74218 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2013 / Notices 

Description of Respondents: Certified 

Development Companies. 

Form Number: SBA Form 1253 

outlines the information (financial 

statements, economic development 

activities, and other operational and 

management information) that the CDC 

must submit to comply with the annual 

reporting requirement. 

Estimated Annual Respondents: 260. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 260. 

Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

7,280. 

Curtis B. Rich, 

Management Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29372 Filed 12–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8545] 

Imposition of Additional Sanctions on 

Syria Under the Chemical and 

Biological Weapons Control and 

Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 

AGENCY: Bureau of International 

Security and Nonproliferation, 

Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On August 2, 2013, a 

determination was made that the 

Government of Syria used chemical 

weapons in violation of international 

law or lethal chemical weapons against 

its own nationals. Notice of this 

determination was published on 

September 10, 2013, in the Federal 

Register, under Public Notice 8460. 

That determination resulted in 

sanctions against the Government of 

Syria. Section 307(b) of the Chemical 

and Biological Weapons Control and 

Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, 22 

U.S.C. 5604(a) and 5605(a), requires a 

decision within three months of the 

August 2, 2013 determination regarding 

the imposition of additional sanctions. 

The United States Government decided 

on November 1, 2013, to impose such 

additional sanctions on the Government 

of Syria. In addition, the United States 

Government determined that it is 

essential to the national security 

interests of the United States to partially 

waive the application of these 

additional sanctions with respect to 

activities in furtherance of United States 

policies regarding the Syrian conflict. 

The following is notice of the 

additional sanctions to be imposed 

pursuant to Section 307(b)(2) of the Act 

(22 U.S.C. 5605(b)), subject to the 

waiver described above. 

DATES: Effective Date: Upon publication 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela K. Durham, Office of Missile, 

Biological, and Chemical 

Nonproliferation, Bureau of 

International Security and 

Nonproliferation, Department of State, 

Telephone (202) 647–4930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 307(b) of the Chemical and 

Biological Weapons Control and 

Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, as 

amended (22 U.S.C. 5604(a) and 

5605(a)), on November 1, 2013, the 

Under Secretary of State for Arms 

Control and International Security, Rose 

Gottemoeller, decided to impose 

additional sanctions on the Government 

of Syria. As a result, the following 

additional sanctions are hereby 

imposed, subject to partial waivers as 

noted below: 

1. Bank Loans—The United States 

Government shall prohibit any United 

States bank from making any loan or 

providing any credit to the Government 

of Syria, except for loans or credits for 

the purpose of purchasing food or other 

agricultural commodities or products. 

2. Further Export Restrictions—The 

authorities of section 6 of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 shall be 

used to prohibit exports to Syria of all 

other goods and technology (excluding 

food and other agricultural commodities 

and products). 

3. Presidential Action Regarding 

Aviation—The Executive Branch is 

authorized to notify the Government of 

Syria of its intention to suspend the 

authority of foreign air carriers owned 

or controlled by Syria to engage in 

foreign air transportation to or from the 

United States. 

The application of these additional 

sanctions is partially waived with 

respect to activities in furtherance of 

United States policies regarding the 

Syrian conflict. Determinations as to 

whether activities are in furtherance of 

U.S. policies regarding the Syrian 

conflict will be made on a case-by-case 

basis with the involvement of the 

Department of State, using existing 

interagency procedures to the maximum 

extent possible. These measures shall be 

implemented by the responsible 

departments and agencies of the United 

States Government and will remain in 

place for at least one year or until 

further notice. 

Dated: December 4, 2013. 

Vann H. Van Diepen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for 

International Security and Nonproliferation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29441 Filed 12–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2013–0057] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice 

announces that FHWA will submit the 

collection of information described 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The Federal Register Notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on June 25, 

2013. The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID 2013–0057 

by any of the following methods: 

Web site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Kearney, 518–431–8890, Office of 

Freight Management & Operations 

(HOFM–1), Office of Operations, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, Leo 

O’Brien Federal Building, Room 715, 

Albany, NY 12207. Office hours are 

from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Survey and Comparative 

Assessment of Truck Parking Facilities. 

Background: Section 1401(c) of the 

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century Act (MAP–21) requires the U.S. 

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