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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 587 

Publication of Russian Harmful 

Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations Web General Licenses 

25B, 36, 37, and 38 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of Web General 

Licenses. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing four 

general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant 

to the Russian Harmful Foreign 

Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 

25B, GL 36, GL 37, and GL 38, each of 

which was previously issued on OFAC’s 

website. 

DATES: GL 25B, GL 36, GL 37, and GL 

38 were each issued on June 2, 2022. 

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 Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: 

www.treas.gov/ofac. 

Background 

On June 2, 2022, OFAC issued GL 

25B, GL 36, GL 37, and GL 38 on its 

website to authorize certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the Russian 

Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. GL 25B 

and GL 38 do not contain expiration 

dates. GL 36 expires at 12:01 a.m. 

eastern daylight time, August 31, 2022. 

GL 37 expires at 12:01 a.m. eastern 

daylight time, July 1, 2022. The texts of 

GLs 25B, 36, 37, and 38 are provided 

below. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations 31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25B 

Authorizing Transactions Related to 

Telecommunications and Certain InternetBased Communications 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of 

this general license, all transactions 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

receipt or transmission of 

telecommunications involving the Russian 

Federation that are prohibited by the Russian 

Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are 

authorized. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of 

this general license, the exportation or 

reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 

indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. 

persons, wherever located, to the Russian 

Federation of services, software, hardware, or 

technology incident to the exchange of 

communications over the internet, such as 

instant messaging, videoconferencing, chat 

and email, social networking, sharing of 

photos, movies, and documents, web 

browsing, blogging, web hosting, and domain 

name registration services, that is prohibited 

by the RuHSR, is authorized. 

(c) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) The opening or maintaining of a 

correspondent account or payable-through 

account for or on behalf of any entity subject 

to Directive 2 under Executive Order (E.O.) 

14024, Prohibitions Related to Correspondent 

or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing 

of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign 

Financial Institutions; 

(2) Any debit to an account on the books 

of a U.S. financial institution of the Central 

Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 

Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or 

the Ministry of Finance of the Russian 

Federation; 

(3) Any transactions prohibited by E.O. 

14066 or E.O. 14068; or 

(4) Any transactions involving Joint Stock 

Company Channel One Russia, Joint Stock 

Company NTV Broadcasting Company, 

Television Station Russia-1, or Limited 

Liability Algoritm, unless separately 

authorized. 

(d) Effective June 2, 2022, General License 

No. 25A, dated May 8, 2022, is replaced and 

superseded in its entirety by this General 

License No. 25B. 

Note to General License No. 25B. Nothing 

in this general license relieves any person 

from compliance with any other Federal laws 

or requirements of other Federal agencies, 

including export, reexport, and transfer (incountry) licensing requirements maintained 

by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of 

Industry and Security under the Export 

Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 

730–774. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Dated: June 2, 2022 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations 31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 36 

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions 

Involving Public Joint Stock Company 

Severstal 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions 

prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 

that are ordinarily incident and necessary to 

the wind down of transactions involving 

Public Joint Stock Company Severstal, or any 

entity in which Public Joint Stock Company 

Severstal owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest are authorized 

through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, 

August 31, 2022, provided that any payment 

to Public Joint Stock Company Severstal or 

any other blocked person must be made into 

a blocked account in accordance with the 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR): 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions 

Related to Correspondent or PayableThrough Accounts and Processing of 

Transactions Involving Certain Foreign 

Financial Institutions; 

(2) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions 

Related to Transactions Involving the Central 

Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 

Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, and 

the Ministry of Finance of the Russian 

Federation; or 

(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited 

by the RuHSR, including transactions 

involving any person blocked pursuant to the 

RuHSR other than the blocked persons 

described in paragraph (a) of this general 

license, unless separately authorized. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Dated: June 2, 2022 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations 31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 37 

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions 

Involving Nord Gold PLC 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions 

prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 

that are ordinarily incident and necessary to 

the wind down of transactions involving 

Nord Gold PLC or any entity in which Nord 

Gold PLC owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest are authorized 

through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 

1, 2022, provided that any payment to Nord 

Gold PLC or any other blocked person must 

be made into a blocked account in 

accordance with the Russian Harmful 

Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 587 (RuHSR). 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions 

Related to Correspondent or PayableThrough Accounts and Processing of 

Transactions Involving Certain Foreign 

Financial Institutions; 


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(2) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions 

