them at limited 

capacity in May. Currently, Prometric has resumed 

testing in many of its United States and Canada test 

centers, at either full or limited occupancy, based 

on local and government mandates. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.4

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27485 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 

December 17, 2020. 

PLACE: The meeting will be held via 

remote means and/or at the 

Commission’s headquarters, 100 F 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time, date, and/or place of the 

meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.sec.gov. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) 

and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), 

(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and 

(a)(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 

The subject matter of the closed 

meeting will consist of the following 

topics: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; 

Resolution of litigation claims; and 

Other matters relating to enforcement 

proceedings; and 

Disclosure of non-public information. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting agenda items that 

may consist of adjudicatory, 

examination, litigation, or regulatory 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information; please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Dated: December 10, 2020. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27615 Filed 12–11–20; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–90617; File No. SR–FINRA– 

2020–043] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Financial Industry Regulatory 

Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Extend the Effective 

Date of the Temporary Amendments 

Set Forth in SR–FINRA–2020–026 From 

December 31, 2020 to April 30, 2021 

December 9, 2020. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’ 

or ‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 

thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that 

on December 4, 2020, the Financial 

Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

(‘‘FINRA’’) filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by FINRA. FINRA has designated the 

proposed rule change as constituting a 

‘‘non-controversial’’ rule change under 

paragraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b–4 under the 

Act,3 which renders the proposal 

effective upon receipt of this filing by 

the Commission. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

FINRA is proposing to extend the 

effective date of the temporary 

amendments set forth in SR–FINRA– 

2020–026 from December 31, 2020, to 

April 30, 2021.4 Due to the impacts of 

COVID–19 on the administration of 

FINRA qualification examinations at 

test centers, SR–FINRA–2020–026 

extended the 120-day period that certain 

individuals can function as a principal 

or Operations Professional without 

having successfully passed an 

appropriate qualification examination 

through December 31, 2020. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on FINRA’s website at 

http://www.finra.org, at the principal 

office of FINRA and at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, 

FINRA included statements concerning 

the purpose of and basis for the 

proposed rule change and discussed any 

comments it received on the proposed 

rule change. The text of these statements 

may be examined at the places specified 

in Item IV below. FINRA has prepared 

summaries, set forth in sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The COVID–19 pandemic is an 

unpredictable, exogenous event that has 

resulted in unavoidable disruptions to 

the securities industry and impacted 

member firms, regulators, investors and 

other stakeholders. In response to 

COVID–19, earlier this year FINRA 

began providing temporary relief to 

member firms from FINRA rules and 

requirements via frequently asked 

questions (‘‘FAQs’’) on its website.5

Two of these FAQs 6 provided 

temporary relief to address disruptions 

to the administration of FINRA 

qualification examinations caused by 

the pandemic that have significantly 

limited the ability of individuals to sit 

for these examinations due to Prometric 

test center capacity issues.7

FINRA published the first FAQ on 

March 20, 2020, providing that 

individuals who were designated to 

function as principals under FINRA 

Rule 1210.04 prior to February 2, 2020, 

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / Notices 81259 

8FINRA Rule 1210.04 (Requirements for 

Registered Persons Functioning as Principals for a 

Limited Period) allows a member firm to designate 

certain individuals to function in a principal 

capacity for 120 calendar days before having to pass 

an appropriate principal qualification examination. 

9Pursuant to FINRA Rule 1220(b)(3)(B) 

(Qualifications), a person registering as an 

Operations Professional may function in that 

capacity for 120 days before having to pass an 

applicable qualification examination. 

10See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89732 

(September 1, 2020), 85 FR 55535 (September 8, 

2020) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness 

of File No. SR–FINRA–2020–026). 

