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throughout the Florida Keys. Coral 

nursery sites are established throughout 

the Florida Keys and are essential in 

supporting coral restoration efforts due 

to the loss of healthy coral cover in the 

Florida Keys reefs that has declined by 

more than 90 percent in the last 40 

years. While some of the coral nursery 

stock is being relocated to land-based 

sites some coral nursery sites are being 

moved to offshore and deeper areas with 

cooler waters. It is possible that humans 

entering the waters of the offshore areas 

where these coral nursery stock are 

being relocated could inadvertently 

cause irreparable damage from 

anchoring and/or dropping or 

entangling fishing gear in the coral 

nursery structures. Establishment of a 

special use area will prohibit all entry 

except to conduct restoration activities 

under a valid ONMS permit, for 

continuous transit without interruption, 

and for law enforcement purposes. The 

protections afforded by establishing this 

special use area need to be in place to 

avoid further damage to these sensitive 

nursery corals that have already 

experienced impact from heat stress. As 

such, further damage to these sensitive 

nursery corals would occur if the 

prohibition implemented by this rule is 

delayed to provide prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment. 

For the reasons outlined above, 

NOAA finds it impracticable and 

contrary to the public interest to provide 

prior notice and public comment on 

these emergency measures. For the same 

reasons, NOAA finds good cause to 

waive the delay in the effective date of 

this rule pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 922 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Coastal zone, Natural 

resources, Historic preservation, Marine 

protected areas, Marine resources, 

National marine sanctuaries, Recreation 

and recreation areas, Corals. 

Nicole R. LeBoeuf, 

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

For the reasons set forth above, NOAA 

amends part 922, title 15 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 922—NATIONAL MARINE 

SANCTUARY PROGRAM 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 922 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. 

■ 2. In appendix VI to subpart P, add a 

temporary entry for ‘‘Tavernier’’ at the 

end to read as follows: 

Appendix VI to Subpart P of Part 922— 

Special-Use Areas Boundary 

Coordinates and Use Designations 

* * * * * 

Tavernier (Temporary) 

(Restoration Only)—[The coordinates are 

unprojected (Geographic) and based on the 

North American Datum of 1983. The 

boundary for the special use area begins at 

Point 1 and continues to each successive 

point in numerical order until ending at 

Point 5 as listed in the coordinate in the 

following table.] 

Point No. Latitude Longitude 

1 ................ 24.96934 ¥80.44378 

2 ................ 24.97076 ¥80.43955 

3 ................ 24.96765 ¥80.43759 

4 ................ 24.96612 ¥80.44186 

5 ................ 24.96934 ¥80.44378 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 586 

Publication of Chinese MilitaryIndustrial Complex Sanctions 

Regulations Web General Licenses 1, 

1A, 1B, and 2 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of web general 

licenses. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing four 

general licenses (GLs) issued in the 

Chinese Military Industrial Complex 

program: GLs 1, 1A, 1B, and 2, each of 

which was previously made available 

on OFAC’s website. 

DATES: GL 1 was issued on January 8, 

2021. 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 January 8, 2021, OFAC issued GL 

1 to authorize certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by Executive 

Order (E.O.) 13959 of November 12, 

2020, ‘‘Addressing the Threat From 

Securities Investments That Finance 

Communist Chinese Military 

Companies’’ (85 FR 73185, November 

17, 2020). Subsequently, OFAC issued 

two further iterations of GL 1, each of 

which authorized activities otherwise 

prohibited pursuant to E.O. 13959 as 

amended by E.O. 13974 of January 13, 

2021, ‘‘Amending Executive Order 

13959—Addressing the Threat From 

Securities Investments That Finance 

Communist Chinese Military 

Companies’’ (86 FR 4875, January 19, 

2021): on January 26, 2021, OFAC 

issued GL 1A, which superseded GL 1; 

and on May 18, 2021, OFAC issued GL 

1B, which superseded GL 1A. Each of 

these GLs is now expired. On January 

14, 2021, OFAC issued GL 2 to 

authorize certain transactions otherwise 

prohibited by E.O. 13959, as amended. 

Each GL was made available on OFAC’s 

website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when 

it was issued. The text of these GLs is 

provided below. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020 

Addressing the Threat From Securities 

Investments That Finance Communist 

Chinese Military Companies 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 1 

Authorizing Transactions Involving 

Securities of Certain Communist Chinese 

Military Companies 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities prohibited by section 1(a)(i) of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13959 involving 

publicly traded securities, or any securities 

that are derivative of, or are designed to 

provide investment exposure to such 

securities, of an entity whose name closely 

matches the name of a Communist Chinese 

military company identified in the Annex to 

E.O. 13959 but that has not been listed on the 

Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Non-SDN 

Communist Chinese Military Companies List, 

are authorized through 9:30 a.m. eastern 

standard time, January 28, 2021. 

(b) This general license does not authorize 

any transactions or activities otherwise 

prohibited by E.O. 13959, any other E.O. or 

statute, or any part of 31 CFR chapter V. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 


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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020 

Addressing the Threat From Securities 

Investments That Finance Communist 

Chinese Military Companies, as Amended 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 1A 

Authorizing Transactions Involving 

Securities of Certain Communist Chinese 

Military Companies 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities prohibited by section 1(a) of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, as amended by 

E.O. 13974 of January 13, 2021, involving 

publicly traded securities, or any securities 

that are derivative of, or are designed to 

provide investment exposure to such 

securities, of an entity whose name closely 

matches, but does not exactly match, the 

name of a Communist Chinese military 

company as defined by section 4(a) of E.O. 

