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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

29 CFR Part 1910 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards 

CFR Correction 

In Title 29 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 1910 to § 1910.999, 

revised as of July 1, 2017, on page 247, 

in § 1910.106, paragraph (d)(2)(iii) 

introductory text is revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 1910.106 Flammable liquids. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(iii) Size. Flammable liquid containers 

shall be in accordance with Table H–12, 

except that glass or plastic containers of 

no more than 1-gallon capacity may be 

used for a Category 1 or 2 flammable 

liquid if: 

* * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Parts 538 and 596 

Removal of the Sudanese Sanctions 

Regulations and Amendment of the 

Terrorism List Government Sanctions 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is removing from the 

Code of Federal Regulations the 

Sudanese Sanctions Regulations as a 

result of the revocation of certain 

provisions of one Executive Order and 

the entirety of another Executive Order 

on which the regulations were based. 

OFAC is also amending the Terrorism 

List Government Sanctions Regulations 

to incorporate a general license 

authorizing certain transactions related 

to exports of agricultural commodities, 

medicines, and medical devices, which 

has, until now, appeared only on 

OFAC’s website. 

DATES: Effective: June 29, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control: Assistant 

Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622– 

2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory 

Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance & 

Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; or the 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

the General Counsel: Office of the Chief 

Counsel (Foreign Assets Control); tel.: 

202–622–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s website 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Background 

Removal of the Sudanese Sanctions 

Regulations 

On November 3, 1997, the President 

issued Executive Order 13067, 

‘‘Blocking Sudanese Government 

Property and Prohibiting Transactions 

With Sudan’’ (E.O. 13067), declaring a 

national emergency to deal with the 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security and foreign policy of 

the United States posed by the policies 

and actions of the Government of 

Sudan. E.O. 13067 blocked all property 

and interests in property of the 

Government of Sudan that were in the 

United States, that thereafter came 

within the United States, or that 

thereafter came within the possession or 

control of United States persons. E.O. 

13067 also prohibited: (a) The 

importation into the United States of 

any goods or services of Sudanese 

origin; (b) the exportation or 

reexportation, directly or indirectly, to 

Sudan of goods, technology, or services 

from the United States or by a United 

States person, wherever located, or 

requiring the issuance of a license by a 

Federal agency; (c) the facilitation by a 

United States person of the exportation 

or reexportation of goods, technology, or 

services to or from Sudan; (d) the 

performance by any United States 

person of any contract, including a 

financing contract, in support of an 

industrial, commercial, public utility, or 

governmental project in Sudan; (e) the 

grant or extension of credits or loans by 

any United States person to the 

Government of Sudan; (f) any 

transaction by a United States person 

relating to transportation of cargo to or 

from Sudan; and (g) any transaction by 

any United States person, or within the 

United States that evaded or avoided, or 

had the purpose of evading or avoiding, 

or attempted to violate any of the 

prohibitions set forth in E.O. 13067. 

On July 1, 1998, OFAC issued the 

Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 538 (SSR), as a final rule to 

implement E.O. 13067. The SSR were 

amended on various occasions to, 

among other things, implement further 

Executive orders and add additional 

authorizations. 

On April 26, 2006, in Executive Order 

13400 (E.O. 13400), the President 

determined that the conflict in Sudan’s 

Darfur region posed an unusual and 

extraordinary threat to the national 

security and foreign policy of the United 

States, expanded the scope of the 

national emergency declared in E.O. 

13067 to deal with that threat, and 

ordered the blocking of property of 

certain persons connected to the 

conflict. On May 28, 2009, OFAC issued 

the Darfur Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 546 (DSR), as a final rule to 

implement E.O. 13400. On October 13, 

2006, the President issued Executive 

Order 13412 (E.O. 13412) to take 

additional steps with respect to the 

national emergency and to implement 

the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act 

of 2006, Public Law 109–344, 120 Stat. 

1869. 

