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the vehicle. The powertrain will 

function only if the key code matches 

the unique identification key code 

previously programmed into the ECU or 

HFM. If the codes do not match, the 

powertrain engine/motor will be 

disabled. 

Mitsubishi stated that its immobilizer 

system is further enhanced by several 

features that make it impossible to 

defeat, including encrypted 

communication between the 

transponder and the ECU (HFM). There 

are millions of different possible key 

codes for the new OSS 3 system making 

a successful key code duplication nearly 

impossible. Mitsubishi stated that the 

immobilizer device and the ECU or 

HFM share security data when first 

installed during vehicle assembly, 

making them a matched set. These 

matched modules will not function if 

taken out and reinstalled separately on 

other vehicles. Mitsubishi also stated 

that the device is extremely reliable and 

durable because there are no moving 

parts, the key does not require a 

separate battery and it is impossible to 

mechanically override the device and 

start the vehicle. 

Mitsubishi stated that the Mitsubishi 

Outlander has been equipped with the 

immobilizer device since MY 2007. 

Mitsubishi also stated that the Eclipse, 

Galant, Endeavor, Lancer, Outlander 

Sport, I-MiEv, Mirage, and the Eclipse 

Cross vehicle lines have been equipped 

with a similar type of immobilizer 

device since January 2000, January 

2004, April 2004, March 2007, 

September 2010, October 2011, July 

2013 and December 2017 respectively, 

and they have all been granted partsmarking exemptions by the agency. 

Mitsubishi further stated that its Eclipse 

vehicle line has been equipped with a 

similar device since introduction of its 

MY 2000 vehicles. Mitsubishi further 

stated that the theft rate for the MY 2000 

Eclipse decreased by almost 42% when 

compared with that of its MY 1999 

Mitsubishi Eclipse (unequipped with an 

immobilizer device). 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 33106 and 49 

CFR 543.8(b), the agency grants a 

petition for exemption from the partsmarking requirements of part 541, either 

in whole or in part, if it determines that, 

based upon substantial evidence, the 

standard equipment antitheft device is 

likely to be as effective in reducing and 

deterring motor vehicle theft as 

compliance with the parts-marking 

requirements of part 541. In this case, 

Mitsubishi’s petition is granted under 

49 U.S.C. 33106(d) and 49 CFR 543.8(c), 

which state that if the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA, by delegation) 

does not make a decision about a 

petition within 120 days of the petition 

submission, the petition shall be 

deemed to be approved and the 

manufacturer shall be exempt from the 

standard for the line covered by the 

petition for the subsequent model year. 

Separately, the agency finds that 

Mitsubishi has provided adequate 

reasons for its belief that the antitheft 

device for its vehicle line is likely to be 

as effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

theft prevention standard. This 

conclusion is based on the information 

Mitsubishi provided about its antitheft 

device. NHTSA believes, based on the 

supporting evidence submitted by 

Mitsubishi and other information 

NHTSA has received about the 

effectiveness of antitheft devices, that 

the antitheft device for the confidential 

variant of the Outlander vehicle line is 

likely to be as effective in reducing and 

deterring motor vehicle theft as 

compliance with the parts-marking 

requirements of the theft prevention 

standard. 

The agency concludes that 

Mitsubishi’s antitheft device will 

continue to provide the five types of 

performance listed in § 543.6(a)(3): 

Promoting activation; attracting 

attention to the efforts of unauthorized 

persons to enter or operate a vehicle by 

means other than a key; preventing 

defeat or circumvention of the device by 

unauthorized persons; preventing 

operation of the vehicle by 

unauthorized entrants; and ensuring the 

reliability and durability of the device. 

The agency notes that 49 CFR part 

541, Appendix A–1, identifies those 

lines that are exempted from the theft 

prevention standard for a given model 

year. 49 CFR 543.8(f) contains 

publication requirements incident to the 

disposition of all part 543 petitions. 

Advanced listing, including the release 

of future product nameplates, the 

beginning model year for which the 

petition is granted and a general 

description of the antitheft device is 

necessary in order to notify law 

enforcement agencies of new vehicle 

lines exempted from the parts-marking 

requirements of the theft prevention 

standard. 

If Mitsubishi decides not to use the 

exemption for this line, it must formally 

notify the agency. If such a decision is 

made, the line must be fully marked as 

required by 49 CFR parts 541.5 and 

541.6 (marking of major component 

parts and replacement parts). 

NHTSA notes that if Mitsubishi 

wishes in the future to modify the 

device on which this exemption is 

based, the company may have to submit 

a petition to modify the exemption. 

Section 543.8(d) states that a part 543 

exemption applies only to vehicles that 

belong to a line exempted under this 

part and equipped with the antitheft 

device on which the line’s exemption is 

based. Further, section 543.10(c)(2) 

provides for the submission of petitions 

‘‘to modify an exemption to permit the 

use of an antitheft device similar to but 

differing from the one specified in the 

exemption.’’ 

The agency wishes to minimize the 

administrative burden that section 

543.10(c)(2) could place on exempted 

vehicle manufacturers and itself. The 

agency did not intend in drafting part 

543 to require the submission of a 

modification petition for every change 

to the components or design of an 

antitheft device. The significance of 

many such changes could be de 

minimis. Therefore, NHTSA suggests 

that if Mitsubishi contemplates making 

any changes, the effects of which might 

be characterized as de minimis, it 

should consult the agency before 

preparing and submitting a petition to 

modify. 

