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subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 126 

Arms and munitions, Exports. 

■ Accordingly, for the reasons set forth 

above, Title 22, Chapter I, Subchapter 

M, part 126 is amended as follows: 

PART 126—GENERAL POLICIES AND 

PRACTICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 126 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 2, 38, 40, 42, and 71, Pub. 

L. 90–629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 

2780, 2791, and 2797); E.O. 11958, 42 FR 

4311; 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 79; 22 U.S.C. 

2651a; 22 U.S.C. 287c; E.O. 12918, 59 FR 

28205, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 899; Sec.1225, 

Pub. L. 108–375. 

■ 2. Section 126.1 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a) and adding 

paragraph (l) to read as follows: 

§ 126.1 Prohibited exports and sales to 

certain countries. 

(a) General. It is the policy of the 

United States to deny licenses and other 

approvals for exports and imports of 

defense articles and defense services, 

destined for or originating in certain 

countries. This policy applies to 

Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, 

and Venezuela. This policy also applies 

to countries with respect to which the 

United States maintains an arms 

embargo (e.g., Burma, China, Liberia, 

Somalia, and Sudan) or whenever an 

export would not otherwise be in 

furtherance of world peace and the 

security and foreign policy of the United 

States. Information regarding certain 

other embargoes appears elsewhere in 

this section. Comprehensive arms 

embargoes are normally the subject of a 

State Department notice published in 

the Federal Register. The exemptions 

provided in the regulations in this 

subchapter, except § 123.17 of this 

subchapter, do not apply with respect to 

articles originating in or for export to 

any proscribed countries, areas, or 

persons in this § 126.1. 

* * * * * 

(l) Vietnam. It is the policy of the 

United Sates to deny licenses, other 

approvals, exports or imports of defense 

articles and defense services destined 

for or originating in Vietnam except, on 

a case-by-case basis, for: 

(1) Non-lethal defense articles and 

defense services, and 

(2) Non-lethal, safety-of-use defense 

articles (e.g., cartridge actuated devices, 

propellant actuated devices and 

technical manuals for military aircraft 

for purposes of enhancing the safety of 

the aircraft crew) for lethal end-items. 

For non-lethal defense end-items, no 

distinction will be made between 

Vietnam’s existing and new inventory. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Stephen D. Mull, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for PoliticalMilitary Affairs, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Parts 538 and 560 

Sudanese Sanctions Regulations; 

Iranian Transactions Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Foreign Assets 

Control of the U.S. Department of the 

Treasury is amending the Sudanese 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538, 

and the Iranian Transactions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 560, to 

authorize the exportation or 

reexportation, directly or indirectly, 

from the United States or by a U.S. 

person, wherever located, of any goods 

or technology to a third-country 

government, or to its contractors or 

agents, for shipment to, respectively, 

Sudan or Iran via a diplomatic pouch. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 3, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director for Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, tel.: 202/ 

622–2490, Assistant Director for 

Licensing, tel.: 202/622–2480, Assistant 

Director for Policy, tel.: 202/622–4855, 

or Chief Counsel, tel.: 202/622–2410, 

Office of Foreign Assets Control, 

Department of the Treasury, 

Washington, DC 20220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning the Office of 

Foreign Assets Control are available 

from OFAC’s Web site (http:// 

www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on demand 

service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. 

Background 

The Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 

31 CFR part 538 (the ‘‘SSR’’), were 

promulgated to implement Executive 

Order 13067 of November 3, 1997 (‘‘E.O. 

13067’’), in which the President 

declared a national emergency with 

respect to the policies and actions of the 

Government of Sudan. To deal with that 

emergency, E.O. 13067 imposed 

comprehensive trade sanctions with 

respect to Sudan and blocked all 

property and interests in property of the 

Government of Sudan in the United 

States or within the possession or 

control of United States persons. 

Subsequently, the President issued 

Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 

2006 (‘‘E.O. 13412’’), to take additional 

steps with respect to the emergency 

declared in E.O. 13067. While it 

exempted specific areas of Sudan from 

certain prohibitions in E.O. 13067, E.O. 

13412 continued the blocking of the 

Government of Sudan’s property and 

interests in property and imposed a 

prohibition on transactions relating to 

Sudan’s petroleum or petrochemical 

industries. E.O. 13412 also removed the 

regional government of Southern Sudan 

from the definition of the Government 

of Sudan. 

Existing § 538.516 of the SSR 

authorizes all transactions in connection 

with the importation into the United 

States from Sudan, or the exportation 

from the United States to Sudan, of 

diplomatic pouches and their contents. 

OFAC is amending this general license 

to expand the scope of authorized 

transactions relating to the importation 

and exportation of diplomatic pouches 

and their contents. Specifically, OFAC 

is revising § 538.516 of the SSR by redesignating the original section as 

§ 538.516(a) and by adding a new 

paragraph (b). New § 538.516(b) 

authorizes the exportation or 

reexportation, directly or indirectly, 

from the United States or by a U.S. 

person, wherever located, of any goods 

or technology to a third-country 

government, or to its contractors or 

agents, for shipment to Sudan via a 

diplomatic pouch. In addition, 

§ 538.516(b) clarifies that, to the extent 

necessary, the shipment by a thirdcountry government to Sudan of U.S.- 

origin goods or technology in a 

diplomatic pouch is authorized. 