On January 13, 2017, President 

Obama issued Executive Order 13761, 

‘‘Recognizing Positive Actions by the 

Government of Sudan and Providing for 

the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related 

Sanctions’’ (E.O. 13761). In E.O. 13761, 

President Obama found that the 

situation that gave rise to the actions 

taken in E.O.s 13067 and 13412 related 

to the policies and actions of the 

Government of Sudan had been altered 

by Sudan’s positive actions over the 

prior six months. These actions 

included a marked reduction in 

offensive military activity, culminating 

in a pledge to maintain a cessation of 

hostilities in conflict areas in Sudan, 

and steps toward the improvement of 

humanitarian access throughout Sudan, 

as well as cooperation with the United 

States on addressing regional conflicts 

and the threat of terrorism. Given these 

developments, and in order to see these 

efforts sustained and enhanced by the 

Government of Sudan, President Obama 

ordered that, effective July 12, 2017, 

sections 1 and 2 of E.O. 13067 be 

revoked, and E.O. 13412 be revoked in 

its entirety, provided that a review 

before that date determined certain 

criteria were met. 

On July 11, 2017, President Trump 

issued Executive Order 13804, 

‘‘Allowing Additional Time for 

Recognizing Positive Actions by the 

Government of Sudan and Amending 

Executive Order 13761’’ (E.O. 13804). In 

E.O. 13804, President Trump amended 

E.O. 13761, extending until October 12, 


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2017, the review period established by 

E.O. 13761. This review period 

provided for the revocation of certain 

sanctions if the Government of Sudan 

sustained the positive actions that gave 

rise to E.O. 13761, including carrying 

out a pledge to maintain a cessation of 

hostilities in conflict areas in Sudan; 

continuing improvement of 

humanitarian access throughout Sudan; 

and maintaining its cooperation with 

the United States on addressing regional 

conflicts and the threat of terrorism. 

On October 11, 2017, the Secretary of 

State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, the Director of National 

Intelligence, and the Administrator of 

the U.S. Agency for International 

Development, published notice in the 

Federal Register stating that the 

Government of Sudan had sustained the 

positive actions that gave rise to E.O. 

13761. That notice also stated that the 

Secretary of State had provided to the 

President the report described in section 

10 of E.O. 13761, fulfilling the 

requirement set forth in E.O. 13761, as 

amended by E.O. 13804, that make 

effective the revocation of certain 

economic sanctions related to Sudan. As 

such, effective October 12, 2017, 

pursuant to E.O. 13761, as amended by 

E.O. 13804, sections 1 and 2 of E.O. 

13067 were revoked and E.O. 13412 was 

revoked in its entirety. As a result of the 

revocation of these sanctions provisions, 

U.S. persons are no longer prohibited 

from engaging in transactions that were 

previously prohibited solely under the 

SSR. Consistent with the revocation of 

these sanctions provisions, OFAC is 

removing the SSR from the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

The emergency declared by the 

President with respect to Sudan in E.O. 

13067, and expanded in E.O. 13400, has 

not been terminated. These authorities 

remain the basis for the DSR, which 

remain in effect with respect to Darfur 

and continues to block the property and 

interests in property of certain persons 

connected with the conflict in Darfur. 

Pursuant to section 1 of E.O. 13761, 

as amended by E.O. 13804, the 

revocation of sections 1 and 2 of E.O. 

13067 and the entirety of E.O. 13412 

shall not affect any violation of any 

rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or 

other forms of administrative action 

under those orders during the period 

that those provisions were in effect. 

Authorization for Certain Exports of 

Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, 

and Medical Devices 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Trade 

Sanctions Reform and Export 

Enhancement Act of 2000, 22 U.S.C. 

7205 (TSRA), an OFAC license is still 

required for certain exports and 

reexports to Sudan of agricultural 

commodities, medicine, and medical 

devices as a result of Sudan’s inclusion 

on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. 