11See, e.g., Meryl Kornfield, Jacqueline Dupree, 

Marisa Lati, Paulina Villegas, Siobhan O’Grady and 

Hamza Shaban, New daily coronavirus cases in U.S. 

rise to 145,000, latest all-time high, Wash. Post, 

November 11, 2020, https://

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/11/ 

coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/. 12 Information about the continued impact of 

COVID–19 on FINRA-administered examinations is 

available at https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/ 

key-topics/covid-19/exams. 13 Information from Prometric about its safety 

practices and the impact of COVID–19 on it 

operations is available at https://

www.prometric.com/corona-virus-update. See also 

supra note 12. 14Earlier this year, an online test delivery service 

was launched for candidates seeking to take 

qualification examinations remotely. Only certain 

qualification examinations are available online. See 

supra note 12. FINRA is considering making 

additional qualification examinations available 

remotely on a limited basis. 

15See, e.g., Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, How to Protect Yourself & Others, 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/ 

prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html. 

16FINRA notes that the proposed rule change 

would impact members that have elected to be 

treated as capital acquisition brokers (‘‘CABs’’), 

given that the CAB rule set incorporates the 

impacted FINRA rules by reference. 

would be given until May 31, 2020, to 

pass the appropriate principal 

qualification examination.8 On May 19, 

2020, FINRA extended the relief to pass 

the appropriate examination until June 

30, 2020. On June 29, 2020, FINRA 

again extended the temporary relief 

providing that individuals who were 

designated to function as principals 

under FINRA Rule 1210.04 prior to May 

4, 2020, would be given until August 31, 

2020, to pass the appropriate principal 

qualification examination. 

FINRA published the second FAQ on 

May 15, 2020, providing that 

individuals who were designated to 

function as Operations Professionals 

under FINRA Rule 1220(b)(3)(B) prior to 

February 2, 2020, would be given until 

June 30, 2020, to pass the applicable 

qualification examination.9 On June 29, 

2020, FINRA extended the temporary 

relief providing that individuals who 

were designated to function as 

Operations Professionals under FINRA 

Rule 1220(b)(3)(B) prior to May 4, 2020, 

would be given until August 31, 2020, 

to pass the appropriate qualification 

examination. 

On August 28, 2020, FINRA filed with 

the Commission a proposed rule change 

for immediate effectiveness to extend 

the temporary relief provided via the 

two FAQs by adopting: (1) Temporary 

Supplementary Material .12 (Temporary 

Extension of the Limited Period for 

Registered Persons to Function as 

Principals) under FINRA Rule 1210 

(Registration Requirements), and (2) 

temporary Supplementary Material .07 

(Temporary Extension of the Limited 

Period for Persons to Function as 

Operations Professionals) under FINRA 

Rule 1220 (Registration Categories).10

Pursuant to this rule filing, individuals 

who were designated prior to September 

3, 2020, to function as a principal under 

FINRA Rule 1210.04 or an Operations 

Professional under FINRA Rule 

1220(b)(3)(B) have until December 31, 

2020, to pass the appropriate 

qualification examination. 

The COVID–19 conditions 

necessitating the extension of relief 

provided in the FAQs and SR–FINRA– 

2020–026 persist and in fact appear to 

be worsening.11 One of the impacts of 

COVID–19 continues to be serious 

interruptions in the administration of 

FINRA qualification examinations at 

Prometric test centers and the limited 

ability of individuals to sit for the 

examinations.12 Although Prometric has 

been reopening its test centers, 

Prometric’s safety practices mean that 

currently not all test centers are open, 

some of the open test centers are at 

limited capacity, and some open test 

centers are delivering only certain 

examinations that have been deemed 

essential by the local government.13

Furthermore, Prometric has had to close 

some reopened test centers due to 

incidents of COVID–19 cases. The initial 

nationwide closure in March along with 

the inability to fully reopen all 

Prometric test centers due to COVID–19 

have led to a continued backlog of 

individuals who are waiting to sit for 

FINRA examinations that are not 

available online, including the General 

Securities Principal Exam (Series 24) 

and the Operations Professional Exam 

(Series 99).14

In addition, firms are continuing to 

experience operational challenges with 

much of their personnel working from 

home due to shelter-in-place orders, 

restrictions on businesses and social 

activity imposed in various states, and 

adherence to other social distancing 

guidelines consistent with the 

recommendations of public health 

officials.15 As a result, firms continue to 

face potentially significant disruptions 

to their normal business operations that 

may include a limitation of in-person 

activities and staff absenteeism as a 

result of the health and welfare 

concerns stemming from COVID–19. 

