96898 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 235 / Friday, December 6, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: December 3, 2024. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

19 CFR Chapter I 

Termination of Arrival Restrictions 

Applicable to Flights Carrying Persons 

Who Have Recently Traveled From or 

Were Otherwise Present Within 

Rwanda 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Announcement of termination 

of arrival restrictions. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

decision of the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to terminate arrival restrictions 

applicable to flights to the United States 

carrying persons who have recently 

traveled from, or were otherwise present 

within, Rwanda. These restrictions 

directed such flights to arrive at one of 

the U.S. airports where the U.S. 

government had focused public health 

resources to implement enhanced 

public health measures. 

DATES: The arrival restrictions 

applicable to flights to the United States 

carrying persons who have recently 

traveled from, or were otherwise present 

within, Rwanda are terminated for 

flights departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on December 4, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Watson, Office of Field 

Operations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection at 202–255–7018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 15, 2024, the Secretary of 

Homeland Security announced arrival 

restrictions applicable to flights to the 

United States carrying persons who 

have recently traveled from, or were 

otherwise present within, Rwanda due 

to an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease 

(MVD) in Rwanda. (89 FR 83620). These 

restrictions directed such flights to 

arrive at one of the U.S. airports where 

the U.S. government focused public 

health resources to implement enhanced 

public health measures. For purposes of 

that document, a person had recently 

traveled from Rwanda if that person had 

departed from, or was otherwise present 

within, Rwanda within 21 days of the 

date of the person’s entry or attempted 

entry into the United States. Also, for 

purposes of that document, crew and 

flights carrying only cargo (i.e., no 

passengers or non-crew) were excluded 

from those measures. 

The Secretary has decided to 

terminate the above arrival restrictions. 

The last unlinked case of MVD was 

isolated in Rwanda on October 24, 2024, 

and 42 days (two 21-day incubation 

periods) will have passed by the time 

the termination takes effect. 

Additionally, since October 30, 2024, 

there have been no new confirmed MVD 

cases reported in Rwanda, no new 

chains of transmission, and no new 

districts reporting local case 

transmissions. Therefore, arrival 

restrictions are no longer required for 

flights to the United States carrying 

persons who have recently traveled 

from, or were otherwise present within, 

Rwanda. 

Notice of Termination of Arrival 

Restrictions Applicable to All Flights 

Carrying Persons Who Have Recently 

Traveled From or Were Otherwise 

Present Within Rwanda 

Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 112(a), 19 U.S.C. 

1433(c), and 19 CFR 122.32, for flights 

departing after 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on December 4, 2024, I 

hereby terminate the arrival restrictions 

applicable to flights to the United States 

carrying persons who have recently 

traveled from, or were otherwise present 

within, Rwanda announced in the 

Arrival Restrictions document 

published at 89 FR 83620 (Oct. 17, 

2024). 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Part 5 

[Docket No. FR–6464–F–02] 

RIN 2501–AE11 

Adoption of 2020 Core Based 

Statistical Area Standards 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule adopts the 2020 

Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) 

standards as determined by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s July 16, 2021, 

Federal Register notice for all HUD use 

of CBSAs. HUD uses CBSAs throughout 

its programs and is updating the 

standards to ensure accuracy of data and 

program administration. 

DATES: Effective January 6, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt 

Usowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Economic Affairs, Office of Policy 

Development and Research (PD&R), 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th St. SW, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

number 202–402–5899 (this is not a tollfree number) or via email to 

Kurt.G.Usowski@hud.gov. HUD 

welcomes and is prepared to receive 

calls from individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, as well as individuals 

with speech or communication 

disabilities. To learn more about how to 

make an accessible telephone call, 

please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ 

consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In its role as coordinator of the 

Federal statistical system, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

establishes and maintains the CBSA 

program. CBSAs are geographic areas 

containing a large population center, or 

urban area, and adjacent communities 

that have a high degree of integration 

with that population center measured 

by commuting ties. OMB maintains 

CBSAs solely for statistical purposes. 

Every decade, OMB reviews and 

updates the Standards for Delineating 

CBSAs (CBSA standards), which 

describe the data sources and methods 

OMB uses to determine which 

geographic areas are to be designated 

CBSAs, prior to their application to new 

decennial census data. OMB updated 

CBSA standards on July 16, 2021 (86 FR 

37770) prior to applying them to 2020 

Census data. 

