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lamps from a low-level lighting 

intensity to a high-level lighting 

intensity 4 times in 2 seconds when the 

brakes are applied rather than providing 

steady burning lamps during the first 2 

seconds, would enhance rear signal 

systems. Higgins submits that pulsing 

the rear brake lamps of a CMV may 

significantly increase visibility and 

reduce the frequency of rear-end 

crashes, and thus would maintain a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level that the CMV 

would achieve without the requested 

exemption. 

On October 7, 2022 (87 FR 61133), 

FMCSA denied Intellistop’s application 

for an industry-wide exemption to allow 

all motor carriers to operate commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with 

Intellistop’s module. FMCSA noted that 

the decision did not preclude individual 

motor carriers from seeking an 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.25(e) to 

purchase, install, and use Intellistop’s 

device subject to terms and conditions 

to allow sufficient monitoring of the use 

of the device. Therefore, consistent with 

the October 7, 2022, decision, the 

Agency seeks public comment on 

Higgins’ carrier-specific exemption 

application. 

A copy of Higgins’ application is 

included in the docket referenced at the 

beginning of this notice. 

IV. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

Higgins’ application for a five-year 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.25(e) to 

allow it to operate CMVs equipped with 

Intellistop’s module which pulses the 

rear clearance, identification and brake 

lamps from low-level lighting intensity 

to high-level lighting intensity 4 times 

in 2 seconds when the brakes are 

applied. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the comment 

closing date will be considered and will 

be available for examination in the 

docket at the location listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Comments received after the comment 

closing date will be filed in the public 

docket and may be considered to the 

extent practicable. In addition to late 

comments, FMCSA will also continue to 

file, in the public docket, relevant 

information that becomes available after 

the comment closing date. Interested 

persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–02052 Filed 1–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Prompt Payment Interest Rate; 

Contract Disputes Act 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of prompt payment 

interest rate; Contract Disputes Act. 

SUMMARY: For the period beginning 

January 1, 2023, and ending on June 30, 

2023, the prompt payment interest rate 

is 45⁄8 per centum per annum. 

DATES: Applicable January 1, 2023, to 

June 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may 

be mailed to: E-Commerce Division, 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 401 14th 

Street SW, Room 306F, Washington, DC 

20227. Comments or inquiries may also 

be emailed to PromptPayment@

fiscal.treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas M. Burnum, E-Commerce 

Division, (202) 874–6430; or Thomas 

Kearns, Senior Counsel, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (202) 874–7036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency 

that has acquired property or service 

from a business concern and has failed 

to pay for the complete delivery of 

property or service by the required 

payment date shall pay the business 

concern an interest penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(a). The Contract Disputes Act of 

1978, Sec. 12, Public Law 95–563, 92 

Stat. 2389, and the Prompt Payment Act, 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the 

calculation of interest due on claims at 

the rate established by the Secretary of 

the Treasury. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has the 

authority to specify the rate by which 

the interest shall be computed for 

interest payments under section 12 of 

the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 and 

under the Prompt Payment Act. Under 

the Prompt Payment Act, if an interest 

penalty is owed to a business concern, 

the penalty shall be paid regardless of 

whether the business concern requested 

payment of such penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(c)(1). Agencies must pay the 

interest penalty calculated with the 

interest rate, which is in effect at the 

time the agency accrues the obligation 

to pay a late payment interest penalty. 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a). ‘‘The interest penalty 

shall be paid for the period beginning 

on the day after the required payment 

date and ending on the date on which 

payment is made.’’ 31 U.S.C. 3902(b). 

Therefore, notice is given that the 

Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the rate of interest 

applicable for the period beginning 

January 1, 2023, and ending on June 30, 

2023, is 45⁄8 per centum per annum. 

Timothy E. Gribben, 

Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–02104 Filed 1–31–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–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 List 

(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(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Andrea Gacki, 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 the Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons 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 January 26, 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. 


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