Such potential disruptions may be 

further exacerbated and may even affect 

client services if firms cannot continue 

to keep principal or Operations 

Professional positions filled as they may 

have difficulty finding other qualified 

individuals to transition into these roles 

or may need to reallocate employee time 

and resources away from other critical 

responsibilities at the firm. 

These ongoing, extenuating 

circumstances make it impracticable for 

member firms to ensure that the 

individuals who they have designated to 

function in a principal or Operations 

Professional capacity, as set forth in 

FINRA Rules 1210.04 and 1220(b)(3)(B), 

are able to successfully sit for and pass 

an appropriate qualification 

examination within the 120-calendar 

day period required under the rules, or 

to find other qualified staff to fill these 

positions. The ongoing circumstances 

also require individuals to be exposed to 

the health risks associated with taking 

an in-person examination, because the 

General Securities Principal and 

Operations Professional examinations 

are not available online. Therefore, 

FINRA is proposing to extend the 

effective date of the temporary relief 

provided through SR–FINRA–2020–026 

until April 30, 2021. The proposed rule 

change would apply only to those 

individuals who have been designated 

to function as a principal or Operations 

Professional prior to January 1, 2021. 

Any individuals designated to function 

as a principal or Operations Professional 

on or after January 1, 2021, would need 

to successfully pass an appropriate 

qualification examination within 120 

days.16

FINRA believes that this proposed 

continued extension of time is tailored 

to address the needs and constraints on 

a firm’s operations during the COVID– 

19 pandemic, without significantly 

compromising critical investor 

protection. The proposed extension of 

time will help to minimize the impact 

of COVID–19 on firms by providing 

continued flexibility so that firms can 

ensure that principal and Operations 

Professional positions remain filled. The 

potential risks from the proposed 

extension of the 120-day period are 

mitigated by the firm’s continued 

requirement to supervise the activities 

of these designated individuals and 

ensure compliance with federal 

securities laws and regulations, as well 

as FINRA rules. 

FINRA has filed the proposed rule 

change for immediate effectiveness and 

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17 15 U.S.C. 78o–3(b)(6). 

18 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

19 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to 

give the Commission written notice of its intent to 

file the proposed rule change, along with a brief 

description and text of the proposed rule change, 

at least five business days prior to the date of filing 

of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time 

as designated by the Commission. FINRA has 

satisfied this requirement. 

20See supra note 15. 

21See supra notes 12 and 13. FINRA states that 

Prometric has also had to close some reopened test 

centers due to incidents of COVID–19 cases. 

22See supra note 14. FINRA is considering 

making additional qualification examinations 

available remotely on a limited basis. 

23FINRA states that member firms remain subject 

to the continued requirement to supervise the 

activities of these designated individuals and 

ensure compliance with federal securities laws and 

regulations, as well as FINRA rules. 

24See supra note 4. 

25As noted above by FINRA, this proposal is an 

extension of temporary relief provided in a prior 

filing where FINRA also requested and the 

Commission granted a waiver of the 30-day 

operative delay. See supra note 10, 85 FR at 55538. 

26For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has considered the 

proposed rule change’s impact on efficiency, 

competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 

78c(f). 

has requested that the SEC waive the 

requirement that the proposed rule 

change not become operative for 30 days 

after the date of the filing, so FINRA can 

implement the proposed rule change 

immediately. 

