76990 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

provisions of part 52. Accordingly, the 

NRC did not address the Backfit Rule or 

issue finality provisions of part 52. 

V. Submitting Suggestions for 

Improvement of Regulatory Guides 

A member of the public may, at any 

time, submit suggestions to the NRC for 

improvement of existing RGs or for the 

development of new RGs. Suggestions 

can be submitted on the NRC’s public 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/ 

contactus.html. Suggestions will be 

considered in future updates and 

enhancements to the ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. 

Dated: November 2, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Stephen M. Wyman, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs, 

Management Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24621 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

15 CFR Part 748 

[Docket No. 231010–0244] 

RIN 0694–AJ39 

Existing Validated End-User 

Authorizations in the People’s 

Republic of China: Samsung China 

Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix 

Semiconductor (China)) Ltd; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) published a rule in the 

Federal Register on October 17, 2023, 

that amended the Export Administration 

Regulations (EAR) to revise the existing 

Validated End-User (VEU) list for the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC) for 

Samsung China Semiconductor Co. Ltd. 

and SK hynix Semiconductor (China) 

Ltd. That rule inadvertently omitted two 

amendments to the list of VEUs, which 

resulted in failure to add a word to the 

description of eligible items for SK 

Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.; as 

well as the failure to remove the entry 

for SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi), 

which was necessary because SK hynix 

Semiconductor (Wuxi) recently merged 

with SK hynix Semiconductor (China) 

Ltd. This rule corrects both omissions. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

8, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chair, End-User Review Committee, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export 

Administration, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Phone: 202–482–5991; Email: ERC@

bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 

published in the Federal Register of 

October 17, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023– 

22873, starting on page 71478, 

amendments to the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) to 

revise the existing Validated End-User 

(VEU) list for the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC) for Samsung China 

Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix 

Semiconductor (China)) Ltd. 

This rule corrects for two 

inadvertently omitted amendments to 

update the list of VEUs: the first 

correction adds a word to the 

description of eligible items for SK 

Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.; and 

the second removes the entry for SK 

hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd., 

which recently merged with SK hynix 

Semiconductor (China) Ltd., thereby 

making the entry for SK hynix 

Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. duplicative. 

Correction 

BIS amends the EAR’s ‘‘Supplement 

No. 7 to Part 748—Authorization 

Validated End-User (VEU): List of 

Validated End-Users, Respective Items 

Eligible for Export, Reexport and 

Transfer (In-Country), and Eligible 

Destinations’’: 

• by adding the word ‘‘therefor,’’ after 

the word ‘‘technology’’ in the 

description in the ‘‘Eligible items (by 

ECCN)’’ column for ‘‘SK hynix 

Semiconductor (China) Ltd.’’; and 

• by removing the entry for ‘‘SK 

hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd.’’ in 

‘‘China (People’s Republic of)’’. 

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 748 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Exports, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Accordingly, part 748 of the EAR (15 

CFR parts 730–774) is corrected by 

making the following correcting 

amendments: 

PART 748—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 748 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801–4852; 50 U.S.C. 

4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O. 

13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 

228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 

Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 4, 2022, 87 

FR 48077 (August 5, 2021). 

■ 2. Amend supplement no. 7 to part 

748 under ‘‘China (People’s Republic 

of)’’ by: 

■ a. Revising the entry for ‘‘SK hynix 

Semiconductor (China) Ltd’’; and 

■ b. Removing the entry for ‘‘SK hynix 

Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd’’. 

The revision reads as follows: 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 7 TO PART 748—AUTHORIZATION VALIDATED END-USER (VEU): LIST OF VALIDATED END-USERS, 

RESPECTIVE ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPORT, REEXPORT AND TRANSFER (IN-COUNTRY), AND ELIGIBLE DESTINATIONS

Country Validated end-user Eligible items (by ECCN) Eligible destination Federal Register citation 

*******

China ........... * * * * * 

SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.All items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, except ‘‘extreme 

ultraviolet’’ (‘‘EUV’’) equipment and 

‘‘specially designed’’ ‘‘parts,’’ ‘‘components,’’ ‘‘software,’’ and ‘‘technology’’ 

therefor, necessary for the ‘‘development’’ or ‘‘production’’ of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). Excluded from §§ 744.6(c)(2)(i)–(iii) and 

744.23(a)(1)(iii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the 

EAR. See § 748.15(d).

SK hynix Semiconductor 

(China) Ltd., Lot K7, Wuxi 

High-tech Zone, Comprehensive Bonded Zone, 

Wuxi New District, Jiangsu 

Province, China 214028.

78 FR 41291, 7/10/13. 78 FR 

69535, 11/20/13. 79 FR 

30713, 5/29/14. 80 FR 

11863, 3/5/15. 88 FR 

71478, 10/17/23. 