The Metropolitan Areas Protection 

and Standardization Act of 2021, or the 

MAPS Act, (31 U.S.C. 6102, et seq.) 

prohibits agencies from automatically 

propagating OMB’s CBSA standards for 

non-statistical use by any domestic 

assistance program unless the agency 

determines that the propagation: (1) 

supports the purpose of the program; 

and (2) is in the public interest. (31 

U.S.C. 6309(a)(2)(A)). Propagation of the 

CBSA standards for non-statistical use 

by domestic assistance programs must 

be done through a notice and comment 

rulemaking. (31 U.S.C. 6309(a)(2)(B)). 


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II. The Proposed Rule 

On September 6, 2024, HUD 

published a proposed rule for public 

comment (89 FR 72766) to add new 

subpart M to 24 CFR part 5 adopting the 

2020 CBSA standards as determined by 

OMB in 86 FR 37770 (July 16, 2021). 

The proposed rule described how HUD 

programs use CBSAs, as outlined in 

Table 1. The proposed rule also 

described how adoption of the new 

CBSA standards support the purpose of 

these programs and is in the public 

interest. 

TABLE 1—HUD USES OF CBSAS

Use HUD office 

Community Development Block Grant Program ............................................................................. Community Planning and Development (CPD). 

Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program .............................................. CPD. 

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program ................................................................. CPD. 

HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program ........................................................................ CPD. 

Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Program ............................................................................................... CPD. 

Continuum of Care .......................................................................................................................... CPD. 

Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) ................................................................................................. CPD. 

FHA’s Title II Program (loan limits) ................................................................................................. Housing. 

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative ..................................................................................................... Public and Indian Housing (PIH). 

Difficult Development Area (DDA) and Qualified Census Tract (QCT) Designations .................... PD&R. 

Fair Market Rents (FMRs), HUD Area Median Family Incomes (HAMFIs), and Income Limits .... PD&R. 

III. This Final Rule 

After considering comments received 

from the public, HUD adopts this final 

rule without changes from the proposed 

rule. HUD has determined that adoption 

of the 2020 CBSA standards, as 

determined by OMB in 86 FR 37770 

(July 16, 2021), supports the purpose of 

HUD’s programs and is in the public 

interest. The updated CBSA standards, 

and updated CBSA delineations based 

on the 2020 CBSA standards, will make 

calculation of Fair Market Rents, Area 

Median Family Income, and Income 

Limits more accurate. The accuracy of 

these program parameters is in the 

public interest as it most appropriately 

will direct resources governed by these 

parameters to recipients in the most 

appropriate amounts. 

The new CBSA standards support 

HUD’s designation of DDAs and QCTs 

as well as PIH, CPD, and Housing’s 

programs because they more accurately 

reflect the current housing markets, 

which have changed significantly since 

the 2010 census. Furthermore, adopting 

the new standards will not be disruptive 

to the programs as program participants 

are expecting HUD to regularly update 

the metropolitan area standards and 

delineations to reflect current market 

conditions as HUD has done 

historically. 

IV. Public Comments 

HUD received three relevant 

comments in response to the proposed 

rule. Two comments were from 

interested individuals and one was from 

a real estate association. Commenters 

were generally supportive of the 

proposed rule. This section includes a 

summary of the issues raised by 

commenters. 

Policy Suggestions 

One commenter urged HUD to 

minimize disruptions for program 

participants. To do so, the commenter 

suggested that HUD adopt a ‘‘hold 

harmless’’ policy that keeps income 

limits constant rather than allowing 

them to decline. Specifically, the 

commenter noted that the exception 

should not merge a high-income county 

with an MSA that has a lower HAMFI 

but instead allow the high-income 

county to become its own HUD 

Metropolitan Fair Market Rent Area 

(HMFA). It would also hold harmless 

any county detached from an MSA, 

meaning that when a relatively lowerincome county is detached from an 

MSA with a higher HAMFI, income 

limits in the detached county should be 

kept at the same level as they were 

when part of the MSA, rather than 

allowed to decline. The commenter 

noted that downward changes are 

difficult for program participants to 

predict and stated that this exception 

would avoid disruptive changes. The 

commenter recommended that this 

exception be available for all income 

limits, including Section 8 limits. 