The Iranian Transactions Regulations, 

31 CFR part 560 (the ‘‘ITR’’), implement 

a series of Executive orders, beginning 

with Executive Order 12957 of March 

15, 1995, in which the President 

declared a national emergency with 

respect to the actions and policies of the 

Government of Iran. To deal with that 

threat, Executive Order 12957 imposed 

prohibitions on certain transactions 

with respect to the development of 

Iranian petroleum resources. On May 6, 

1995, the President issued Executive 

Order 12959 imposing comprehensive 

trade sanctions to further respond to the 

threat, and on August 19, 1997, the 

President issued Executive Order 13059 


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consolidating and clarifying the 

previous orders. 

Existing § 560.521 of the ITR 

authorizes all transactions in connection 

with the importation into the United 

States from Iran, or the exportation from 

the United States to Iran, of diplomatic 

pouches and their contents. As with 

§ 538.516 of the SSR, OFAC is revising 

§ 560.521 of the ITR by re-designating 

the original section as § 560.521(a) and 

by adding a new paragraph (b). New 

§ 560.521(b) authorizes the exportation, 

reexportation, sale, or supply, directly 

or indirectly, from the United States or 

by a U.S. person, wherever located, of 

any goods or technology to a thirdcountry government, or to its 

contractors or agents, for shipment to 

Iran via a diplomatic pouch. It also 

authorizes, to the extent necessary, the 

shipment by a third-country government 

to Iran of U.S.-origin goods or 

technology in a diplomatic pouch. 

Public Participation 

Because the amendments of the SSR 

and the ITR involve a foreign affairs 

function, Executive Order 12866 and the 

provisions of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requiring 

notice of proposed rulemaking, 

opportunity for public participation, 

and delay in effective date are 

inapplicable. Because no notice of 

proposed rulemaking is required for this 

rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collections of information related 

to the SSR and the ITR are contained in 

31 CFR part 501 (the ‘‘Reporting, 

Procedures and Penalties Regulations’’). 

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), those 

collections of information have been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget under control number 1505–

0164. An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid control number. 

List of Subjects 

31 CFR Part 538 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of 

assets, Exports, Foreign trade, 

Humanitarian aid, Imports, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Specially designated 

nationals, Sudan, Terrorism, 

Transportation. 

31 CFR Part 560 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Banks, Banking, Brokers, 

Foreign Trade, Investments, Iran, Loans, 

Securities. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control amends 31 CFR parts 538 and 

560 as follows: 

PART 538—SUDANESE SANCTIONS 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 538 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 

18 U.S.C. 2339B, 2332d; 50 U.S.C. 1601–

1651, 1701–1706; Pub. L. 106–387, 114 Stat. 

1549; E.O. 13067, 62 FR 59989, 3 CFR, 1997 

Comp., p. 230. 

Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, 

and Statements of Licensing Policy 

■ 2. Revise § 538.516 to read as follows: 

§ 538.516 Diplomatic pouches. 

The following transactions are 

authorized: 

(a) The importation into the United 

States from Sudan, or the exportation 

from the United States to Sudan, of 

diplomatic pouches and their contents; 

and 

(b) The exportation or reexportation, 

directly or indirectly, from the United 

States or by a U.S. person, wherever 

located, of any goods or technology to 

a third-country government, or to its 

contractors or agents, for shipment to 

Sudan via a diplomatic pouch. To the 

extent necessary, this section also 

authorizes the shipment of such goods 

or technology by the third-country 

government to Sudan via a diplomatic 

pouch. 

Note to paragraph (b) of § 538.516: The 

exportation or reexportation of certain U.S.- 

origin goods or technology to a third-country 

government, or to its contractors or agents, 

may require authorization by the U.S. 

Department of Commerce under the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 

730 et seq.). 

PART 560—IRANIAN TRANSACTIONS 

REGULATIONS 

■ 3. Revise the authority citation for part 

560 to read as follows: 

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 2339B, 

2332d; 22 U.S.C. 2349aa–9; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 

50 U.S.C. 1601–1651, 1701–1706; Pub. L. 

101–410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); 

Pub. L. 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549; E.O. 12957, 

60 FR 14615, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 332; E.O. 

12959, 60 FR 24757, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 

356; E.O. 13059, 62 FR 44531, 3 CFR, 1997 

Comp., p. 217. 

Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, 

and Statements of Licensing Policy 

■ 4. Revise § 560.521 to read as follows: 

§ 560.521 Diplomatic pouches. 

The following transactions are 

authorized: 

(a) The importation into the United 

States from Iran, or the exportation from 

the United States to Iran, of diplomatic 

pouches and their contents; and 

(b) The exportation, reexportation, 

sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, 

from the United States or by a U.S. 

person, wherever located, of any goods 

or technology to a third-country 

government, or to its contractors or 

agents, for shipment to Iran via a 

diplomatic pouch. To the extent 

necessary, this section also authorizes 

the shipment of such goods or 

technology by the third-country 

government to Iran via a diplomatic 

pouch. 

Note to paragraph (b) of § 560.521: The 

exportation or reexportation of certain U.S.- 

origin goods or technology to a third-country 

government, or to its contractors or agents, 

may require authorization by the U.S. 

Department of Commerce under the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 

730 et seq.). 

Dated: February 23, 2007. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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BILLING CODE 4811–42–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[CGD05–07–028] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulation for Marine 

Events; Roanoke River, Plymouth, NC 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing temporary special local 

regulations during the ‘‘Plymouth Drag 

Boat Race’’, a power boat race to be held 

on the waters of the Roanoke River, 

Plymouth, North Carolina. These special 

local regulations are necessary to 

provide for the safety of life on 

navigable waters during the event. This 

action is intended to restrict vessel 

traffic in portions of the Roanoke River 

adjacent to Plymouth, North Carolina 

during the power boat race. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 10 

a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on May 6, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this 

preamble as being available in the 


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