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acceptable types of collateral and their 

assigned values that may be pledged to 

secure deposits of public monies and 

other financial interests of the 

government under Treasury’s Fiscal 

Service collateral programs. 

Treasury’s Fiscal Service collateral 

programs are described in, and governed 

by, the regulations at 31 CFR part 202 

(Depositaries and Financial Agents of 

the Federal Government), 31 CFR part 

203 (Payment of Federal Taxes and the 

Treasury Tax and Loan Program), and 

31 CFR part 225 (Acceptance of Bonds 

Secured by Government Obligations in 

Lieu of Bonds with Sureties). Treasury’s 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal 

Service) administers 31 CFR part 380, 

which governs the acceptability and 

valuation of the collateral in these 

programs. The Federal Reserve System, 

acting as the fiscal agent for Treasury, 

monitors collateral pledged to these 

programs. 

This rule amendment revises 31 CFR 

part 380 to reflect that information 

about the acceptability and valuation of 

collateral for Treasury’s 31 CFR part 202 

and 31 CFR part 225 programs has been 

moved and can now be accessed on the 

Fiscal Service’s website located at 

fiscal.treasury.gov instead of its 

previous address 

www.treasurydirect.gov. This 

amendment also removes outdated 

versions of the bureau’s postal mailing 

address and the Government Securities 

Regulations Staff’s (GSRS’s) email 

address. 

Procedural Requirements 

Executive Orders 12866 and 14094. 

This final rule is not a significant 

regulatory action pursuant to Executive 

Order 12866, as amended by Executive 

Order 14094. 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA). 

This final rule is being issued without 

prior notice and the opportunity for 

public comment and without the 30-day 

delayed effective date ordinarily 

prescribed by the APA 5 U.S.C. 553(b) 

and (d). Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of 

the APA, general notice and the 

opportunity for public comment are not 

required with respect to a rulemaking 

when an ‘‘agency for good cause finds 

(and incorporates the finding and a brief 

statement of reasons therefor in the 

rules issued) that notice and public 

procedure thereon are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest. APA prior notice procedures 

are unnecessary because this rule does 

not promulgate any substantive changes 

to the regulations being amended. 

Rather, this rule merely makes minor, 

technical changes, specifically, updating 

the website address and contact 

information listed in the regulations, 

that do not involve the exercise of 

agency discretion and which are 

unlikely to generate public comment. 

Accordingly, Treasury finds that good 

cause exists to dispense with notice and 

comment procedures for this rule, and 

to have the rule take immediate effect, 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Because a 

notice of proposed rulemaking is not 

required for this rule under 5 U.S.C. 553 

or any other law, the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act does not apply to this 

rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. We ask for 

no collections of information in this 

final rule. Therefore, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 

does not apply. 

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 380 

Government securities, Securities, 

Surety bonds. 

Text of Amendments 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, Fiscal Service amends 31 CFR 

part 380 as follows: 

PART 380—COLLATERAL 

ACCEPTABILITY AND VALUATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 380 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 90, 265–266, 332, 391, 

1452(d), 1464(k), 1767, 1789a, 2013, 2122, 

3101–3102; 26 U.S.C. 6302; 31 U.S.C. 321, 

323, 3301–3304, 3336, 9301, 9303. 

■ 2. Revise § 380.2 to read as follows: 

§ 380.2 What collateral may I pledge if I am 

a depositary or a financial agent of the 

Government under 31 CFR part 202, and 

what value will you assign to it? 

Unless we specify otherwise, we will 

list the types and valuation of 

acceptable collateral in Treasury 

procedural instructions. We will also 

post updated information and guidance 

on Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service website at fiscal.treasury.gov. 

■ 3. Revise § 380.4 to read as follows: 

§ 380.4 What collateral may I pledge 

instead of a surety bond under 31 CFR part 

225, and what value will you assign to it? 

Unless we specify otherwise, we will 

list the types and valuation of 

acceptable collateral in Treasury 

procedural instructions. We will also 

post updated information and guidance 

on Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service website at fiscal.treasury.gov. 

Subpart C [Removed] 

■ 4. Remove Subpart C, consisting of 

§ 380.5. 

David A. Lebryk, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00927 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 591 

Publication of Venezuela Sanctions 

Regulations Web General License 45A 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of Web General 

License. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing one 

general license (GL) issued pursuant to 

the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations: 

GL 45A, which was previously made 

available on OFAC’s website. 

DATES: GL 45A was issued on November 

16, 2023. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for additional relevant 

dates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or 

Assistant Director for Compliance, 202– 

622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: https://

ofac.treasury.gov. 

