63672 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Notices 

CARLILE, SAESHA LYNN 

CARLSON, TERENCE W 

CASTRO, BRIAN MATTHEW 

COGGINS, COLLEEN P 

COHEN, DANIEL 

CONNORS, SUSAN M 

DOUGHERTY, BARBARA KAYE 

FARAJIAN, MORTEZA 

FISCHER, KARA LYNN 

FLEMING, GREGG G 

FUNK, JENNIFER S 

GEIER, PAUL M 

GOLDSTEIN, SCOTT ROSS 

HALLE, BENJAMIN GABLER 

HALLE, MICHAEL MACKAY 

HAMPSHIRE, ROBERT CORNELIUS 

HOMAN, TODD M 

HOWARD, JENNIFER MARGUERITE 

HU, PATRICIA S. 

HUYNH, JULI C 

IRVINE, PETER D 

JACKSON, RONALD A 

JARRIN, JOSEPH HUMPHREY 

KALETA, JUDITH S 

KING, DANIEL E. 

LANG, JAMES M. 

LAWRENCE, CHRISTINE A 

LEFEVRE, MARIA S. 

LOHRENZ, MAURA C 

MARCHESE, APRIL LYNN 

MARION, IRENE BIANCA 

MARTIN, HAROLD W III 

MCCARTNEY, ERIN P 

MCNAMARA, PHILIP ADAM 

MIDDLETON, GARY LEE 

MIMS, AUGUSTUS B III 

MORGAN, DANIEL S. 

O’BERRY, DONNA 

ORNDORFF, ANDREW R 

PAIEWONSKY, LUISA M 

POPKIN, STEPHEN M 

REAMY, LYNDA TRAN 

REDUS, TYRA LATRICE 

RIBEIRO, LICERIO G JR 

SCHACHTER, CORDELL 

SCHMITT, ROLF R 

SHEIKH IBRAHIM, FIRAS 

SHEPARD, DESHAWN MONIQUE 

SHIKANY, ANN MARIE 

SIMPSON, JOAN 

SMITH, WILLIE H 

SPRAGUE, MARY G. 

SUSSMAN, SABRINA SANAM 

SWITZER, MARCUS JEREMY 

SYED, MOHSIN RAZA 

SZAKAL, KEITH J 

SZATMARY, RONALD ALLEN JR 

TAYLOR, BENJAMIN J 

TIMOTHY, DARREN P 

URE, DEVIN L. 

WALKER, JONATHAN B 

WASHINGTON, KEITH E 

WORKIE, BLANE A 

ZIFF, LAURA M 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

BROWN, TRISTAN HILTON 

CHAUDHRY, ANIL 

CHAVEZ, RICHARD M. 

DAUGHERTY, LINDA 

DAVIS, CAREY THOMAS 

FARLEY, AUDREY L. 

GATTI, JONATHAN D 

HARR, TRICIA M 

MAYBERRY, ALAN K 

MCMILLAN, HOWARD W 

QUADE, WILLIAM A III 

SCHOONOVER, WILLIAM S 

TAHAMTANI, MASSOUD 

TSAGANOS, VASILIKI B 

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 

Development Corporation 

FISHER, ANTHONY JR 

O’MALLEY, KEVIN P 

SCHARF, JEFFREY W 

[FR Doc. 2023–19977 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOT–OST–2023–0137] 

Advisory Committee on Transportation 

Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: DOT OST announces a 

meeting of ACTE, which will take place 

via videoconference. 

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, 

September 22, 2023, from 2:30 to 4:30 

p.m. eastern time. Requests for 

accommodations because of a disability 

must be received by Friday, September 

15. Requests to submit questions must 

be received no later than Friday, 

September 15. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via videoconference. Those members of 

the public who would like to participate 

virtually should go to https://

www.transportation.gov/civil-rights/ 

acte/meetinginfo to access the meeting, 

a detailed agenda for the entire meeting, 

meeting minutes, and additional 

information on ACTE and its activities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Norman, Senior Advisor, 

Departmental Office of Civil Rights and 

Warner Dixon, Special Assistant for 

Civil Rights, Departmental Office of 

Civil Rights, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 934–2380, ACTE@dot.gov. Any 