2. Statutory Basis 

FINRA believes that the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the provisions 

of Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,17 which 

requires, among other things, that 

FINRA rules must be designed to 

prevent fraudulent and manipulative 

acts and practices, to promote just and 

equitable principles of trade, and, in 

general, to protect investors and the 

public interest. 

The proposed rule change is intended 

to minimize the impact of COVID–19 on 

firm operations by further extending the 

120-day period certain individuals may 

function as a principal or Operations 

Professional without having 

successfully passed an appropriate 

qualification examination under FINRA 

Rules 1210.04 and 1220(b)(3)(B) until 

April 30, 2021. The proposed rule 

change does not relieve firms from 

maintaining, under the circumstances, a 

reasonably designed system to supervise 

the activities of their associated persons 

to achieve compliance with applicable 

securities laws and regulations, and 

with applicable FINRA rules that 

directly serve investor protection. In a 

time when faced with unique challenges 

resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic, 

FINRA believes that the proposed rule 

change is a sensible accommodation 

that will continue to afford firms the 

ability to ensure that critical positions 

are filled and client services 

maintained, while continuing to serve 

and promote the protection of investors 

and the public interest in this unique 

environment. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

FINRA does not believe that the 

temporary proposed rule change will 

result in any burden on competition that 

is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

As set forth in SR–FINRA–2020–026, 

the proposed rule change is intended 

solely to extend temporary relief 

necessitated by the continued impacts 

of the COVID–19 pandemic and the 

related health and safety risks of 

conducting in-person activities. FINRA 

believes that the proposed rule change 

is necessary to temporarily rebalance 

the attendant benefits and costs of the 

obligations under FINRA Rules 1210 

and 1220 in response to the impacts of 

the COVID–19 pandemic that would 

otherwise result if the temporary 

amendments were to expire on 

December 31, 2020. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

Written comments were neither 

solicited nor received. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Because the foregoing proposed rule 

change does not: (i) Significantly affect 

the protection of investors or the public 

interest; (ii) impose any significant 

burden on competition; and (iii) become 

operative for 30 days from the date on 

which it was filed, or such shorter time 

as the Commission may designate, it has 

become effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 18 and Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6) thereunder.19

A proposed rule change filed under 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6) normally does not 

become operative for 30 days after the 

date of filing. However, pursuant to 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii), the Commission 

may designate a shorter time if such 

action is consistent with the protection 

of investors and the public interest. 

FINRA has asked the Commission to 

waive the 30-day operative delay so that 

the proposed rule change may become 

operative immediately upon filing. As 

noted above, FINRA stated that the 

proposed extension of time will help 

minimize the impact of the COVID–19 

outbreak on FINRA member firms’ 

operations by allowing them to keep 

principal and Operations Professional 

positions filled and minimizing 

disruptions to client services and other 

critical responsibilities. FINRA further 

stated that the ongoing extenuating 

circumstances of the COVID–19 

pandemic make it impractical to ensure 

that individuals designated to act in 

these capacities are able to take and pass 

the appropriate qualification 

examination during the 120-calendar 

day period required under the rules. 

FINRA also stated that shelter-in-place 

orders, quarantining, restrictions on 

business and social activity and 

adherence to social distancing 

guidelines consistent with the 

recommendations of public officials 

remain in place in various states.20

FINRA also observed that, following a 

nationwide closure of all test centers 

earlier in the year, some test centers 

have re-opened, but are operating at 

limited capacity or are only delivering 

certain examinations that have been 

deemed essential by the local 

government.21 FINRA has launched an 

online test delivery service to help 

address this backlog. However, FINRA 

states that the General Securities 

Principal (Series 24) and the Operations 

Profession (Series 99) Examinations are 

not available online.22 FINRA also states 

that the proposed rule change will 

provide needed flexibility to ensure that 

these positions remain filled and is 

tailored to address the constraints on 

member firms’ operations during the 

COVID–19 pandemic without 

significantly compromising critical 

investor protection.23

The Commission also notes that the 

proposal provides only an extension to 

temporary relief from the requirement to 

pass certain qualification examinations 

within the 120-day period in the rules. 