Background 

On November 16, 2023, OFAC issued 

GL 45A to authorize certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela 

Sanctions Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR 

part 591, or authorities incorporated 

therein. The GL was made available on 

OFAC’s website (https://

ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued. 

GL 45A supersedes GL 45, which was 

issued on October 18, 2023. The text of 

GL 45A is provided below. 


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Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Venezuela Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR 

Part 591 

General License No. 45A 

Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving 

Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias 

Aerona ́uticas y Servicios Ae ́reos, S.A. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

repatriation of Venezuelan nationals from 

non-U.S. jurisdictions in the Western 

Hemisphere to Venezuela, and which are 

exclusively for the purposes of such 

repatriation, involving Consorcio Venezolano 

de Industrias Aerona ́uticas y Servicios 

Ae ́reos, S.A. (Conviasa), or any entity in 

which Conviasa owns, directly or indirectly, 

a 50 percent or greater interest, that are 

prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 13850, 

as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884, 

each as incorporated into the Venezuela 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the 

VSR), are authorized. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

general maintenance (including repair) of the 

blocked aircraft listed in the Annex to this 

general license that are prohibited by E.O. 

13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 

13884, each as incorporated into the VSR, are 

authorized. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions 

ordinarily incident and necessary to noncommercial (i.e., not-for-profit) flights 

between non-U.S. jurisdictions in the 

Western Hemisphere and Venezuela of the 

blocked aircraft listed in the Annex to this 

general license that are prohibited by E.O. 

13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 

13884, each as incorporated into the VSR, are 

authorized. 

(d) This general license does not authorize 

any transactions otherwise prohibited by the 

VSR, including any transactions involving 

any person blocked pursuant to the VSR 

other than the blocked persons or blocked 

aircraft described in paragraphs (a), (b) and 

(c) of this general license, Government of 

Venezuela persons blocked solely pursuant 

to E.O. 13884, Banco Central de Venezuela, 

or Banco de Venezuela SA Banco Universal. 

(e) Effective November 16, 2023, General 

License No. 45, dated October 18, 2023, is 

replaced and superseded in its entirety by 

this General License No. 45A. 

Note to General License 45A. Nothing in 

this general license relieves any person from 

compliance with any other Federal laws or 

requirements of other Federal agencies, 

including export, reexport, and transfer (incountry) licensing requirements maintained 

by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of 

Industry and Security under the Export 

Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 

730–774. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Annex—Blocked Aircraft Described in 

Paragraph (b) of General License 45A 

List of blocked aircraft described in 

paragraph (b) of General License 45A: 

(a) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2849 

(b) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2850 

(c) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2851 

(d) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2911 

(e) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2912 

(f) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2913 

(g) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2943 

(h) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2944 

(i) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2953 

(j) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2954 

(k) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2964 

(l) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2965 

(m) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 2966 

(n) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 3052 

(o) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190– 

100 IGW; Registration: YV 3071 

(p) Aircraft Type: Lineage 1000; Model: ERJ 

190–100 ECJ; Registration: YV 3016 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00879 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 281 and 282 

[EPA–R04–UST–2023–0410; FRL–11400– 

02–R4] 

Mississippi: Final Approval of State 

Underground Storage Tank Program 

Revisions, Codification, and 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The State of Mississippi 

(Mississippi or State) has applied to the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

for final approval of revisions to its 

Underground Storage Tank Program 

(UST Program) under subtitle I of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA). Pursuant to RCRA, the EPA 

is taking direct final action, subject to 

public comment, to approve revisions to 

the UST Program. The EPA has 

reviewed Mississippi’s revisions and 

has determined that these revisions 

satisfy all requirements needed for 

approval. In addition, this action also 

codifies the EPA’s approval of 

Mississippi’s revised UST Program and 

incorporates by reference those 

provisions of the State statutes and 

regulations that the EPA has determined 

meet the requirements for approval. 

DATES: This rule is effective March 18, 

2024, unless the EPA receives adverse 

comment by February 20, 2024. If the 

EPA receives adverse comment, it will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. The 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in the regulations is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of March 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: giri.upendra@epa.gov. 

Include the Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

UST–2023–0410 in the subject line of 

the message. 

Instructions: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

UST–2023–0410, via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from https://

www.regulations.gov. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit: 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

The EPA encourages electronic 

comment submittals, but if you are 

unable to submit electronically or need 

other assistance, please contact Upendra 

Giri, the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT provision 

below. The index to the docket for this 


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