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SUPPLEMENT NO. 7 TO PART 748—AUTHORIZATION VALIDATED END-USER (VEU): LIST OF VALIDATED END-USERS, RESPECTIVE ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPORT, REEXPORT AND TRANSFER (IN-COUNTRY), AND ELIGIBLE DESTINATIONS— 

Continued 

Country Validated end-user Eligible items (by ECCN) Eligible destination Federal Register citation 

*******

Karen H. Nies-Vogel, 

Director, Office of Exporter Services. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23312 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 591 

Publication of Venezuela Sanctions 

Regulations Web General Licenses 3I, 

5M, 9H, 43, 44, and 45 

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 six 

general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant 

to the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations: 

GLs 3I, 5M, 9H, 43, 44, and 45, each of 

which was previously made available 

on OFAC’s website. 

DATES: GLs 3I, 5M, 9H, 43, 44, and 45 

were issued on October 18, 2023. 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 October 18, 2023, OFAC issued 

GLs 3I, 5M, 9H, 43, 44, and 45 to 

authorize certain transactions otherwise 

prohibited by the Venezuela Sanctions 

Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR part 591, or 

authorities incorporated therein. Each 

GL was made available on OFAC’s 

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

it was issued. GL 3I supersedes GL 3H, 

which was issued on May 12, 2020. GL 

5M supersedes GL 5L, which was issued 

on July 19, 2023. GL 9H supersedes GL 

9G, which was issued May 12, 2020. GL 

44 has an expiration date of April 18, 

2024. The text of these GLs is provided 

below. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS 

CONTROL 

Venezuela Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 591 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3I 

Authorizing Transactions Related to, 

Provision of Financing for, and Other 

Dealings in Certain Bonds 

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs 

(e) and (f) of this general license, all 

transactions related to, the provision of 

financing for, and other dealings in 

bonds specified in the Annex to this 

general license (GL 3I Bonds) that 

would be prohibited by Subsection 

1(a)(iii) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13808 

of August 24, 2017 or by E.O. 13850 of 

November 1, 2018, each as amended by 

E.O. 13857 of January 25, 2019, or by 

E.O. 13884 of August 5, 2019, as 

collectively incorporated into the 

Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 591 (the VSR), are authorized, 

including, on or after October 18, 2023, 

divestment or transfer of, or facilitation 

of divestment or transfer of, any 

holdings in such bonds to a U.S. person. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (f) 

of this general license, U.S. persons are 

authorized to engage in all transactions 

prohibited by Subsection 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 

13808 or by E.O. 13850, each as 

amended, or by E.O. 13884, as 

collectively incorporated into the VSR, 

that are ordinarily incident and 

necessary to facilitating, clearing, and 

settling trades of holdings in GL 3I 

Bonds, provided such trades were 

placed prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern 

standard time on February 1, 2019. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (f) 

of this general license, all transactions 

and activities prohibited by Subsection 

1(a)(iii) of E.O. 13808 or by E.O. 13850, 

each as amended, or by E.O. 13884, as 

collectively incorporated into the VSR, 

that are ordinarily incident and 

necessary to the wind down of financial 

contracts or other agreements that were 

entered into prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern 

standard time on February 1, 2019, 

involving, or linked to, GL 3I Bonds are 

authorized. This authorization is valid 

through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 

time, March 31, 2020. 

(d) Except as provided in paragraph 

(f) of this general license, all 

transactions related to, the provision of 

financing for, and other dealings in 

bonds that were issued both (i) prior to 

August 25, 2017 (the effective date of 

E.O. 13808), and (ii) by U.S. person 

entities owned or controlled, directly or 

indirectly, by the Government of 

Venezuela, other than PDV Holding, Inc. 

(PDVH), CITGO Holding, Inc., and any 

of their subsidiaries, that would be 

prohibited by E.O. 13808 or E.O. 13850, 

each as amended, or by E.O. 13884, as 

collectively incorporated into the VSR, 

are authorized. 

(e) Paragraph (a) of this general 

license does not authorize U.S. persons 

to sell, or to facilitate the sale of, GL3I 

Bonds to, directly or indirectly, any 

person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to the 

VSR. 

(f) This general license does not 

authorize: 

(1) The unblocking of any property 

blocked pursuant to the VSR, or any 

other part of 31 CFR chapter V, except 

as authorized by paragraphs (a), (b), (c), 

and (d); or 

(2) Any transactions or activities 

otherwise prohibited by the VSR, or any 

other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any 

transactions or activities with any 

blocked persons other than transactions 

or activities involving the Government 

of Venezuela, including Banco Central 

de Venezuela, that are described in this 

general license. 

(g) Effective October 18, 2023, General 

License No. 3H, dated May 12, 2020, is 

replaced and superseded in its entirety 

by this General License No. 3I. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, 

Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: October 18, 2023. 

Annex—Venezuela-Related Bonds 

Described in Paragraph (a) of General 

License 3I (GL 3I Bonds) 

List of GL 3I Bonds, as of October 18, 

2023: 


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