Additionally, the commenter asked 

that HUD allow reasonable 

‘‘grandfathering’’ for uses of CBSAs 

beyond FMR/HAMFI/Income Limits 

such that any area, property or 

individual currently receiving 

assistance, or in the process of applying 

for assistance, should be grandfathered 

in for a reasonable period of time, rather 

than lose eligibility instantly due to the 

change in geographic definitions. 

HUD Response: This rule allows HUD 

to use CBSA delineations based on 

OMB’s latest standards for CBSA 

delineation in its program 

administration. It does not otherwise set 

policy for HUD program eligibility such 

as generally defining the methods by 

which HUD sets program eligibility 

income limits derived from the HAMFI 

or determining program eligibility in 

cases where income limits decline due 

to geographic change caused by 

adopting new CBSA delineations or for 

other reasons. HUD’s FMR, Income 

Limit and HAMFI policies allow for 

various exceptions to the CBSA 

delineations HUD uses in the estimation 

processes for these program operating 

parameters. This rule allows HUD to 

include the latest CBSA delineations in 

the computation process for FMRs, 

Income Limits, and HAMFIs, but does 

not otherwise affect that process or the 

rules of program administration. 

ZIP Codes 

One commenter suggested that HUD 

use a zip-codes based system rather than 

a county-based system because zip 

codes are a more concise and accurate 

measure of populations and will help 

ensure taxes are going to the intended 

beneficiaries of these programs. The 

commenter also noted that there has 

been a change in commuting habits 

since 2020 and a decline in urban 

populations in 2020–2021 which is not 

reflected in the 2020 census data. 

One commenter reflected that FMRs 

are poor indicators of the housing 

market and noted the move away from 

the regional standard to a zip code 

standard. The commenter asked 

whether the zip code standard will 

allow for more resources for 

enforcement and rent control to be 

directed towards lower-income areas. 

The commenter also asked whether 

tying large areas around a metropolitan 

area to the metropolitan area would turn 

the smaller areas into large areas again. 


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HUD Response: OMB determines the 

geographic units (counties and county 

equivalents) that form the basis of 

CBSAs in the process of setting the 

standards for CBSA delineation. HUD 

interprets its statutes and regulations 

referencing ‘‘metropolitan areas’’ as 

referring to the metropolitan CBSAs 

delineated by OMB. Thus, in HUD’s 

program administration activities based 

on ‘‘metropolitan areas’’, HUD is 

required to use the county-based 

metropolitan CBSAs delineated by OMB 

and cannot establish separate 

metropolitan areas based on ZIP-Codes 

or other alternative geographic units. 

Regarding changes in population since 

2020, while OMB updates the standards 

for CBSA delineation approximately 

every 10 years, OMB generally updates 

the delineations annually based on 

changes in the underlying data as 

measured by the Census Bureau through 

the American Community Survey. 

HUD produces the FMRs to help 

Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that 

administer Housing Choice Vouchers to 

set payment standards that determine 

the amount the vouchers pay to 

participating landlords. Some PHAs in 

certain FMR areas are required to use 

‘‘Small Area FMRs’’ estimated at the 

ZIP-code level to set all their payment 

standards, and other PHAs may opt into 

using Small Area FMRs to set some or 

all payment standards. Use of Small 

Area FMRs has no effect on the 

resources available to the PHAs for 

voucher administration. FMRs are not a 

mechanism for rent control, but rather a 

measure of the 40th percentile rent paid 

by recent movers into standard quality 

rental housing located in the applicable 

area. In estimating FMRs, HUD 

generally does not add new counties to 

metropolitan areas for purposes of the 

overall FMR unless the added county 

has rental data quality deficiencies. 

Fair Market Rent Calculation 

One commenter noted that Fair 

Market Rents are calculated based on 

home-to-work interactions and asked 

how far out the standard reaches and if 

it is calculated on a case-by-case 

decisions for every metropolitan area. 