As proposed, this relief would extend 

the 120-day period that certain 

individuals can function as principals 

or Operations Professionals through 

April 30, 2021. FINRA also noted that 

if it requires a further extension of 

temporary relief from the rule 

requirements identified in this proposal 

beyond April 30, 2021, it may submit a 

separate rule filing to extend the 

effectiveness of the temporary relief 

under these rules.24 For these reasons, 

the Commission believes that waiver of 

the 30-day operative delay is consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

public interest.25 Accordingly, the 

Commission hereby waives the 30-day 

operative delay and designates the 

proposal operative upon filing.26

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27 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

FINRA–2020–043 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–FINRA–2020–043. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of FINRA. All comments received 

will be posted without change. Persons 

submitting comments are cautioned that 

we do not redact or edit personal 

identifying information from comment 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–FINRA– 

2020–043 and should be submitted on 

or before January 5, 2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.27

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #16647; Colorado 

Disaster Number CO–00125 Declaration of 

Economic Injury] 

Administrative Declaration 

Amendment of an Economic Injury 

Disaster for the State of Colorado 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) 

declaration for the State of COLORADO, 

dated 09/15/2020. Incident: Grizzly 

Creek Fire. Incident Period: 08/10/2020 

through 12/08/2020. 

DATES: Issued on 12/09/2020. Economic 

Injury (EIDL) Loan Application 

Deadline Date: 06/15/2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Administrator’s EIDL declaration 

for the State of Colorado, dated 09/15/ 

2020, is hereby amended to establish the 

incident period for this disaster as 

beginning 08/10/2020 and continuing 

through 12/08/2020. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Jovita Carranza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27558 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11206] 

Notice of Department of State 

Sanctions Actions Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13846 of August 6, 

2018, Reimposing Certain Sanctions 

With Respect to Iran 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State 

imposed sanctions on six entities and 

five individuals pursuant to E.O. 13846, 

Reimposing Certain Sanctions with 

Respect to Iran; the Secretary of State 

subsequently terminated those sanctions 

imposed on one of the entities and one 

of the individuals. 

DATES: The Secretary of State’s 

determination and selection of certain 

sanctions to be imposed upon the six 

entities and five individuals identified 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section was effective as of September 

25, 2019. The Secretary of State’s 

subsequent termination of sanctions 

with respect to one of the entities and 

one of the individuals, further identified 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section, was effective January 31, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Taylor Ruggles, Director, Office of 

Economic Sanctions Policy and 

Implementation, Bureau of Economic 

and Business Affairs, Department of 

State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: (202) 

647–7677, email: RugglesTV@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 3(a) of E.O. 13846, the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, and the United 

States Trade Representative, and with 

other agencies and officials as 

appropriate, is authorized to impose on 

a person any of the sanctions described 

in section 4 or 5 of E.O. 13846 upon 

determining that the person met the 

relevant criteria set forth in sections 

3(a)(i)–3(a)(vi) of E.O. 13846. 

The Secretary of State determined on 

September 25, 2019, pursuant to Section 

3(a)(ii) of E.O. 13846, that each of China 

Concord Petroleum Co., Limited, 

Kunlun Shipping Company Limited, 

Pegasus 88 Limited, and COSCO 

Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman & 

Ship Management Co., Ltd., knowingly, 

on or after November 5, 2018, engaged 

in a significant transaction for the 

purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or 

marketing of petroleum or petroleum 

products from Iran. Additionally, the 

Secretary of State determined pursuant 

to Section 3(a)(v) of E.O. 13846, that 

Kunlun Holding Company Ltd owned or 

controlled China Concord Petroleum 

Co., Limited and Kunlun Shipping