[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4364-4365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01246]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one person that has 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 this person are blocked, and 
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions 
with them. Additionally, OFAC is publishing the names of one or more 
entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked 
and who have been removed from the SDN List.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley T. Smith, 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 
Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-
622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

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Notice of OFAC Actions

    A. On January 17, 2024, OFAC determined that the property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following 
person are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individual

    1. PIMENTEL MATA, Alberto; (a.k.a. PIMENTEL, Alberto), Guatemala; 
DOB 26 Oct 1981; POB San Jose, Costa Rica; nationality Guatemala; 
Gender Male; Passport 238670724 (Guatemala) expires 14 Jan 2024; 
National ID No. 2386707240101 (Guatemala) (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of Executive Order 
(E.O.) 13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons 
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption,'' 82 FR 60839 
(Dec. 26, 2017) for being a foreign person who is a current or former 
government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of such an 
official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or 
indirectly engaged in, corruption, including the misappropriation of 
state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, 
corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural 
resources, or bribery.
    B. On January 17, 2024, OFAC determined that the following entities 
would be removed from the SDN List and that their property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are unblocked 
pursuant to E.O. 13818. These entities are no longer subject to the 
blocking provisions of Section 1(a) of E.O. 13818.

Entities

    1. COMPANIA GUATEMALTECA DE NIQUEL, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (a.k.a. 
COMPANIA GUATEMALTECA DE NIQUEL; a.k.a. GUATEMALAN NICKEL COMPANY; 
a.k.a. ``CGN''), 9-55 Avenida Reforma Z.10, Guatemala City, Guatemala; 
Organization Established Date 22 Jun 1960; NIT # 335886 (Guatemala) 
[GLOMAG].
    2. COMPANIA PROCESADORA DE NIQUEL DE IZABAL, S.A. (a.k.a. COMPANIA 
PROCESADORA DE NIQUEL; a.k.a. COMPANIA PROCESADORA DE NIQUEL DE IZABAL, 
SOCIEDAD ANONIMA; a.k.a. ``PRONICO''), 9-55 Avenida Reforma Z.10, 
Guatemala City, Guatemala; Organization Established Date 03 Sep 2013; 
NIT # 83557008 (Guatemala) [GLOMAG].
    3. MAYANIQUEL, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, 12 Calle 2-25 Z.10, Guatemala 
City, Guatemala; Organization Established Date 03 Oct 1996; NIT # 
8252149 (Guatemala) [GLOMAG].

    Dated: January 17, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2024-01246 Filed 1-22-24; 8:45 am]
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