HUD Response: CBSAs are delineated 

based on the commuting interchange 

between counties, and the larger are the 

counties, the larger is the CBSA. In 

estimating FMRs, HUD generally does 

not add new counties to metropolitan 

areas for purposes of the overall FMR 

unless the added county has rental data 

quality deficiencies. HUD may use the 

full CBSA delineation including newly 

added counties for some parts of the 

calculation, such as recent mover 

adjustments, inflation factors, and trend 

factors, but HUD uses the most local 

data allowed under data quality 

standards for setting base rents and 

making other adjustments in the FMR 

calculation process. 

VII. Findings and Certifications 

Regulatory Review (Executive Orders 

12866, 13563, and 14094) 

Pursuant to Executive Order 12866 

(Regulatory Planning and Review), a 

determination must be made whether a 

regulatory action is significant and 

therefore, subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

order. Executive Order 13563 

(Improving Regulation and Regulatory 

Review) emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, 

reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and 

promoting flexibility. The order also 

directs executive agencies to analyze 

regulations that are ‘‘outmoded, 

ineffective, insufficient, or excessively 

burdensome, and to modify, streamline, 

expand, or repeal them in accordance 

with what has been learned.’’ Executive 

Order 13563 further directs that, where 

relevant, feasible, and consistent with 

regulatory objectives, and to the extent 

permitted by law, agencies are to 

identify and consider regulatory 

approaches that reduce burdens and 

maintain flexibility and freedom of 

choice for the public. Executive Order 

14094 entitled ‘‘Modernizing Regulatory 

Review’’ (hereinafter referred to as the 

‘‘Modernizing E.O.’’) amends section 

3(f) of Executive Order 12866, among 

other things. 

As discussed above, this rule adopts 

updated standards for CBSA 

delineations that HUD programs use for 

program administrative purposes. It is 

statistical and administrative in nature 

with the purpose of maintaining past 

administrative practices. This rule was 

determined not to be a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as defined in section 

3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and is not 

an economically significant regulatory 

action. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531– 

1538) (UMRA) establishes requirements 

for Federal agencies to assess the effects 

of their regulatory actions on State, 

local, and Tribal governments, and on 

the private sector. This proposed rule 

does not impose any Federal mandates 

on any State, local, or Tribal 

governments, or on the private sector, 

within the meaning of UMRA. 

Environmental Review 

This rule establishes discretionary 

review of loan limits, fair market rent 

schedules, income limits and exclusions 

with regard to eligibility for or 

calculation of HUD housing assistance 

or rental assistance, and similar rate and 

cost determinations and related external 

administrative or fiscal requirements or 

procedures which do not constitute a 

development decision that affects the 

physical condition of specific project 

areas or building sites. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19 (c)(6), this rule is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) generally requires 

an agency to conduct a regulatory 

flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 

notice and comment rulemaking 

requirements, unless the agency certifies 

that the rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This final rule 

adopts updated standards for the 

delineation of CBSA geographic areas 

that affected HUD programs use for 

various administrative purposes. The 

adoption is statistical and 

administrative in nature and consistent 

with longstanding HUD policy and 

practice. Therefore, this final rule does 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

prohibits an agency from publishing any 

rule that has federalism implications if 

the rule either: (i) imposes substantial 

direct compliance costs on State and 

local governments and is not required 

by statute, or (ii) preempts State law, 

unless the agency meets the 

consultation and funding requirements 

of section 6 of the Executive order. This 

final rule does not have federalism 

implications and does not impose 

substantial direct compliance costs on 

State and local governments or preempt 

State law within the meaning of the 

Executive order. 

List of Subjects in 24 CFR Part 5 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Aged, Claims, Crime, 

Government contracts, Grant programshousing and community development, 

Individuals with disabilities, 

Intergovernmental relations, Loan 

programs-housing and community 

development, Low and moderate 

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Penalties, Pets, Public housing, Rent 

subsidies, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Social security, 

Unemployment compensation, Wages. 

Accordingly, for the reasons stated in 

the preamble, HUD amends 24 CFR part 

5 as follows: 

PART 5—GENERAL HUD PROGRAM 

REQUIREMENTS; WAIVERS 

■ 1. The authority for part 5 continues 

to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x; 42 U.S.C. 

