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1Pursuant to section 1244(c)(2)(C)(iii) of IFCA, 

the relevant sanction in Section 1244(c)(1) 

continues not to apply, by its terms, in the case of 

Iranian financial institutions that have not been 

designated for the imposition of sanctions in 

connection with Iran’s proliferation of weapons of 

mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons 

of mass destruction, support for international 

terrorism, or abuses of human rights (as described 

in section 1244(c)(3)). 2Pursuant to section 1246(a)(1)(C) of IFCA, the 

relevant sanction in Section 1246(a)(1)(C) continues 

not to apply, by its terms, in the case of Iranian 

financial institutions that have not been designated 

for the imposition of sanctions in connection with 

Iran’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 

or delivery systems for weapons of mass 

destruction, support for international terrorism, or 

abuses of human rights (as described in section 

1246(b)). 

3Pursuant to section 1247(a) of IFCA, the relevant 

sanction in Section 1247(a) still continues not to 

apply, by its terms, in the case of Iranian financial 

institutions that have not been designated for the 

imposition of sanctions in connection with Iran’s 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 

delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction, 

support for international terrorism, or abuses of 

human rights (as described in section 1247(b)). 

Dated: February 7, 2014. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8631] 

Notice of Closed Meeting of the 

Cultural Property Advisory Committee 

There will be a closed meeting of the 

Cultural Property Advisory Committee 

on Thursday, March 13, and Friday, 

March 14, 2014, at the Department of 

State, Annex 5, 2200 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee will conduct interim 

reviews of the Memorandum of 

Understanding Between the Government 

of the United States of America and the 

Government of the Republic of Italy 

Concerning the Imposition of Import 

Restrictions on Categories of 

Archaeological Material Representing 

the Pre-Classical, Classical and Imperial 

Roman Periods of Italy, and the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

Between the Government of the United 

States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Colombia Concerning 

the Imposition of Import Restrictions on 

Archaeological Materials from the PreColumbian Cultures and Certain 

Ecclesiastical Material from the Colonial 

Period of Colombia. Public comment, 

oral and written, will be invited at a 

time in the future should either or both 

of these Memoranda of Understanding 

be proposed for extension. 

The Committee’s responsibilities are 

carried out in accordance with 

provisions of the Convention on 

Cultural Property Implementation Act 

(19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The text of the 

Act and Memoranda of Understanding, 

as well as related information, may be 

found at http://

culturalheritage.state.gov. 

This meeting will be closed pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and 19 U.S.C. 

2605(h), the latter of which stipulates 

that ‘‘The provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act . . . shall 

apply to the [Cultural Property 

Advisory] Committee except that the 

requirements of subsections (a) and (b) 

of section 10 and 11 of such Act 

(relating to open meetings, public 

notice, public participation, and public 

availability of documents) shall not 

apply to the Committee, whenever and 

to the extent it is determined by the 

President or his designee that the 

disclosure of matters involved in the 

Committee’s proceedings would 

compromise the Government’s 

negotiation objectives or bargaining 

positions on the negotiations of any 

agreement authorized by this title.’’ 

Pursuant to law, executive order, and 

delegation of authority, I have made 

such a determination. 

Dated: February 7, 2014. 

Evan Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03298 Filed 2–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8632] 

Provision of Certain Temporary 

Sanctions Relief 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic and 

Business Affairs, Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Government (USG) is issuing temporary 

waivers of certain sanctions to allow for 

a discrete range of transactions related 

to the provision of satellite connectivity 

services to the Islamic Republic of Iran 

Broadcasting (IRIB). The USG is issuing 

these waivers based on Iran’s 

commitment to ensure that harmful 

satellite interference does not emanate 

from its territory, and verification by the 

USG that harmful satellite interference 

is not currently emanating from the 

territory of Iran. 

