3376 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 14 / Friday, January 21, 2022 / Notices 

what, if any, matters have been added, 

deleted or postponed, please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: January 19, 2022. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01315 Filed 1–19–22; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11634] 

Waiver of Missile Proliferation 

Sanctions Against Foreign Persons 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: A determination has been 

made pursuant to the Arms Export 

Control Act and Export Administration 

Act. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent 

with section 654(c) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 

notice is hereby given that the Secretary 

of State has made a determination 

pursuant to Section 73 of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b) 

and Section 11B(b) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 

4612). [Note: Although the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 lapsed in 

2001 and was partially repealed in 2018, 

authorities under Section 11B continue 

to be carried out under the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1708, pursuant to the 

emergency declared in E.O. 13222 of 

August 17, 2001, which has been kept 

in effect by successive Presidential 

Notices, the most recent of which was 

the Notice of August 6, 2021, 86 FR 

43901, (Aug. 10, 2021).] The Secretary 

of State has concluded that publication 

of the determination would be harmful 

to the national security of the United 

States. 

Choo S. Kang, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, International 

Security and Nonproliferation, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01116 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11633] 

Imposition of Missile Proliferation 

Sanctions on Three Entities in the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC) 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: A determination has been 

made that PRC entities have engaged in 

activities that require the imposition of 

measures pursuant to the Arms Export 

Control Act, as amended, and the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as 

amended. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam 

Durham, Office of Missile, Biological, 

and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau 

of International Security and 

Nonproliferation, Department of State 

(202–647–4930). On import ban issues, 

Lauren Sun, Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, Department of the 

Treasury (202–622–4855). On U.S. 

Government procurement ban issues, 

Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement 

Executive, Department of State (703– 

875–4079). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export 

Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)]; 

Section 11B(b)(1) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 [ (50 U.S.C. 

4612)], as carried out under E.O. 13222 

of August 17, 2001 (hereinafter cited as 

the ‘‘Export Administration Act of 

1979’’); [Note: Although the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 lapsed in 

2001 and was partially repealed in 2018, 

authorities under Section 11B continue 

to be carried out under the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1708, pursuant to the 

emergency declared in E.O. 13222 of 

August 17, 2001, which has been kept 

in effect by successive Presidential 

Notices, the most recent of which was 

the Notice of August 6, 2021, 86 FR 

43901, (Aug. 10, 2021). End Note], the 

U.S. Government has determined that 

the following foreign persons have 

engaged in missile technology 

proliferation activities that require the 

imposition of the sanctions described in 

Sections 73(a)(2)(B) and (C) of the Arms 

Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 

2797b(a)(2)(B) and (C)] and Sections 

11B(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (iii) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 [50 U.S.C. 

app. 2410b(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (iii)] on these 

entities: 

China Aerospace Science and 

Technology Corporation (CASC) First 

Academy, and its sub-units and 

successors; 

China Aerospace Science and 

Industry Corporation (CASIC) Fourth 

Academy, and its sub-units and 

successors; and 

Poly Technologies Incorporated (PTI), 

and its sub-units and successors. 

Accordingly, the following sanctions 

are being imposed on these entities for 

two years: 

(A) Denial of all new individual 

licenses for the transfer to the 

sanctioned entities of all items on the 

U.S. Munitions List and all items the 

export of which is controlled under the 

Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) of 

2018; 

(B) Denial of all U.S. Government 

contracts with the sanctioned entities; 

and 

(C) Prohibition on the importation 

into the United States of all products 

produced by the sanctioned entities. 

With respect to items controlled 

pursuant to the ECRA of 2018, the above 

export sanction only applies to exports 

made pursuant to individual export 

licenses. 

These measures shall be implemented 

by the responsible departments and 

agencies of the United States 

Government as provided in E.O. 12851 

of June 11, 1993. 

Choo S. Kang, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, International 

Security and Nonproliferation, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01117 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36571] 

Verdigris Southern Railroad, L.L.C.— 

Lease and Operation Exemption— 

Track in Rogers County, Okla. 

Verdigris Southern Railroad, L.L.C. 

(VESO), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to lease from the City of Tulsa– 

Rogers County Port Authority (the Port), 

and to commence common carrier 

operations over, certain track owned by 

the Port (also a noncarrier) located in 

Rogers County, Okla. (the Line). The 

Line extends from the point of 

connection to the northwest-southeastrunning Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP) Wagoner Subdivision 

mainline at UP milepost 594.76 at Inola, 

Okla., westward for a distance of 

approximately 13,883 feet to an end 

point to the west of the Line’s at-grade 

crossing of State Road S 4200. 

According to VESO, the Line currently 

serves as a private track and has no 

mileposts of its own. 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption filed 

concurrently in Watco Holdings, Inc.— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

Verdigris Southern Railroad, Docket No. 

FD 36572, in which Watco Holdings, 

Inc., seeks to continue in control of 

VESO upon VESO’s becoming a Class III 

rail carrier. 

The verified notice states that VESO 

and the Port have entered into a Track 


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