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section of Interstate 11 (I–11)/U.S. 

Highway 95 (US 95)/US Highway 93 

(US 93) in the City of Las Vegas, Clark 

County, Nevada, known as the 

Downtown Access Project. The agencies 

hereby notify the public of the 

withdrawal of this NOI. The EIS process 

is being rescinded due to recent and 

ongoing reprioritization of major 

projects within Nevada, as well as the 

escalating overall cost of the project. 

Any future federally assisted action 

within this corridor would comply with 

the environmental review requirements 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 23 

U.S.C. 139, CEQ regulations for 

implementing NEPA (40 Code of 

Regulations [CFR] 1500–1508); FHWA 

regulations implementing NEPA (23 

CFR parts 771, 772, and 774); and 

applicable Federal, State, and local laws 

and regulations. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48. 

Khoa Nguyen, 

Division Administrator, Carson City, Nevada. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0034; Notice 2] 

Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc., 

Grant of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition. 

SUMMARY: Toyo Tire Holdings of 

Americas, Inc., (Toyo) has determined 

that certain Open Country R/T light 

truck tires, do not fully comply with 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 119, New Pneumatic Tires 

for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 

More Than 4,536 Kilograms (10,000 

Pounds) and Motorcycles. Toyo filed a 

noncompliance report dated March 15, 

2021, and later amended it on April 2, 

2021. Toyo simultaneously petitioned 

NHTSA on April 2, 2021, for a decision 

that the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. This notice announces 

the grant of Toyo’s petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayton Lindley, General Engineer, 

NHTSA, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, (325) 655–0547. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

Toyo has determined that certain 

Toyo Open Country R/T light truck 

tires, do not fully comply with 

paragraph S6.5(j) of FMVSS No. 119, 

New Pneumatic Tires for Motor Vehicles 

with a GVWR of More Than 4,536 

Kilograms (10,000 Pounds) and 

Motorcycles (49 CFR 571.119). Toyo 

filed a noncompliance report dated 

March 15, 2021, and later amended it on 

April 2, 2021, pursuant to 49 CFR part 

573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. Toyo 

simultaneously petitioned NHTSA on 

April 2, 2021, for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

as it relates to motor vehicle safety, 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) and 49 CFR part 556, 

Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or 

Noncompliance. 

Notice of receipt of Toyo’s petition 

was published with a 30-day public 

comment period, on May 19, 2022, in 

the Federal Register (87 FR 30556). No 

comments were received. To view the 

petition and all supporting documents 

log onto the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) website at 

https://www.regulations.gov/. Then 

follow the online search instructions to 

locate docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2021– 

0034.’’ 

II. Tires Involved 

Approximately 518 Toyo Open 

Country R/T light truck tires, size 

35X12.50R20LT 125Q, manufactured 

between January 29, 2021, and March 8, 

2021, are potentially involved. 

III. Noncompliance 

Toyo explains that the noncompliance 

was due to a mold error in which the 

sidewall with the partial TIN incorrectly 

states the load range as required by 

paragraph S6.5(j) of FMVSS No. 119. 

Specifically, the tires were marked: 

‘‘LOAD RANGE E MAX.LOAD 1450 kg 

(3195 LBS) AT 450 kPa (65 PSI) COLD’’ 

when they should have been marked: 

‘‘LOAD RANGE F MAX.LOAD 1650 kg 

(3640 LBS) AT 550 kPa (80 PSI) COLD.’’ 

IV. Rule Requirements 

Paragraph S6.5(j) of FMVSS No. 119 

includes the requirements relevant to 

this petition. The subject tires are 

required to be marked on each sidewall 

with the letter designating the tire load 

range. 

V. Summary of Toyo’s Petition 

The following views and arguments 

presented in this section, ‘‘V. Summary 

of Toyo’s Petition,’’ are the views and 

arguments provided by Toyo. They do 

not reflect the views of the Agency. 

Toyo describes the subject 

noncompliance and contends that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

In support of its petition, Toyo 

submitted the following reasoning: 

Toyo explains that the noncompliance 

occurred as production transitioned 

from producing the load range ‘E’ tire to 

production of the load range ‘F’ tire. 

Toyo states that ‘‘the affected tire 

mold was immediately corrected after 

this issue was discovered and all future 

production will have the correct load 

range letter shown on the non-serial 

sidewall.’’ 

Toyo explains that ‘‘the 

35X12.50R20LT tire size, Load Range E 

tires have a maximum load carrying 

capacity of 1,450 kg (3,195 lbs.) at 450 

kPa (65 PSI); Load Range F tires have a 

maximum load carrying capacity of 

1,650 kg (3,640 lbs.) at 550 kPa (80 PSI). 

Therefore, Toyo believes that in the 

event that ‘‘a consumer were to rely on 

the incorrect load range designation on 

the non-serial sidewall, there would be 

no associated risk of overloading.’’ 