ACTE-related request or submissions 

should be sent via email to the points 

of contact listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is required under section 

1009(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). 41 CFR 102– 

3.150(b) provides ‘‘In exceptional 

circumstances, the agency may give less 

than 15 calendar days’ notice, provided 

that the reasons for doing so are 

included in the advisory committee 

meeting notice published in the Federal 

Register.’’ Consequently, this notice is 

being published less than 15 days from 

the meeting date due to the immediate 

need to establish the framework and 

work flows of the FACA and to identify 

items and measures for action in light of 

the increased infrastructure planning 

needs and funding opportunities created 

in BIL is Public Law 117–58 https://

www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ58/ 

PLAW-117publ58.pdf and and IRA 

Public Law 117–169 https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW117publ169/pdf/PLAW117publ169.pdf). 

Background 

Purpose of the Committee 

ACTE was established to provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Transportation about comprehensive, 

interdisciplinary issues related to civil 

rights and transportation equity in the 

planning, design, research, policy, and 

advocacy contexts from a variety of 

transportation equity practitioners and 

community leaders. Specifically, the 

Committee will provide advice and 

recommendations to inform the 

Department’s efforts to: 

Implement the Agency’s Equity 

Action Plan and Strategic Plan, helping 

to institutionalize equity into Agency 

programs, policies, regulations, and 

activities: 

Strengthen and establish partnerships 

with overburdened and underserved 

communities who have been historically 

underrepresented in the Department’s 

outreach and engagement, including 

those in rural and urban areas: 

Empower communities to have a 

meaningful voice in local and regional 

transportation decisions; and ensure the 

compliance of Federal funding 

recipients with civil rights laws and 

nondiscrimination programs, policies, 

regulations, and activities. 

Meeting Agenda 

The agenda for the meeting will 

consist of: 

An inauguration of the ACTE members 

An overview of the ACTE charter 

An overview of the role and impact of 

ACTE members 

Remarks from Secretary Buttigieg 

An overview of ACTE focus areas 

A discussion on collaborative 

approaches and transparency 


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Concluding remarks 

Meeting Participation 

Advance registration is required. 

Please register at https://

www.transportation.gov/civil-rights/ 

acte/meetinginfo by the deadline 

referenced in the DATES section. The 

meeting will be open to the public for 

its entirety. The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is committed to 

providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, such as sign language, 

interpretation, or other ancillary aids, 

please contact the points of contact 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Questions from the public will be 

answered during the public comment 

period only at the discretion of the 

ACTE chair, vice chair, and designated 

Federal officer. Members of the public 

may submit written comments and 

questions to the points of contact listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section on the topics to be 

considered during the meeting by the 

deadline referenced in the DATES

section. 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Irene Marion, 

Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19972 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of one or more persons that have been 

placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) 

List based on OFAC’s determination 

that one or more applicable legal criteria 

were satisfied. All property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of these persons are 

blocked, and U.S. persons are generally 

prohibited from engaging in transactions 

with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; 

or Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Enforcement, Compliance & Analysis, 

tel.: 202–622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

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

Notice of OFAC Action(s) 

On September 12, 2023, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following persons are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authority listed below. 

Individuals 

1. AJROUCH, Ali Ismail (a.k.a. AJROUCH, 

Ali; a.k.a. AJROUSH, Aly Ismail), Lebanon; 

DOB 02 Nov 1971; POB Kfar Houne, Jezzine, 

South, Lebanon; nationality Lebanon; Gender 

Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) 

of Executive Order 13224, as amended by 

Executive Order 13886 (individual) [SDGT] 

(Linked To: BLACK DIAMOND SARL). 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B) 

of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 

2001, ‘‘Blocking Property and Prohibiting 

Transactions With Persons Who Commit, 

Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism,’’ 

66 FR 49079, as amended by Executive Order 

13886 of September 9, 2019, ‘‘Modernizing 

Sanctions To Combat Terrorism,’’ 84 FR 

48041 (collectively, E.O. 13224, as amended), 

for owning or controlling, directly or 

indirectly, BLACK DIAMOND SARL, a 

person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, 

as amended. 