Related to Transactions Involving the Central 

Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 

Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, and 

the Ministry of Finance of the Russian 

Federation; or 

(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited 

by the RuHSR, including transactions 

involving any person blocked pursuant to the 

RuHSR other than the blocked persons 

described in paragraph (a) of this general 

license, unless separately authorized. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: June 2, 2022 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations 31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 38 

Authorizing Transactions Related to Pension 

Payments to U.S. Persons 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

processing of pension payments to U.S. 

persons that are prohibited by Executive 

Order (E.O.) 14024 are authorized, provided 

that the only involvement of blocked persons 

is the processing of funds by financial 

institutions blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024. 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) The opening or maintaining of a 

correspondent account or payable-through 

account for or on behalf of any entity 

determined to be subject to the prohibitions 

of Directive 2, Prohibitions Related to 

Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts 

and Processing of Transactions Involving 

Certain Foreign Financial Institutions; 

(2) Any debit to an account on the books 

of a U.S. financial institution of the Central 

Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 

Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or 

the Ministry of Finance of the Russian 

Federation; or 

(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited 

by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 

(RuHSR), including transactions involving 

any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR 

other than the blocked persons described in 

paragraph (a) of this general license, unless 

separately authorized. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: June 2, 2022. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14452 Filed 7–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Parts 100 and 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2022–0374] 

RIN 1625–AA08, 1625–AA00 

Special Local Regulation and Safety 

Zone; Back River, Baltimore County, 

MD 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing temporary regulations for 

certain waters of the Back River. This 

action is necessary to provide for the 

safety of life on these navigable waters 

near Baltimore County, MD, during a 

fireworks display on July 16, 2022. This 

regulation prohibits persons and vessels 

from being in the regulated area and 

safety zone unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port, Maryland-National 

Capital Region or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 8 p.m. 

to 10:30 p.m. on July 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2022– 

0374 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 

column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Mr. Ron Houck, U.S. Coast Guard 

Sector Maryland-National Capital 

Region; telephone 410–576–2674, email 

D05-DG-SectorMD-NCR-MarineEvents@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

COTP Captain of the Port 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

PATCOM Patrol Commander 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

On February 8, 2022, Fantastic 

Fireworks, on behalf of Tiki Lee’s Dock 

Bar, notified the Coast Guard that it will 

be conducting a fireworks display 

between 9 and 10 p.m. on July 16, 2022, 

as a part of the ‘‘Shootout on the River’’ 

event activities. The fireworks are to be 

launched from a barge in the Back River 

located near Tiki Lee’s Dock Bar in 

Sparrows Point, MD. Hazards from 

firework displays include accidental 

discharge of fireworks, dangerous 

projectiles, and falling hot embers or 

other debris. The Captain of the Port, 

Maryland-National Capital Region 

(COTP) has determined that potential 

hazards associated with the fireworks to 

be used in this display would be a safety 

concern for anyone within a 420-foot 

radius of the barge. The Coast Guard 

anticipates a large spectator fleet for 

these events. In response, on May 20, 

2022, the Coast Guard published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

titled ‘‘Special Local Regulation and 

Safety Zone; Back River, Baltimore 

County, MD’’ (87 FR 30846). There, we 

stated why we issued the NPRM, and 

invited comments on our proposed 

regulatory action related to this 

fireworks event. During the comment 

period that ended June 21, 2022, we 

received no comments. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast 

Guard finds that good cause exists for 

making this rule effective less than 30 

days after publication in the Federal 

Register. Due to the date of the event, 

it would be impracticable and contrary 

to the public interest to make the 

regulation effective 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Delaying the effective date of this rule 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest because it would 

delay the safety measures necessary to 

respond to potential safety hazards 

associated with this fireworks event. 

Hazards include explosive materials, 

dangerous projectiles, and falling debris. 

The fireworks fall out zone extends 

across the navigable channel. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under authority in 46 U.S.C. 70034 

(previously 33 U.S.C. 1231) and 46 

U.S.C. 70041. The Captain of the Port, 

Maryland-National Capital Region 

(COTP) has determined that potential 

hazards associated with the fireworks to 

be used in the July 16, 2022, display 

will be a safety concern for anyone 

intending to operate within certain 

waters of Back River in Baltimore 

County, MD, in or near the event area. 

IV. Discussion of Comments, Changes, 

and the Rule 

As noted above, we received no 

comments on our NPRM published May 

20, 2022. There are no changes in the 

regulatory text of this rule from the 

proposed rule in the NPRM. 

This rule establishes a special local 

regulation for the area in the Back River 


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