DATES: The effective dates of these 

waiver actions are as described in the 

determinations set forth below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On 

general issues: John Hughes, Office of 

Economic Sanctions Policy and 

Implementation, Department of State, 

Telephone: (202) 647–7489. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Acting 

under the authorities vested in me as 

Secretary of State, I hereby make the 

following determinations and 

certifications: 

Pursuant to Sections 1244(i), 1245(g), 

1246(e), and 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and 

Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (subtitle D 

of title XII of Public Law 112–239, 22 U.S.C. 

8801 et seq.) (IFCA) and the Delegation of 

Certain Functions and Authorities under 

IFCA, 78 Fed. Reg. 35545 (June 13, 2013), I 

determine that it is vital to the national 

security of the United States to waive the 

imposition of sanctions pursuant to: 

1. Section 1244(c)(1) of IFCA 1 to the extent 

required for: 

a. Transactions involving the provision of 

ground connectivity services using earth 

stations and fiber optic connections outside 

of Iran and the provision and management of 

satellite capacity for sale or resale to the 

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), 

where such ground connectivity services and 

satellite capacity are to be used for the 

provision to Iran of public international 

telecommunications services, and; 

b. transactions involving the provision of 

the following related administrative services 

to, or for the benefit of, the IRIB, to the extent 

such services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite connectivity 

with IRIB: Standard operational support, 

including coordinating with in-country 

personnel on matters such as configuring 

ground and earth station equipment to access 

space segment capacity; marketing services; 

billing services; and legal services, and 

excluding any transactions involving persons 

other than IRIB on the SDN List. 

2. Section 1246(a) of IFCA 2 to the extent 

required for: 

a. Transactions involving the provision of 

ground connectivity services using earth 

stations and fiber optic connections outside 

of Iran and the provision and management of 

satellite capacity for sale or resale to the 

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), 

where such ground connectivity services and 

satellite capacity are to be used for the 

provision to Iran of public international 

telecommunications services, and; 

b. transactions involving the provision of 

the following related administrative services 

to, or for the benefit of, the IRIB, to the extent 

such services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite connectivity 

with IRIB: Standard operational support, 

including coordinating with in-country 

personnel on matters such as configuring 

ground and earth station equipment to access 

space segment capacity; marketing services; 

billing services; and legal services, and 

excluding any transactions involving persons 

other than IRIB on the SDN List. 

3. Section 1247(a) of IFCA 3 to the extent 

required for: 

a. Transactions involving the provision of 

ground connectivity services using earth 

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stations and fiber optic connections outside 

of Iran and the provision and management of 

satellite capacity for sale or resale to the 

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), 

where such ground connectivity services and 

satellite capacity are to be used for the 

provision to Iran of public international 

telecommunications services, and; 

b. transactions involving the provision of 

the following related administrative services 

to, or for the benefit of, the IRIB, to the extent 

such services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite connectivity 

with IRIB: 

standard operational support, including 

coordinating with in-country personnel on 

matters such as configuring ground and earth 

station equipment to access space segment 

capacity; marketing services; billing services; 

and legal services, and excluding any 

transactions involving persons other than 

IRIB on the SDN List. 

These waivers shall take effect upon 

transmittal to Congress. 

(Signed John F. Kerry, Secretary of State) 

Therefore, these sanctions have been 

waived as described in the 

determinations above. Relevant agencies 

and instrumentalities of the United 

States Government shall take all 

appropriate measures within their 

authority to carry out the provisions of 

this notice. 

Dated: February 10, 2014. 

Kris R. Urs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic and 

Business Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment (EA) and Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Blue 

Origin West Texas Launch Site 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

Supplemental EA and FONSI. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental 

Quality NEPA implementing regulations 

(40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), and FAA 

Order 1050.1E, Change 1, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the 

Supplemental EA and FONSI for the 

Blue Origin West Texas Launch Site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Specialist, Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 325, Washington, 

DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–5924; 

email daniel.czelusniak@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Supplemental EA was prepared to 

analyze the potential environmental 

impacts of FAA’s Proposed Action of 

issuing experimental permits and/or 

launch licenses to Blue Origin for 

operation of various suborbital reusable 

launch vehicles (RLVs) at Blue Origin’s 

West Texas launch site. This 

Supplemental EA evaluates the 

potential environmental impacts of 

operation of the RLVs, construction of 

support infrastructure, ground 

operations (e.g., engine testing), and 

amateur launches. All construction 

activities related to the Proposed Action 

would occur within the Blue Origin 

property line. 