For the foregoing reasons, the agency 

hereby announces a grant in full 

Mitsubishi’s petition to modify the 

exemption for the confidential variant of 

the Outlander vehicle line, beginning 

with its MY 2023 vehicles. NHTSA has 

determined that the modified device is 

likely to be as effective in reducing and 

deterring motor vehicle theft as 

compliance with the parts-marking 

requirements of 49 CFR part 541. 

Jane Doherty, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Rulemaking. 

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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 name 

of one person that has 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 

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persons are generally prohibited from 

engaging in transactions with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for effective date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; 

or the Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On August 23, 2021, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following person are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authority listed below. 

Individual 

1. WOLDEYOHANNES, Filipos (a.k.a. 

WELDEYOHANES, Philipos; a.k.a. 

WELDEYOHANNES, Filipos; a.k.a. 

WELDEYOHANNES, Fillipos; a.k.a. 

WELDEYOHANNES, Philipos; a.k.a. 

WOLDEYOHANES, Filipos; a.k.a. 

WOLDEYOHANES, Phillipos; a.k.a. 

WOLDEYOHANNES, Philipos), Shire, 

Tigray, Ethiopia; Eritrea; DOB 1955; POB 

Ts’elot, Asmara, Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; 

Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG]. 

Designated pursuant to section 

1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order 13818 of 

December 20, 2017, ‘‘Blocking the Property of 

Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights 

Abuse or Corruption,’’ 82 FR 60839, 3 CFR, 

2018 Comp., p. 399, (E.O. 13818) for being a 

foreign person who is or has been a leader 

or official of an entity, including any 

government entity, that has engaged in, or 

whose members have engaged in, serious 

human rights abuse relating to the leader’s or 

official’s tenure. 

Dated: August 23, 2021. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

[Docket Number OFAC–2021–0003] 

Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures 

for Exportation of Agricultural 

Commodities, Medicine, and Medical 

Devices to Sudan and Iran; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is soliciting comments 

on the effectiveness of OFAC’s licensing 

procedures for the exportation of 

agricultural commodities, medicine, and 

medical devices to Sudan and Iran for 

the time period between October 1, 

2016, to September 30, 2018. Pursuant 

to the Trade Sanctions Reform and 

Export Enhancement Act of 2000, OFAC 

is required to submit a biennial report 

to the Congress on the operation of 

licensing procedures for such exports. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 1, 2021, 

to be assured of consideration for the 

report. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: OFACreport@treasury.gov with 

Attn: Request for Comments (TSRA). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and refer 

to Docket number OFAC–2021–0003. 

All comments, including attachments 

and other supporting materials, will 

become part of the public record and 

subject to public disclosure. Sensitive 

personal information, such as account 

numbers or Social Security numbers, 

should not be included. Comments 

generally will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

about these licensing procedures should 

be directed to the Assistant Director for 

Licensing, 202–622–2480. Additional 

information about these licensing 

procedures is also available at 

www.treasury.gov/tsra. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

current procedures used by OFAC 

pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform 

and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 

(Title IX of Pub. L. 106–387, 22 U.S.C. 

7201 et seq.) (the ‘‘Act’’) for authorizing 

the export and reexport of agricultural 

commodities, medicine, and medical 

devices to Iran are set forth in 31 CFR 

560.530, 560.532, and 560.533. Between 

October 22, 2012, and December 23, 

2016, OFAC issued a series of general 

licenses and published amendments to 

the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 560, to expand 

the scope of these authorizations and to 

issue new or expanded authorizations, 

including authorizations related to 

training, replacement parts, software, 

and services for the operation, 

maintenance, and repair of medical 

devices, and items that are broken or 

connected to product recalls or other 

safety concerns to Iran. See 31 CFR 

560.530(a)(2) through (6). Accordingly, 

specific licenses are no longer required 

for these exports and related activities. 

Effective October 12, 2017, sections 1 

and 2 of Executive Order (E.O.) 13067 

of November 3, 1997, ‘‘Blocking 

Sudanese Government Property and 

Prohibiting Transactions With Sudan’’ 

(62 FR 59989, November 5, 1997), and 

E.O. 13412 of October 13, 2006, 

‘‘Blocking Property of and Prohibiting 

Transactions With the Government of 

Sudan’’ (71 FR 61369, October 17, 

2006), were revoked, pursuant to E.O. 

13761 of January 13, 2017, ‘‘Recognizing 

Positive Actions by the Government of 

Sudan and Providing for the Revocation 

of Certain Sudan-Related Sanctions’’ (82 

FR 5331, January 18, 2017), as amended 

by E.O. 13804 of July 11, 2017, 

‘‘Allowing Additional Time for 

Recognizing Positive Actions by the 

Government of Sudan and Amending 

Executive Order 13761’’ (82 FR 32611, 

July 14, 2017). As a result of the 

revocation of these sanctions provisions, 

U.S. persons are no longer prohibited 

from engaging in transactions that were 

previously prohibited under these 

provisions, and the Sudanese Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 538, were 

revoked (83 FR 30539, June 29, 2018). 

However, pursuant to the Act, an OFAC 

license was required for exports and 

reexports to the Government of Sudan 

or any other entity in Sudan of 

agricultural commodities, medicine, and 

medical devices prior to the Secretary of 

State’s December 14, 2020, recission of 

the designation of Sudan as a State 

Sponsor of Terrorism (85 FR 82565, 

December 18, 2020). 

Under the provisions of section 906(c) 

of the Act, OFAC must submit a 

biennial report to the Congress on the 

operation, during the preceding twoyear period, of the licensing procedures 

required by section 906 of the Act for 

the export of agricultural commodities, 

medicine, and medical devices to Sudan 

and Iran. This report is to include: 

(1) The number and types of licenses 

applied for; 


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