13959, as amended, are authorized through 

9:30 a.m. eastern daylight time, May 27, 

2021. 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any transactions or activities involving 

publicly traded securities, or any securities 

that are derivative of, or are designed to 

provide investment exposure to such 

securities, of entities identified in the Office 

of Foreign Assets Control’s Non-SDN 

Communist Chinese Military Companies List 

(NS–CCMC List) pursuant to section 4(a)(iii) 

of E.O. 13959, as amended, as a subsidiary 

of a person determined to be a Communist 

Chinese military company, including entities 

added to the NS–CCMC List on January 8, 

2021 (CNOOC Limited, China Mobile 

Limited, China Telecom Corporation 

Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) 

Limited). 

Note to paragraph (b)(1): Pursuant to 

section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13959, as amended, 

prohibitions relevant to entities identified in 

the NS–CCMC List pursuant to section 

4(a)(iii) of E.O. 13959, as amended, including 

entities added to the NS–CCMC List on 

January 8, 2021 (CNOOC Limited, China 

Mobile Limited, China Telecom Corporation 

Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) 

Limited), take effect beginning 9:30 a.m. 

eastern time on the date that is 60 days after 

such listing. 

(2) Any transactions or activities otherwise 

prohibited by E.O. 13959, as amended, any 

other E.O. or statute, or any part of 31 CFR 

chapter V. 

(c) Effective January 27, 2021, General 

License No. 1, dated January 8, 2021, is 

replaced and superseded in its entirety by 

this General License No. 1A. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: January 26, 2021. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020 

Addressing the Threat From Securities 

Investments That Finance Communist 

Chinese Military Companies, as Amended 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 1B 

Authorizing Transactions Involving 

Securities of Certain Communist Chinese 

Military Companies 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities prohibited by section 1(a) of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, as amended by 

E.O. 13974 of January 13, 2021, involving 

publicly traded securities, or any securities 

that are derivative of, or are designed to 

provide investment exposure to such 

securities, of an entity whose name closely 

matches, but does not exactly match, the 

name of a Communist Chinese military 

company as defined by section 4(a) of E.O. 

13959, as amended, are authorized through 

9:30 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 11, 

2021. 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any transactions or activities involving 

publicly traded securities, or any securities 

that are derivative of, or are designed to 

provide investment exposure to such 

securities, of entities identified in the Office 

of Foreign Assets Control’s Non-SDN 

Communist Chinese Military Companies List 

(NS–CCMC List) pursuant to section 4(a)(iii) 

of E.O. 13959, as amended, as a subsidiary 

of a person determined to be a Communist 

Chinese military company, including entities 

added to the NS–CCMC List on January 8, 

2021 (CNOOC Limited, China Mobile 

Limited, China Telecom Corporation 

Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) 

Limited). 

Note to paragraph (b)(1): Pursuant to 

section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13959, as amended, 

prohibitions relevant to entities identified in 

the NS–CCMC List pursuant to section 

4(a)(iii) of E.O. 13959, as amended, including 

entities added to the NS–CCMC List on 

January 8, 2021 (CNOOC Limited, China 

Mobile Limited, China Telecom Corporation 

Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) 

Limited), take effect beginning 9:30 a.m. 

eastern time on the date that is 60 days after 

such listing. 

(2) Any transactions or activities otherwise 

prohibited by E.O. 13959, as amended, any 

other E.O. or statute, or any part of 31 CFR 

chapter V. 

(c) Effective May 18, 2021, General License 

No. 1A, dated January 26, 2021, is replaced 

and superseded in its entirety by this General 

License No. 1B. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: May 18, 2021. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020 

Addressing the Threat From Securities 

Investments That Finance Communist 

Chinese Military Companies, as Amended 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2 

Authorizing Securities Exchanges Operated 

by U.S. Persons To Engage in Transactions 

involving Securities of Communist Chinese 

Military Companies 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities by securities exchanges operated by 

U.S. persons prohibited by section 1(a)(ii) of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, as amended by 

the E.O. of January 13, 2021, involving 

publicly traded securities, or any securities 

that are derivative of, or are designed to 

provide investment exposure to such 

securities, of any entity that is listed on the 

Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Non-SDN 

Communist Chinese Military Companies List 

(NS–CCMC List) after 12:01 a.m. eastern 

standard time, January 14, 2021, are 

authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern time 

on the date that is 365 days after the date the 

entity is listed on the NS–CCMC List. 

(b) This general license does not authorize 

any transactions or activities otherwise 

prohibited by E.O. 13959, as amended, any 

other E.O. or statute, or any part of 31 CFR 

chapter V. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: January 14, 2021. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2023–0613] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone; Kanawha River, Mile 

Markers 41.5 to 42.5, Nitro, WV, 

Change in Dates 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone for 

navigable waters within a half mile 

radius of the Donald Legg Memorial 

Bridge. The safety zone is needed to 

protect personnel, vessels, and the 

marine environment from potential 

hazards created by adding a center 

section of the bridge. Entry of vessels or 

persons into this zone is prohibited 

unless specifically authorized by the 


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