The FAA previously analyzed the 

potential environmental impacts of 

issuing one or more experimental 

permits and/or launch licenses to Blue 

Origin to operate suborbital RLVs in the 

August 2006 Final Environmental 

Assessment for the Blue Origin West 

Texas Commercial Launch Site (2006 

EA). The 2006 EA evaluated the 

potential environmental impacts of 

construction and operation of a 

commercial launch site on privatelyowned property in Culberson County, 

Texas, and assessed 52 annual launches 

of earlier RLV versions over a five-year 

period, from 2006 to 2010. The current 

Proposed Action falls outside the scope 

of the 2006 EA, because (1) the 2006 EA 

limited the environmental analysis to 

the years 2006–2010 and Blue Origin 

now proposes to continue RLV 

development operations through 2019; 

(2) the propellants and certain other 

characteristics of the proposed RLVs are 

different than the previous versions; and 

(3) Blue Origin proposes additional 

construction activities. 

The Blue Origin West Texas launch 

site is located approximately 25 miles 

north of Van Horn, Texas. It lies within 

a larger, privately-owned property 

known as the Corn Ranch. The 

Supplemental EA addresses the 

potential environmental impacts of 

implementing the Proposed Action and 

the No Action Alternative. 

Under the Proposed Action, the FAA 

would issue experimental permits and/ 

or launch licenses for the operation of 

various suborbital RLVs at Blue Origin’s 

West Texas launch site. The Proposed 

Action includes the activities that 

would be authorized by an experimental 

permit or launch license (i.e., the 

operation of the launch vehicles) as well 

as construction of support infrastructure 

required to support the proposed RLV 

activities, ground testing activities, and 

amateur launches that would occur at 

the launch site. Experimental permits 

would be valid for one year. Launch 

licenses could be valid for up to two 

years. The FAA could renew 

experimental permits and launch 

licenses if requested, by Blue Origin, in 

writing, at least 60 days before the 

permit expires, or at least 90 days before 

the license expires. 

For purposes of analyzing 

environmental impacts in the 

Supplemental EA, the FAA assumed a 

conservative number of launches of the 

various suborbital RLVs for each of the 

years analyzed (2014–2019). The FAA 

assumed a maximum of up to 54 annual 

launches between 2014 and 2019 of the 

largest contemplated vehicle 

configuration as the basis for assessing 

environmental impact. 

The only alternative to the Proposed 

Action analyzed in the Supplemental 

EA is the No Action Alternative. Under 

the No Action Alternative, the FAA 

would not issue experimental permits 

and/or launch licenses to Blue Origin 

for the operation of various suborbital 

RLVs at Blue Origin’s West Texas 

launch site. Existing Blue Origin 

activities that do not require an FAA 

experimental permit or license could 

continue at the launch site, including 

but not limited to amateur rocketry 

operations, ground tests, and 

construction. 

The environmental impact categories 

considered in the Supplemental EA 

include air quality; construction 

impacts; fish, wildlife, and plants; 

hazardous materials, pollution 

prevention, and solid waste; historical, 

architectural, archaeological, and 

cultural resources; and noise. Potential 

cumulative impacts of the Proposed 

Action and No Action Alternative are 

also addressed in the Supplemental EA. 

The FAA has posted the 

Supplemental EA and FONSI on the 

Internet at http://www.faa.gov/about/

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/review/permits/. 

Issued in Washington, DC on: February 7, 

2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

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