Toyo says that NHTSA has granted 

prior inconsequentiality petitions for 

noncompliances that are similar to the 

one described in the subject petition 

and cited sections from the following 

notices granting those petitions: 

• Guizhou Tyre Corporation; Grant of 

Petition for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance. 78 FR 12828, February 

25, 2013. 

• Yokohama Tire Corporation, Grant 

of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance. 84 FR. 

64403, November 21, 2019. 

• Tireco, Inc., Ruling on Petition for 

Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance. 81 FR 58550, August 

25, 2016. 

Toyo says that the subject tires ‘‘meet 

all other performance and regulatory 

requirements of FMVSS No. 119.’’ 

Furthermore, Toyo says that it ‘‘has not 

received any complaints, claims, or 

warranty adjustments related to this 

noncompliance.’’ 

Toyo concludes that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety as these 

tires have a higher load carrying 

capacity than the incorrect marking 

indicates, therefore, the marking will 

not cause an operator to overload the 

tires. Thus, Toyo believes that its 

petition to be exempted from providing 

notification of the noncompliance, as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30118, and a 

remedy for the noncompliance, as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30120, should be 

granted. 


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1See Gen. Motors, LLC; Grant of Petition for 

Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance, 78 FR 

35355 (June 12, 2013) (finding noncompliance had 

no effect on occupant safety because it had no effect 

on the proper operation of the occupant 

classification system and the correct deployment of 

an air bag); Osram Sylvania Prods. Inc.; Grant of 

Petition for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance, 78 FR 46000 (July 30, 2013) 

(finding occupant using noncompliant light source 

would not be exposed to significantly greater risk 

than occupant using similar compliant light 

source). 

2See Morgan 3 Wheeler Limited; Denial of 

Petition for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance, 81 FR 21663, 21666 (Apr. 12, 

2016); see also United States v. Gen. Motors Corp., 

565 F.2d 754, 759 (D.C. Cir. 1977) (finding defect 

poses an unreasonable risk when it ‘‘results in 

hazards as potentially dangerous as sudden engine 

fire, and where there is no dispute that at least some 

such hazards, in this case fires, can definitely be 

expected to occur in the future’’). 

VI. NHTSA’s Analysis 

In determining inconsequentiality of a 

noncompliance, NHTSA focuses on the 

safety risk to individuals who 

experience the type of event against 

which a recall would otherwise 

protect.1 In general, NHTSA does not 

consider the absence of complaints or 

injuries when determining if a 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

safety. The absence of complaints does 

not mean vehicle occupants have not 

experienced a safety issue, nor does it 

mean that there will not be safety issues 

in the future.2 Further, because each 

inconsequential noncompliance petition 

must be evaluated on its own facts and 

determinations are highly factdependent, NHTSA does not consider 

prior determinations as binding 

precedent. Petitioners are reminded that 

they have the burden of persuading 

NHTSA that the noncompliance is 

inconsequential to safety. 

NHTSA has evaluated the merits of 

the petition submitted by Toyo and is 

granting Toyo’s request for relief from 

notification and remedy of the affected 

tires based on the following. 

1. Based on a review of Toyo’s 

submission, the agency has no basis to 

believe that the subject tires do not meet 

all performance and marking 

requirements of FMVSS No. 119 with 

the exception of the incorrect load 

markings. 

2. NHTSA agrees that the incorrect 

marking will not cause the operator to 

overload the tires because the marked 

load carrying capacity is lower than the 

actual load carrying capacity of the tire. 

VII. NHTSA’s Decision 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA finds that Toyo has met its 

burden of persuasion that the subject 

FMVSS No. 119 noncompliance in the 

affected tires is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, 

Toyo’s petition is hereby granted, and 

Toyo is consequently exempted from 

the obligation of providing notification 

of, and a free remedy for, that 

noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 

and 30120. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this 

decision only applies to the subject tires 

that Toyo no longer controlled at the 

time it determined that the 

noncompliance existed. However, the 

granting of this petition does not relieve 

tire distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant tires under their 

control after Toyo notified them that the 

subject noncompliance existed. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

[OCC Charter Number 700165] 

Mutual Savings and Loan Association 

Metairie, Louisiana; Approval of 

Conversion Application 

Notice is hereby given that on 

November 8, 2024, the Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 

approved the application of Mutual 

Savings and Loan Association Metairie, 

Louisiana, to convert to the stock form 

of organization. Copies of the 

application are available on the OCC 

website at the FOIA Reading Room 

(https://foia-pal.occ.gov/palMain.aspx) 

under Mutual to Stock Conversion 

Applications. If you have any questions, 

please contact Licensing Activities at 

(202) 649–6260. 

(Authority: 12 CFR 192.205). 

Dated: November 8, 2024. 

By the Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency. 

Stephen A. Lybarger, 

Deputy Comptroller for Licensing. 

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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. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of one or more persons that have 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. 

DATES: This action was issued on 

November 12, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for relevant date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Lisa M. Palluconi, Acting 

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 the 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). 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On November 12, 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. 


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