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of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 

will be posted to the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 1020 

Electronic products, Medical devices, 

Radiation protection, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Television, 

X-rays. 

Therefore, under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 

authority delegated to the Commissioner 

of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 1020 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 1020—PERFORMANCE 

STANDARDS FOR IONIZING 

RADIATION EMITTING PRODUCTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 21 CFR 

part 1020 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 352, 360e–360j, 

360hh–360ss, 371, 381. 

■ 2. Revise § 1020.32(b)(4)(ii)(A) to read 

as follows: 

§ 1020.32 Fluoroscopic equipment. 

(b) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(A) When every linear dimension of 

the visible area of the image receptor 

measured through the center of the 

visible area is less than or equal to 34 

cm in any direction, at least 80 percent 

of the area of the x-ray field overlaps the 

visible area of the image. 

* * * * * 

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 542 

Syrian Sanctions Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control is amending the Syrian 

Sanctions Regulations to authorize by 

general license certain activities relating 

to publishing, not already exempt from 

regulation, that support the publishing 

and marketing of manuscripts, books, 

journals, and newspapers in paper and 

electronic format. 

DATES: Effective: April 13, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202/622–2480, Assistant Director for 

Policy, tel.: 202/622–6746, Assistant 

Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel: 202/ 

622–4855, Assistant Director for 

Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 

tel.: 202/622–2490, Office of Foreign 

Assets Control, or Chief Counsel 

(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622– 

2410, Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of the Treasury (not toll free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain general 

information pertaining to OFAC’s 

sanctions programs also is available via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On April 5, 2005, the Office of 

Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued 

the Syrian Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 542 (the ‘‘Regulations’’) (70 FR 

17201, April 5, 2005), to implement 

Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004 

(69 FR 26751, May 13, 2004) (E.O. 

13338), pursuant to, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

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

(IEEPA). On May 2, 2014, OFAC 

amended the Regulations to implement 

Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006 

(71 FR 25059, April 28, 2006) (E.O. 

13399), Executive Order 13460 of 

February 13, 2008 (73 FR 8991, 

February 15, 2008) (E.O. 13460), 

Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011 

(76 FR 24787, May 3, 2011) (E.O. 

13572), Executive Order 13573 of May 

18, 2011 (76 FR 29143, May 20, 2011) 

(E.O. 13573), Executive Order 13582 of 

August 17, 2011 (76 FR 52209, August 

22, 2011) (E.O. 13582), and Executive 

Order 13606 of April 22, 2012 (77 FR 

24571, April 24, 2012) (E.O. 13606). 

Today, OFAC is amending the 

Regulations to authorize certain 

activities relating to publishing. 

With certain exceptions, the 

exportation or importation of 

information or informational materials 

to or from any country is exempt from 

regulation by the President under 

IEEPA. See 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3); 31 CFR 

542.211(b). OFAC is issuing a new 

general license set forth at 31 CFR 

542.532 to authorize, subject to certain 

limitations, transactions not already 

exempt from regulation that support the 

publishing and marketing of 

manuscripts, books, journals, and 

newspapers, in paper or electronic 

format. 

Public Participation 

Because the amendment of the 

Regulations involves a foreign affairs 

function, Executive Order 12866 and the 

provisions of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requiring 

notice of proposed rulemaking, 

opportunity for public participation, 

and delay in effective date are 

inapplicable. Because no notice of 

proposed rulemaking is required for this 

rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collections of information related 

to the Regulations are contained in 31 

CFR part 501 (the ‘‘Reporting, 

Procedures and Penalties Regulations’’). 

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), those 

collections of information have been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget under control number 1505– 

0164. An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid control number. 

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 542 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Exports, Foreign trade, 

Information, Services, Syria. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control amends 31 CFR part 542 as set 

forth below: 

PART 542—SYRIAN SANCTIONS 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 542 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 

18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 287c; 50 U.S.C. 

1601–1651, 1701–1706; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 

Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 110– 

96, 121 Stat. 1011 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); E.O. 

13338, 69 FR 26751, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p. 

168; E.O. 13399, 71 FR 25059, 3 CFR, 2006 

Comp., p. 218; E.O. 13460, 73 FR 8991, 3 CFR 

2008 Comp., p. 181; E.O. 13572, 76 FR 24787, 

3 CFR 2011 Comp., p.236; E.O. 13573, 76 FR 

29143, 3 CFR 2011 Comp., p. 241; E.O. 

13582, 76 FR 52209, 3 CFR 2011 Comp., p. 

264; E.O. 13606, 77 FR 24571, 3 CFR 2012 

Comp., p.243. 

Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, 

and Statements of Licensing Policy 

■ 2. Add new § 542.532 to read as 

follows: 


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§ 542.532 Authorized transactions 

necessary and ordinarily incident to 

publishing. 

(a) Subject to the restrictions set forth 

in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this 

section, U.S. persons are authorized to 

engage in all transactions necessary and 

ordinarily incident to the publishing 

and marketing of manuscripts, books, 

journals, and newspapers in paper or 

electronic format (collectively, ‘‘written 

publications’’). This section does not 

apply if the parties to the transactions 

described in this paragraph include the 

Government of Syria or any other 

person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 

§ 542.201. For the purposes of this 

section, the term ‘‘Government of Syria’’ 

includes the state and the Government 

of the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as 

any political subdivision, agency, or 

instrumentality thereof, which includes 

the Central Bank of Syria, and any 

person acting or purporting to act 

directly or indirectly on behalf of any of 

the foregoing with respect to the 

transactions described in this paragraph. 