Effective October 12, 2017, OFAC issued 

and made available on its website 

General License A. This general license 

authorized exports and reexports of 

these items to Sudan. Today, OFAC is 

incorporating General License A into 

the Terrorism List Government 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 596, 

as new § 596.506. No OFAC license is 

required for financing of these exports 

and reexports. 

U.S. persons and non-U.S. persons 

will still need to obtain any licenses 

required by the Department of 

Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) to export or reexport to 

Sudan certain items (commodities, 

software, and technology) that are on 

the Commerce Control List (CCL), Supp. 

No. 1 to part 774 of the Export 

Administration Regulations, 15 CFR 

parts 730 through 774 (EAR). In limited 

circumstances, U.S. persons and nonU.S. persons may also need to obtain 

licenses from BIS to export or reexport 

to Sudan items that are subject to the 

EAR but not specifically listed on the 

CCL (‘‘EAR99’’ items) if such 

transactions implicate certain end-use 

or end-user concerns (see 15 CFR part 

744). 

Public Participation 

Because the Regulations involve a 

foreign affairs function, the provisions 

of Executive Order 12866 and the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553) requiring notice of proposed 

rulemaking, opportunity for public 

participation, and delay in effective 

date, as well as the provisions of 

Executive Order 13771, 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 Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because this rule does not 

impose information collection 

requirements that would require the 

approval of the Office of Management 

and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

List of Subjects 

31 CFR Part 538 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of 

assets, Sudan, Credit, Foreign Trade, 

Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Securities, Services. 

31 CFR Part 596 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of 

assets, Foreign Trade, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Terrorism. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, and under the authority of 3 

U.S.C. 301; 50 U.S.C. 1601–1651; E.O. 

13067, 62 FR 59989, 3 CFR, 1997 

Comp., p. 230; E.O. 13412, 71 FR 61369, 

3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 244; E.O. 13761, 

82 FR 5331, as amended by E.O. 13804, 

82 FR 23611, OFAC amends 31 CFR 

parts 538 and 596 as follows: 

PART 538—[REMOVED] 

■ 1. Remove part 538. 

PART 596—TERRORISM LIST 

GOVERNMENTS SANCTIONS 

REGULATIONS 

■ 2. The authority citation for part 596 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 

7201–7211; 31 U.S.C. 321(b). 

Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations 

and Statements of Licensing Policy 

■ 3. Add § 596.506 to read as follows: 

§ 596.506 Authorizing Certain 

Transactions Pursuant to the Trade 

Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 

Act of 2000. 

(a) Effective October 12, 2017, 

pursuant to section 906(a)(l) of the 

Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

7205) (TSRA), all exports and reexports 

of agricultural commodities, medicine, 

or medical devices to the Government of 

Sudan or to any entity in Sudan or to 

any person in a third country 

purchasing specifically for resale to any 

of the foregoing are authorized, 

provided that the exports and reexports 

are shipped within the 12-month period 

beginning on the date of the signing of 

the contract for export or reexport. 

(b) Consistent with section 906(a)(l) of 

TSRA, each year the Office of Foreign 

Assets Control will determine whether 

to revoke this general license. Unless 

revoked, the general license will remain 

in effect. 

Note 1 to § 596.506: This authorization 

does not eliminate the need to comply with 

other provisions of 31 CFR chapter V, 

including 31 CFR part 596, or other 

applicable provisions of law, including any 

requirements of agencies other than the 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control. Such requirements 

include the Export Administration 

Regulations (15 CFR parts 730 through 774) 

administered by the Bureau of Industry and 


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Security of the Department of Commerce and 

the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 

(22 CFR parts 120 through 130) administered 

by the Department of State. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 583 

Global Magnitsky Sanctions 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is adding regulations to 

implement the Global Magnitsky 

Human Rights Accountability Act and 

Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 

2017 (‘‘Blocking the Property of Persons 

Involved in Serious Human Rights 

Abuse or Corruption’’). OFAC intends to 

supplement these regulations with a 

more comprehensive set of regulations, 

which may include additional 

interpretive and definitional guidance, 

general licenses, and statements of 

licensing policy. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 29, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

tel.: 202–622–2480; Assistant Director 

for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622– 

4855; Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 

2490; or the Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of the Chief Counsel 

