4002 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 15, 2025 / Notices 

7https://www.fcc.gov/laboratory-division/ 

equipment-authorization-approval-guide/ 

equipment-authorization-system#step2. 

8https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/rfdevice. 

9 2024–002—Worldwide-Foreign Adversarial 

Technological, Physical, and Cyber Influence 

https://www.maritime.dot.gov/msci/2024-002- 

worldwide-foreign-adversarial-technologicalphysical-and-cyber-influence. 

10The proposed waiver under section 70914(b)(1) 

of BABA excludes projects in the Freely Associated 

States because the requirements under section 

70914(a) are applicable only to infrastructure 

projects ‘‘in the United States’’ and, therefore, the 

BABA requirements to not apply to projects in the 

Freely Associated States. However, airports located 

in the Freely Associated States are eligible 

recipients under FAA’s Airport Improvement 

Program, and the Buy American requirements 

specific to that program would thus also apply to 

the Freely Associated States. 

encompasses any equipment that can be 

used in a fixed or mobile broadband 

network to enable users to originate and 

receive high quality voice, data, 

graphics, and video telecommunications 

using technology with connection 

speeds of at least 200 kbps in either 

direction.7

D Broadcasting equipment, including 

radio frequency devices contained in 

electronic-electrical products that are 

capable of emitting radio frequency 

energy by radiation, conduction, or 

other means. These products have the 

potential to cause interference to radio 

services operating in the radio 

frequency range of 9 kHz to 3000 GHz.8

Æ Broadband equipment (e.g., fiber/ 

coax cable, conduit, pedestals, 

handholes, tower structures, and other 

physical components used to connect to 

telecommunication equipment). 

• Grid-connected utility-scale energy 

generation and stationary storage 

(>5MW). 

• Cargo handling equipment, 

including cranes, that are manufactured 

by or contain any networks, operating 

systems, or software identified in U.S. 

Maritime Advisory 2024–0026 or 

successor advisories.9

While these items are excluded from 

this general waiver, DOT recognizes that 

purchases of these items from nondomestic sources as part of a federallyassisted project may be warranted in 

certain circumstances. For those 

individual projects, DOT and its OAs 

will consider requests for potential 

waivers of BABA or other Buy America 

requirements on a case-by-case basis, 

with special attention to any strategic 

security issues that may be associated 

with those purchases. 

Separately, DOT also notes that the 

waiver does not waive the requirements 

of 49 U.S.C. 50101(d) or 49 U.S.C. 

5323(u), or any other requirements for 

federal financial assistance. Because 

many DOT-administered financial 

assistance programs are also subject to 

program-specific domestic preference 

requirements, the waiver would also 

apply to those requirements. 

Specifically, the waiver would also be 

an exercise of DOT’s authority to issue 

public interest waivers under 23 U.S.C. 

313(b)(1), 49 U.S.C. 5323(j), 46 U.S.C. 

54101(d)(2)(B)(i)(I), 49 U.S.C. 

50101(b)(1), and 41 U.S.C. chapter 83. 

Under those DOT authorities, the waiver 

also applies to projects in the Freely 

Associated States (the Republic of 

Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 

and Federated States of Micronesia).10

The duration of the waiver will be for 

five years, from its effective date of 

January 10, 2025, until January 9, 2030. 

The Department will periodically 

review this waiver to assess whether it 

remains necessary to the fulfillment of 

DOT’s missions and goals and 

consistent with applicable legal 

authorities, such as the IIJA, Executive 

Order 14005, and OMB M–24–02. The 

Department may, based on the results of 

that review, terminate the waiver, or 

take action to develop a new waiver in 

consultation with the MIAO. 

This action is a new public interest 

waiver being issued on the basis of the 

unique circumstances and ongoing 

challenges faced by the Pacific Island 

territories and Freely Associated States 

due to their remote location. 

Accordingly, effective with the issuance 

of the new waiver on January 10, 2025, 

DOT is also terminating the existing 

temporary general applicability waiver 

for the Pacific Island Territories, which 

DOT issued on April 29, 2024, to 

provide time to collect and analyze 

evidence to determine if a more targeted 

waiver of these requirements would be 

in the public interest. 

Under OMB Memorandum M–24–02, 

agencies are expected to assess 

‘‘whether a significant portion of any 

cost advantage of a foreign-sourced 

product is the result of the use of 

dumped steel, iron, or manufactured 

products or the use of injuriously 

subsidized steel, iron, or manufactured 

products’’ as appropriate before granting 

a public interest waiver. DOT’s analysis 

has not found that the cost 

considerations driving this public 

interest waiver are due to the use of 

dumped steel, iron, or manufactured 

products or of injuriously subsidized 

steel, iron, or manufactured products 

but rather to the increased costs of 

shipping domestic items from the 

mainland U.S. 

Pursuant to Section 117 of the 

SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections 

Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 

1572), if FHWA makes a finding that a 

waiver is appropriate under 23 U.S.C. 