For the purposes of this section, the 

term ‘‘Government of Syria’’ does not 

include any academic or research 

institutions and their personnel. 

Pursuant to this section, the following 

activities are authorized, provided that 

U.S. persons ensure that they are not 

engaging, without separate 

authorization, in the activities identified 

in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this 

section: 

(1) Commissioning and making 

advance payments for identifiable 

written publications not yet in 

existence, to the extent consistent with 

industry practice; 

(2) Collaborating on the creation and 

enhancement of written publications; 

(3)(i) Augmenting written 

publications through the addition of 

items such as photographs, artwork, 

translation, explanatory text, and, for a 

written publication in electronic format, 

the addition of embedded software 

necessary for reading, browsing, 

navigating, or searching the written 

publication; and 

(ii) Exporting embedded software 

necessary for reading, browsing, 

navigating, or searching a written 

publication in electronic format, 

provided that the software is designated 

as ‘‘EAR99’’ under the Export 

Administration Regulations, 15 CFR 

parts 730 through 774 (the ‘‘EAR’’), or 

is not subject to the EAR; 

(4) Substantive editing of written 

publications; 

(5) Payment of royalties for written 

publications; 

(6) Creating or undertaking a 

marketing campaign to promote a 

written publication; and 

(7) Other transactions necessary and 

ordinarily incident to the publishing 

and marketing of written publications as 

described in this paragraph (a). 

(b) This section does not authorize 

transactions involving the provision of 

goods or services not necessary and 

ordinarily incident to the publishing 

and marketing of written publications as 

described in paragraph (a) of this 

section. For example, this section does 

not authorize U.S. persons: 

(1) To provide or, if involving blocked 

property, to receive individualized or 

customized services (including 

accounting, legal, design, or consulting 

services), other than those necessary 

and ordinarily incident to the 

publishing and marketing of written 

publications, even though such 

individualized or customized services 

are delivered through the use of 

information or informational materials; 

(2) To create or undertake for any 

person a marketing campaign with 

respect to any service or product other 

than a written publication, or to create 

or undertake a marketing campaign of 

any kind for the benefit of the 

Government of Syria; 

(3) To engage in the exportation or, if 

involving blocked property, the 

importation of goods to or from Syria 

other than the exportation of embedded 

software described in paragraph 

(a)(3)(ii) of this section; or 

(4) To operate a publishing house, 

sales outlet, or other office in Syria. 

Note to paragraph (b) of § 542.532: The 

importation from Syria and the exportation to 

Syria of information or informational 

materials, as defined in § 542.307, whether 

commercial or otherwise, regardless of format 

or medium of transmission, are exempt from 

the prohibitions and regulations of this part. 

See § 542.211(b). 

(c) This section does not authorize 

U.S. persons to engage the services of 

publishing houses or translators in Syria 

that involves dealing in property unless 

such activity is primarily for the 

dissemination of written publications in 

Syria. 

(d) This section does not authorize: 

(1) The exportation from or, if 

involving blocked property, the 

importation into the United States of 

services for the development, 

production, or design of software; 

(2) Transactions for the development, 

production, design, or marketing of 

technology specifically controlled by 

the International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations, 22 CFR parts 120 through 

130 (the ‘‘ITAR’’), the EAR, or the 

Department of Energy Regulations set 

forth at 10 CFR part 810; 

(3) The exportation of information or 

technology subject to the authorization 

requirements of 10 CFR part 810, or 

Restricted Data as defined in section 11 

y. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, or of other information, data, 

or technology the release of which is 

controlled under the Atomic Energy Act 

and regulations therein; 

(4) The exportation of any item 

(including information) subject to the 

EAR where a U.S. person knows or has 

reason to know that the item will be 

used, directly or indirectly, with respect 

to certain nuclear, missile, chemical, or 

biological weapons or nuclear-maritime 

end-uses as set forth in part 744 of the 

EAR. In addition, U.S. persons are 

precluded from exporting any item 

subject to the EAR to certain restricted 

end-users, as set forth in part 744 of the 

EAR, as well as certain persons whose 

export privileges have been denied 

pursuant to parts 764 or 766 of the EAR, 

without authorization from the 

Department of Commerce; or 

(5) The exportation of information 

subject to licensing requirements under 

the ITAR or exchanges of information 

that are subject to regulation by other 

government agencies. 

John E. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

32 CFR Part 706 

Certifications and Exemptions Under 

the International Regulations for 

Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DoN) is amending its certifications and 

exemptions under the International 

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at 

Sea, 1972, as amended (72 COLREGS), 

to reflect that the Deputy Assistant 

Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) 

(Admiralty and Maritime Law) has 

determined that USS CORONADO (LCS 

4) is a vessel of the Navy which, due to 

its special construction and purpose, 

cannot fully comply with certain 

provisions of the 72 COLREGS without 

interfering with its special function as a 

naval ship. The intended effect of this 


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