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(2) Importation of or dealings in certain 

COVID–19-related goods. All transactions 

and activities related to the importation into 

the United States of, or dealings in or related 

to, goods that previously were exported or 

reexported to Iran or the Government of Iran 

pursuant to this general license and that are 

broken, defective, or non-operational, or are 

connected to product recalls, adverse events, 

or other safety concerns, or for routine 

maintenance or the permanent return of such 

items to the United States or a third country; 

and 

(3) Exportation or importation of services. 

All transactions and activities related to the 

exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, 

directly or indirectly, of services to Iran or 

the Government of Iran, or the importation 

into the United States of, or dealings in or 

related to, Iranian-origin services, in each 

case that are related to the prevention, 

diagnosis, or treatment of COVID–19 

(including research or clinical studies 

relating to COVID–19). 

(b) Authorizing certain transactions 

involving the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) or 

the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). 

Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this 

general license, all transactions and activities 

described in paragraph (a) of this general 

license involving CBI, NIOC, or any entity in 

which NIOC owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest, that are prohibited 

by the ITSR, the Global Terrorism Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (GTSR), or 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended, 

are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern 

daylight time, June 17, 2022. 

(c) Authorizing certain financial 

transactions. Except as provided in 

paragraph (e) of this general license, the 

processing of funds transfers or trade finance 

transactions that are ordinarily incident and 

necessary to give effect to the transactions 

and activities authorized in paragraphs (a) 

and (b) of this general license that are 

prohibited by the ITSR, GTSR, or E.O. 13224, 

as amended, are authorized through 12:01 

a.m. eastern daylight time, June 17, 2022 

(d) Any exportation or reexportation of 

goods or technology pursuant to paragraph 

(a) of this general license is subject to the 

following conditions: 

(1) Any goods or technology exported or 

reexported must: 

(i) Be designated as EAR99 under the 

Export Administration Regulations, 15CFR 

parts 730 through 774 (EAR); or 

(ii) In the case of goods or technology that 

are not subject to the EAR, not be listed on 

any multilateral export control regime; and 

(2) All exports or reexports made pursuant 

to this general license must be concluded 

prior to the expiration date of this general 

license. 

(e) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) The exportation or reexportation of 

goods or technology to CBI, NIOC, or any 

entity in which NIOC owns, directly or 

indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest; 

(2) The exportation or reexportation of any 

goods, technology, or services to military, 

intelligence, or law enforcement purchasers 

or importers; 

(3) The exportation or reexportation of any 

goods, technology, or services used to 

facilitate the development or production of a 

chemical or biological weapon or weapon of 

mass destruction; 

(4) The unblocking of any property blocked 

pursuant to any part of 31 CFR chapter V; or 

(5) Any transactions or activities otherwise 

prohibited by the ITSR, the GTSR, or E.O. 

13224, as amended, or prohibited by any 

other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or involving 

any person blocked pursuant to the GTSR or 

E.O. 13224, as amended, except as identified 

in paragraph (b) of this general license. 

Note 1 to General License N. The export 

or reexport to Iran of certain food, medicine, 

medical devices, and agricultural 

commodities, as well as certain related 

transactions such as payments and brokering, 

are broadly authorized under sections 

560.530, 560.532, and 560.533 of the ITSR, 

subject to certain conditions. In addition, 

transactions or activities authorized under 

those provisions that involve CBI, NIOC, or 

any entity in which NIOC owns, directly or 

indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, are 

also authorized pursuant to Counter 

Terrorism- and Iran-related General License 

No. 8A. Those authorizations remain in 

effect, including with respect to exports or 

reexports of food, medicine, medical devices, 

and agricultural commodities intended to 

respond to the COVID–19 pandemic that 

satisfy the applicable criteria of those 

authorizations. 

Note 2 to General License N. Nothing in 

this general license relieves any person from 

compliance with the requirements of other 

Federal agencies, including the Department 

of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 

Security or the Department of State’s 

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: June 17, 2021. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 562 

Publication of an Iran-Related 

Determination 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of a determination. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing a sector 

determination pursuant to a January 10, 

2020 Executive Order. The 

determination was previously issued on 

OFAC’s website. 

DATES: The determination was issued on 

October 11, 2024. 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 or https://ofac.treasury.gov/ 

contact-ofac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: https://

ofac.treasury.gov/. 

Background 

On January 10, 2020, the President, 

invoking the authority of, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 

13902 of January 10, 2020, ‘‘Imposing 

Sanctions With Respect to Additional 

Sectors of Iran’’ (85 FR 2003, January 14, 

2020). Among other prohibitions, 

section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13902 blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in the 

United States, that come within the 

United States, or that are or come within 

the possession or control of any U.S. 

person of, any person determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State 

to operate in the construction, mining, 

manufacturing, or textiles sectors of the 

Iranian economy, or any other sector of 

the Iranian economy as may be 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State. 

On October 11, 2024, the Secretary of 

the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Department of State, determined that 

section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13902 shall apply 

to the petroleum and petrochemical 

sectors of the Iranian economy. This 

determination took effect on October 11, 

2024. 

The determination was made 

available on OFAC’s website (https://

ofac.treasury.gov/) when it was issued. 

The text of the determination is 

provided below. 

Determination Pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) of 

Executive Order 13902 

Petroleum and Petrochemical Sectors of the 

Iranian Economy 

Section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order (E.O.) 

13902 of January 10, 2020 (‘‘Imposing 

Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors 

of Iran’’) imposes economic sanctions on any 

person determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, to operate in such sectors of the 

Iranian economy as may be determined by 


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1 89 FR 55896 (July 8, 2024). 

