73930 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2023 / Notices 

1On October 20, 2023, NER filed an amended 

verified notice withdrawing portions of the verified 

notice pertaining to the acquisition of incidental 

overhead trackage rights over approximately 0.8 

miles of rail line owned by Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company (NSR) between milepost 123.0 

(corresponding to NSR milepost 163.0) and 

milepost 123.8 (corresponding to NSR milepost 

162.2). NER states that it will make other 

arrangements for interchange and operations over 

the NSR rail line. 

the application of section 620(q) of the 

FAA with respect to such assistance. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, with the 

accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, shall be transmitted to 

Congress. 

Dated: June 30, 2023. 

Wendy R. Sherman, 

Deputy Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23719 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12241] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: 

‘‘Japanese Tastes in Chinese 

Ceramics: Tea Utensils, Kaiseki 

Dishes, and More’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with their foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Japanese Tastes in Chinese 

Ceramics: Tea Utensils, Kaiseki Dishes, 

and More’’ at the Asian Art Museum, 

San Francisco, California, and at 

possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, are of 

cultural significance, and, further, that 

their temporary exhibition or display 

within the United States as 

aforementioned is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23699 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12227] 

Determination Under Section 620(q) of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

Relating to Assistance to Zimbabwe 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by section 620(q) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), Executive 

Order 12163, and Department of State 

Delegation of Authority 513, I hereby 

determine that targeted assistance to 

Zimbabwe in the areas of health, good 

governance and respect for human 

rights, education, leadership, 

agriculture/food security, poverty 

reduction, livelihoods, family planning 

and reproductive health, 

macroeconomic growth (including anticorruption efforts), helping victims of 

trafficking and combatting trafficking, 

and advancing biodiversity and wildlife 

conservation, as well as the 

continuation of assistance that would 

have a significant adverse effect on 

vulnerable populations if suspended, is 

in the national interest of the United 

States and thereby waive the application 

of section 620(q) of the FAA with 

respect to such assistance. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, with the 

accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, shall be transmitted to 

Congress. 

Dated: September 28, 2023. 

Richard Verma, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23718 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12226] 

Determination Under Section 7012 of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2023 Relating to 

Assistance to Zimbabwe 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by section 7012 of the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 

(Div. K, Pub. L. 117–328) (SFOAA); 

Executive Order 12163, as amended by 

Executive Order 13346; and Delegation 

of Authority 513, I hereby determine 

that targeted assistance to Zimbabwe in 

the areas of health, good governance and 

respect for human rights, education, 

leadership, agriculture/food security, 

poverty reduction, livelihoods, family 

planning and reproductive health, 

macroeconomic growth (including anticorruption efforts), helping victims of 

trafficking and combatting trafficking, 

and advancing biodiversity and wildlife 

conservation, as well as the 

continuation of assistance that would 

have a significant adverse effect on 

vulnerable populations if suspended, is 

in the national interest of the United 

States. I thereby waive with respect to 

Zimbabwe the application of section 

7012 of the FY 2023 SFOAA with 

respect to such assistance. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, along with 

the accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, shall be transmitted to 

Congress. 

Dated: September 28, 2023. 

Richard Verma, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23717 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36728] 

New Era Railroad, LLC—Acquisition 

and Change in Operator Exemption— 

RMW Ventures, LLC 

New Era Railroad, LLC (NER), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1150, 

subpart D to acquire and operate 

approximately 26.46 miles of rail line 

owned by RMW Ventures, LLC (RMW), 

between milepost 117.0 in the vicinity 

of Curryville, Ind., and milepost 123.0 at 

Bluffton, Ind.; and from milepost 123.8 

at Bluffton to milepost 144.26 in the 

vicinity of Van Buren, Ind. (the Line).1

The verified notice states that the Line 

is currently operated by Wabash Central 


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