2. HELBAWI, Mahdy Akil (a.k.a. AKIL, 

Madhy; a.k.a. AKIL, Mahdi Amer; a.k.a. 

AQIL, Mahdi Amer; a.k.a. AQIL, Mahdi 

Amir), Colombia; DOB 30 Oct 1987; POB 

Maicao, Colombia; nationality Lebanon; 

citizen Colombia; Gender Male; Secondary 

sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive 

Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 

13886; Cedula No. 1126038243 (Colombia); 

Passport LR0159572 (Lebanon) expires 14 

Nov 2021; alt. Passport PE092928 (Colombia); 

National ID No. 000050624602 (Lebanon); 

Identification Number 3664441 (Lebanon) 

(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: RADA, 

Amer Mohamed Akil). 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) 

of E.O. 13224, as amended, for having 

materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 

financial, material, or technological support 

for, or goods or services to or in support of, 

AMER MOHAMED AKIL RADA, a person 

whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended. 

3. RADA, Amer Mohamed Akil (a.k.a. 

AQEEL, Amer Muhammad), Lebanon; DOB 

07 Sep 1964; alt. DOB 10 Dec 1967; 

nationality Lebanon; alt. nationality 

Colombia; Additional Sanctions 

Information—Subject to Secondary Sanctions 

Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial 

Sanctions Regulations; Gender Male; 

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of 

Executive Order 13224, as amended by 

Executive Order 13886; Cedula No. 

67121004582 (Colombia); Identification 

Number V–28426454 (Venezuela) 

(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: 

HIZBALLAH). 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) 

of Executive Order 13224, as amended, for 

having acted or purported to act for or on 

behalf of, directly or indirectly, HIZBALLAH, 

a person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224. 

4. RADA, Samer Akil (a.k.a. RADA, Samer 

Mohamed Akil; a.k.a. REDA, Samer 

Mohamed Akil), Carabobo, Venezuela; DOB 

10 Apr 1981; Additional Sanctions 

Information—Subject to Secondary Sanctions 

Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial 

Sanctions Regulations; Gender Male; 

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of 

Executive Order 13224, as amended by 

Executive Order 13886; Identification 

Number 179029472 (Colombia) (individual) 

[SDGT] (Linked To: HIZBALLAH). 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) 

of E.O. 13224, as amended, for having 

materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 

financial, material, or technological support 

for, or goods or services to or in support of, 

HIZBALLAH, a person whose property and 

interests in property are blocked pursuant to 

E.O. 13224. 

Entities 

1. BCI TECHNOLOGIES C.A., Avenue Don 

Julio Centeno, Centro Comercial Los Jarales, 

local N1–11, Valencia, Carabobo State, 

Venezuela; Secondary sanctions risk: section 

1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended 

by Executive Order 13886; Organization 

Type: Other information technology and 

computer service activities [SDGT] (Linked 

To: RADA, Samer Akil). 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) 

of E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, 

controlled, or directed by, directly or 

indirectly, SAMER AKIL RADA, a person 

whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended. 

2. BLACK DIAMOND SARL, Beirut, 

Baabda, Lebanon; Secondary sanctions risk: 

section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as 

amended by Executive Order 13886; 

Organization Established Date 09 Mar 2016; 

Commercial Registry Number 2044841 

(Lebanon) [SDGT] (Linked To: ZANGA 

S.A.S.). 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) 

of E.O. 13224, as amended, for having 

materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 

financial, material, or technological support 

for, or goods or services to or in support of, 

ZANGA S.A.S., a person whose property and 

interests in property are blocked pursuant to 

E.O. 13224, as amended. 

3. ZANGA S.A.S., Carrera 49 C #102–57 

104, Barranquilla, Colombia; Secondary 

sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive 

Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 

13886; Organization Established Date 03 Mar 

2015; NIT # 9008900295 (Colombia); 

Identification Number 1700344853100000 

(Colombia) [SDGT] (Linked To: HELBAWI, 

Mahdy Akil). 


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