(Foreign Assets Control), Office of the 

General Counsel, tel.: 202–622–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s website 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Background 

On December 23, 2016, the President 

signed the Global Magnitsky Human 

Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114– 

328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the ‘‘Act’’) 

into law. The Act authorized the 

President to impose targeted sanctions 

on any foreign person the President 

determines is, among other things, 

responsible for extrajudicial killings, 

torture, or other gross violations of 

internationally recognized human 

rights, or a government official, or a 

senior associate of such an official, 

responsible for, or complicit in, 

ordering, controlling, or otherwise 

directing, acts of significant corruption. 

On December 20, 2017, the President, 

invoking the authority of, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) 

(IEEPA), issued Executive Order 13818 

(82 FR 60839, December 26, 2017) (E.O. 

13818), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern 

standard time on December 21, 2017. 

In E.O. 13818, the President 

determined that serious human rights 

abuse and corruption around the world 

constitute an unusual and extraordinary 

threat to the national security, foreign 

policy, and economy of the United 

States and declared a national 

emergency to deal with that threat. 

OFAC is issuing the Global Magnitsky 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 583 

(the ‘‘Regulations’’), to implement the 

Act and E.O. 13818, pursuant to 

authorities delegated to the Secretary of 

the Treasury in E.O. 13818. A copy of 

E.O. 13818 appears in appendix A to 

this part. 

The Regulations are being published 

in abbreviated form at this time for the 

purpose of providing immediate 

guidance to the public. OFAC intends to 

supplement this part 583 with a more 

comprehensive set of regulations, which 

may include additional interpretive and 

definitional guidance, general licenses, 

and statements of licensing policy. The 

appendix to the Regulations will be 

removed when OFAC supplements this 

part with a more comprehensive set of 

regulations. 

Public Participation 

Because the Regulations involve a 

foreign affairs function, the provisions 

of Executive Order 12866 and the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553) requiring notice of proposed 

rulemaking, opportunity for public 

participation, and delay in effective 

date, as well as the provisions of 

Executive Order 13771, 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 Regulations 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 in 31 CFR Part 583 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of 

assets, Global Magnitsky, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sanctions. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control adds part 583 to 31 CFR chapter 

V to read as follows: 

PART 583—GLOBAL MAGNITSKY 

SANCTIONS REGULATIONS 

Subpart A—Relation of This Part to Other 

Laws and Regulations 

Sec. 

583.101 Relation of this part to other laws 

and regulations. 

Subpart B—Prohibitions 

583.201 Prohibited transactions involving 

blocked property. 

583.202 Effect of transfers violating the 

provisions of this part. 

583.203 Holding of funds in interestbearing accounts; investment and 

reinvestment. 

583.204 Expenses of maintaining blocked 

physical property; liquidation of blocked 

property. 

583.205 Exempt transactions. 

Subpart C—General Definitions 

583.300 Applicability of definitions. 

583.301 Blocked account; blocked property. 

583.302 Effective date. 

583.303 Entity. 

583.304 Financial, material, or 

technological support. 

583.305 Foreign person. 

583.306 Information or informational 

materials. 

583.307 Interest. 

583.308 Licenses; general and specific. 

583.309 OFAC. 

583.310 Person. 

583.311 Property; property interest. 

583.312 Transfer. 

583.313 United States. 

583.314 United States person; U.S. person. 

583.315 U.S. financial institution. 

Subpart D—Interpretations 

583.401 [Reserved] 

583.402 Effect of amendment. 

583.403 Termination and acquisition of an 

interest in blocked property. 

583.404 Transactions ordinarily incident to 

a licensed transaction. 

583.405 Setoffs prohibited. 

583.406 Entities owned by one or more 

persons whose property and interests in 

property are blocked. 


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