1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 1437n, 3535(d); 42 

U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; 34 U.S.C. 12471 et seq.; 

Sec. 327, Pub. L. 109–115, 119 Stat. 2396; 

E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., 

p. 258; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 

Comp., p. 273; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 

CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517. 

■ 2. Add subpart M, consisting of 

§ 5.3001, to read as follows: 

Subpart M—Core Based Statistical 

Areas 

§ 5.3001 Automatic propagation of OMB’s 

Core Based Statistical Area Standards. 

When using Core Based Statistical 

Areas (CBSAs), HUD shall use the 2020 

CBSA standards adopted by the Office 

of Management and Budget and 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 16, 2021, as well as any subsequent 

updates to the CBSA delineations based 

on these standards made by the Office 

of Management and Budget. Purposes 

and programs that use the CBSA 

standards include, but are not limited 

to: 

(a) The Community Development 

Block Grant Program (24 CFR part 570); 

(b) The Community Development 

Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds 

(applicable appropriations and Federal 

Register notices); 

(c) The Housing Opportunities for 

Persons with AIDS Program (24 CFR 

part 574); 

(d) The HOME Investment 

Partnerships Program (24 CFR part 92); 

(e) The Continuum of Care Program 

(24 CFR part 578); 

(f) The Emergency Solutions Grants 

Program (24 CFR part 576); 

(e) The FHA Title II Program 

(National Housing Act of 1934 Title II); 

(f) The Choice Neighborhoods 

Initiative Program (42 U.S.C. 1437v, as 

applied by the applicable annual 

appropriations act(s); 24 CFR 

905.602(d)); 

(g) The Housing Trust Fund Program 

(24 CFR part 93); and 

(h) The calculation of: Fair Market 

Rents (24 CFR part 888); HUD Area 

Median Family Income (this part); 

Income Limits (this part); Difficult 

Development Areas; and Qualified 

Census Tracts. 

Damon Smith, 

General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Parts 26 and 31 

[Docket No. TTB–2024–0006; T.D. TTB– 

196A; T.D. TTB–196] 

RIN 1513–AB93 

Technical Corrections to the TTB 

Regulations; Corrections 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau (TTB) recently 

published a final rule in the Federal 

Register of November 6, 2024, making 

technical corrections to certain of its 

regulations. This document corrects two 

minor, non-substantive errors in the 

amendatory instructions in that final 

rule. 

DATES: This final rule correction is 

effective December 6, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael D. Hoover, Regulations and 

Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street 

NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 

phone 202–453–1039, ext. 135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) recently published a final 

rule making technical corrections to 

certain of its regulations in 27 CFR 

chapter I. That final rule appeared in the 

Federal Register of November 6, 2024 

(89 FR 87931). This document corrects 

two non-substantive errors in the 

amendatory instructions in that final 

rule. The errors described below were 

inadvertent, and their correction does 

not alter the intended meaning of any 

regulatory section contained in the final 

rule. 

Corrections 

In the final rule document numbered 

FR Doc. 2024–23662 appearing on pages 

87931 through 87953 in the Federal 

Register issue of Wednesday, November 

6, 2024, make the following corrections: 

§ 26.87 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 87944, in amendatory 

instruction 71, in the table, in the first 

entry for § 26.87, in the third column, 

‘‘they shall,.’’ is corrected to read ‘‘they 

shall’’. 

§ 31.11 [Corrected] 

■ 2. On page 87946, in amendatory 

instruction 90, in the table, in the 

second entry for § 31.11(b), in the 

second column, ‘‘Room 1516’’ is 

corrected to read ‘‘Suite 8002’’. 

Signed: December 3, 2024. 

Mary G. Ryan, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 588 

Publication of Western Balkans 

Stabilization Regulations Web General 

License 5A 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of a web general 

license. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing a general 

license issued pursuant to the Western 

Balkans Stabilization Regulations: GL 

5A, which was previously made 

available on OFAC’s website. 

DATES: GL 5A was issued on November 

6, 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 November 6, 2024, OFAC issued 

GL 5A to authorize certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the Western 

Balkans Stabilization Regulations, 31 

CFR part 588. GL 5A superseded GL 5. 

GL 5A was made available on OFAC’s 


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