2 Id. 

3 89 FR 55901 (July 8, 2024). 

4 89 FR 55896 and 89 FR 55901. 

the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State. 

To further address the unusual and 

extraordinary threat to the national security, 

foreign policy, and economy of the United 

States described in E.O. 12957 of March 15, 

1995 (‘‘Prohibiting Certain Transactions With 

Respect to the Development of Iranian 

Petroleum Resources’’) and E.O. 13902, and 

in consultation with the Department of State, 

I hereby determine that section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 

13902 shall apply to the petroleum and 

petrochemical sectors of the Iranian 

economy. Any person determined to operate 

in these sectors shall be subject to sanctions 

pursuant to section 1(a)(i). 

This determination shall take effect on 

October 11, 2024. 

Janet L. Yellen, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2024–0250 and EPA–R09– 

OAR–2024–0301; FRL–12006–02–R9] 

Air Plan Approval and Attainment Date 

Extension; 1997 Annual Fine 

Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area; 

San Joaquin Valley, California 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is finalizing approval of 

a state implementation plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

California to meet Clean Air Act (CAA 

or ‘‘Act’’) requirements for the 1997 fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS 

or ‘‘standards’’) in the San Joaquin 

Valley ‘‘Serious’’ nonattainment area. 

The EPA is also finalizing a one-year 

extension of the applicable attainment 

date from December 31, 2023, to 

December 31, 2024, for the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 San Joaquin Valley, California, 

nonattainment area based on our 

evaluation of air quality monitoring data 

and the extension request and 

supporting information submitted by 

the State of California. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

December 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established 

dockets for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R09–OAR–2024–0250 and 

EPA–R09–OAR–2024–0301. All 

documents in the dockets are listed on 

the https://www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov, or please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for 

additional availability information. If 

you need assistance in a language other 

than English or if you are a person with 

a disability who needs a reasonable 

accommodation at no cost to you, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Graham, Geographic Strategies 

and Modeling Section (AIR–2–2), EPA 

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105; phone: (415) 972– 

3877; email: graham.ashleyr@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Summary of the Proposed Actions 

II. Public Comments and EPA Responses 

A. Comments From CCAC 

B. Comments From Santa Rosa Rancheria 

Tachi Yokut Tribe 

III. Environmental Justice Considerations 

IV. Final Action 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Summary of the Proposed Actions 

On July 8, 2024, the EPA proposed 

two actions related to the CAA 

requirements for the 1997 annual PM2.5

NAAQS in the San Joaquin Valley 

Serious nonattainment area. 

In the first action, under CAA section 

110(k)(3), the EPA proposed to approve 

through parallel processing the 

‘‘Amendments to the 15 mg/m3 SIP 

Revision and Agricultural Equipment 

Incentive Measure for the 1997 PM2.5

Standard’’ (‘‘15 mg/m3 Plan 

Amendments’’) as a revision to the 

California SIP.1 The 15 mg/m3 Plan 

Amendments seek to amend a SIPapproved measure, the ‘‘Accelerated 

Turnover of Agricultural Equipment 

Incentive Projects’’ (‘‘Valley Incentive 

Measure’’), to include a quantification of 

the emissions reductions for the year 

2023 from existing agricultural 

equipment projects from the California 

Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) Carl 

Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards 

Attainment Program (‘‘Carl Moyer’’) and 

CARB’s Funding Agricultural 

Replacement Measures for Emission 

Reductions (FARMER) program and 

seek EPA approval of those emission 

reductions for SIP credit. The 15 mg/m3

Plan Amendments also seek to revise 

the aggregate tonnage commitment in 

the attainment plan for the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 NAAQS (i.e., the ‘‘Attainment 

Plan Revision for the 1997 Annual PM2.5

Standard’’ (‘‘15 mg/m3 SIP Revision’’)) 

by replacing it with a commitment to 

achieve the same reductions from the 

Valley Incentive Measure. As part of the 

EPA’s proposal to approve the 15 mg/m3

Plan Amendments, we proposed to 

approve the State’s demonstration that 

the Valley Incentive Measure has 

achieved emissions reductions of 5.0 

tons per day (tpd) of nitrogen oxides 

(NOX) and 0.27 tpd of direct PM2.5 in the 

year 2023, and proposed to credit the 

reductions as a substitute measure to 

meet the aggregate tonnage commitment 

in the 15 mg/m3 SIP Revision.2

In the second action, based in part on 

our proposal to approve the 15 mg/m3

Plan Amendments, the EPA proposed to 

grant California’s request for a one-year 

extension of the applicable attainment 

date from December 31, 2023, to 

December 31, 2024, for the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 San Joaquin Valley, California, 

nonattainment area.3 The proposed 

action to extend the applicable 

attainment date for this nonattainment 

area was based on the EPA’s evaluation 

of air quality monitoring data and 

extension request submitted by the State 

of California, and our determination that 

the State has satisfied the two statutory 

criteria for a one-year extension under 

CAA section 172(a)(2)(C): The State has 

complied with all requirements and 

commitments pertaining to the area in 

the applicable implementation plan, 

and in accordance with guidance 

published by the Administrator, no 

more than the minimal number of 

exceedances of the relevant national 

ambient air quality standard has 

occurred in the area in the year 

preceding the Extension Year. 

For details regarding the EPA’s 

reasons for proposing to approve the 15 

mg/m3 Plan Amendments and to grant 

the one-year extension, please see the 

July 8, 2024 proposal notices.4

On August 22, 2024, California 

submitted the final version of the 15 mg/ 

m3 Plan Amendments to the EPA as a 


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