313(b), FHWA will also invite public 

comment on this finding for an 

additional five days following the date 

of publication of the finding. Comments 

received during that period will be 

reviewed, but the finding will continue 

to remain valid. Those comments may 

influence DOT/FHWA’s decision to 

terminate or modify a finding. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 8, 

2025. 

Polly E. Trottenberg, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00713 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of one or more persons that have been 

placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons List 

(SDN List) based on OFAC’s 

determination that one or more 

applicable legal criteria were satisfied. 

All property and interests in property 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these 

persons are blocked, and U.S. persons 

are generally prohibited from engaging 

in transactions with them. 

DATES: This action was issued on 

January 10, 2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for relevant dates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Associate Director for Global 

Targeting, 202–622–2420; Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance, 202– 

622–2490 or https://ofac.treasury.gov/ 

contact-ofac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website: https://ofac.treasury.gov. 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On January 10, 2025, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following persons are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authorities listed below. 


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Individuals 

1. VELASQUEZ ARAGUAYAN, Ramon 

Celestino, Venezuela; DOB 31 Aug 1971; POB 

Guanaguana, Venezuela; nationality 

Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. V– 

11448109 (Venezuela) (individual) 

[VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, 

‘‘Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of 

Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation 

in Venezuela,’’ 80 FR 12747, 3 CFR, 2015 

Comp., p. 276 (March 11, 2015) (E.O. 13692), 

as amended by Executive Order 13857 of 

January 25, 2019, ‘‘Taking Additional Steps 

To Address the National Emergency With 

Respect to Venezuela,’’ 84 FR 509, 3 CFR, 

2019 Comp., p. 251 (January 30, 2019) (E.O. 

13857), for being a current or former official 

of the Government of Venezuela. 

2. OSORIO GUZMAN, Felix Ramon, 

Venezuela; DOB 05 Oct 1969; POB Maracay, 

Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; Gender 

Male; Cedula No. V–9657088 (Venezuela) 

(individual) [VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

3. FERRER SANDREA, Danny Ramon 

(a.k.a. SANDREA FERRER, Danny Ramon), 

Venezuela; DOB 23 Sep 1969; POB Caracas, 

Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; Gender 

Male; Cedula No. V–10509178 (individual) 

[VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

4. OBREGON PEREZ, Hector Andres, 

Venezuela; DOB 29 Aug 1983; POB 

Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; Gender 

Male; Cedula No. V–17123100 (Venezuela) 

(individual) [VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

5. RICO GONZALEZ, Douglas Arnoldo, 

Caracas, Venezuela; DOB 15 Jul 1965; alt. 

DOB 28 Sep 1969; POB Caracas, Venezuela; 

nationality Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula 

No. V–6864238 (Venezuela) (individual) 

[VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

6. SALAZAR BELLO, Jhonny Rafael, 

Caracas, Venezuela; DOB 13 Nov 1970; POB 

Carupano, Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; 

Gender Male; Cedula No. V–10882214 

(Venezuela); Passport 077530031 (Venezuela) 

expires 19 Sep 2018 (individual) 

[VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

7. CASTILLO RENGIFO, Manuel Enrique, 

Venezuela; DOB 24 Nov 1969; POB Bolivar, 

Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; Gender 

Male; Cedula No. V–10049604 (Venezuela) 

(individual) [VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

8. FIGUERA VALDEZ, Jose Ramon, 

Caracas, Venezuela; DOB 13 Oct 1974; POB 

Maturin, Venezuela; nationality Venezuela; 

Gender Male; Cedula No. V–11344561 

(Venezuela) (individual) [VENEZUELA]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of 

E.O. 13692, as amended by E.O. 13857, for 

being a current or former official of the 

Government of Venezuela. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00762 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0208] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: ArchitectEngineer Fee Proposal and Contractor 

Production Report 

AGENCY: Procurement Policy and 

Warrant Management Service (PPS), 

Office of Procurement Policy, Systems 

and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and 

Logistics, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Procurement Policy and Warrant 

Management Service, Office of 

Procurement Policy, Systems and 

Oversight, Office of Acquisition and 

Logistics, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden, and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

February 14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, please type the 

following link into your browser: 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0208.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202– 

461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: VA Form 6298, ArchitectEngineer Fee Proposal, and VA Form 

10101, Contractor Production Report. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0208 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 6298, ArchitectEngineer Fee Proposal—the use of this 

form is mandatory for obtaining the 

proposal and supporting cost or pricing 

data from the contractor and its 

subcontractor(s) for all architectengineer (A–E) contracts and orders for 

design services when the total contract 

value is estimated to be $50,000 or 

more. It is also used in obtaining 

proposals and supporting cost or pricing 

data for architect engineer services for 

research study, seismic study, master 

planning study, construction 

management, and other related services 

contracts. VA Form 10101, Contractor 

Production Report—is used by VA 

Resident Engineers to monitor 

contractors’ work and verify the work 

progress reported before payment can be 

made. The requirement for this 

information is contained in VA 

Acquisition Regulation Clause 852.236– 

79. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 

89FR87459, November 1, 2024. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 11,810 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 264 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

644. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00694 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

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