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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

25 CFR Part 170 

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RIN 1076–AF38 

Tribal Transportation Program; Delay 

of Compliance Date 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Interim final rule. 

SUMMARY: This interim final rule 

updates the Tribal Transportation 

Program regulations published in 2016 

to delay the deadline for Tribes to 

comply with requirements to collect 

data on proposed roads for the National 

Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory 

(NTTFI). 

DATES: This rule is effective October 31, 

2017. Submit comments by November 

30, 2017. Compliance with § 170.443 for 

proposed roads currently in the NTTFI 

to remain in the inventory is required by 

November 7, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either: (1) Federal rulemaking portal 

www.regulations.gov (the rule is listed 

under the agency name ‘‘Bureau of 

Indian Affairs’’); or (2) Mail, Hand 

Delivery, or Courier to: Ms. Elizabeth 

Appel, Office of Regulatory Affairs & 

Collaborative Action, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail 

Stop 4660, Washington, DC 20240. We 

cannot ensure that comments received 

after the close of the comment period 

(see DATES) will be included in the 

docket for this rulemaking and 

considered. Comments sent to an 

address other than those listed above 

will not be included in the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

LeRoy Gishi, Division of Transportation, 

Office of Indian Services, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, (202) 513–7711, 

leroy.gishi@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Rule 

Regulations governing the Tribal 

Transportation Program published last 

year. See 81 FR 78456 (November 7, 

2016). The regulations became effective 

on December 7, 2016, except for 

§ 170.443, which required Tribes’ 

compliance one year later: on November 

7, 2017. Section 170.443 requires Tribes 

to collect data for proposed roads to be 

added to, or remain in, the NTTFI. This 

interim final rule affects only § 170.443. 

The rule delays the current November 7, 

2017, deadline for compliance with that 

section to November 7, 2019. This delay 

will allow the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

time to reexamine the need for this data 

collected in the NTTFI and consult with 

Tribes on whether revision or deletion 

of the data collection requirements in 

§ 170.443 is appropriate. The Bureau of 

Indian Affairs finds that there is good 

cause to place this rule into immediate 

effect before receiving public comment 

and without a 30-day waiting period 

because the delay in the compliance 

deadline is expected to be 

uncontroversial with both the impacted 

Tribes and the public, and placing into 

immediate effect will eliminate 

potentially needless expenditure of 

resources by Tribes. 

II. Procedural Requirements 

A. Regulatory Planning and Review 

(E.O. 12866 and 13563) 

Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 provides 

that the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) will 

review all significant rules. OIRA has 

determined that this rule is not 

significant. 

E.O. 13563 reaffirms the principles of 

E.O. 12866 while calling for 

improvements in the nation’s regulatory 

system to promote predictability, to 

reduce uncertainty, and to use the best, 

most innovative, and least burdensome 

tools for achieving regulatory ends. The 

E.O. directs agencies to consider 

regulatory approaches that reduce 

burdens and maintain flexibility and 

freedom of choice for the public where 

these approaches are relevant, feasible, 

and consistent with regulatory 

objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes 

further that regulations must be based 

on the best available science and that 

the rulemaking process must allow for 

public participation and an open 

exchange of ideas. We have developed 

this rule in a manner consistent with 

these requirements. 

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This rule will not have a significant 

economic effect on a substantial number 

of small entities under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

because Tribes are not small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

C. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This rule is not a major rule under 5 

U.S.C. 804(2), the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. 

This rule: 

(a) Does not have an annual effect on 

the economy of $100 million or more 

because this rule affects only surface 

transportation for Tribes. 

(b) Will not cause a major increase in 

costs or prices for consumers, 

individual industries, Federal, State, or 

local government agencies, or 

geographic regions because it does not 

affect costs or prices. 

(c) Does not have significant adverse 

effects on competition, employment, 

investment, productivity, innovation, or 

the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to 

compete with foreign-based enterprises 

because the rule addresses Tribal 

surface transportation within the United 

States. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

This rule does not impose an 

unfunded mandate on State, local, or 

Tribal governments or the private sector 

of more than $100 million per year. The 

rule does not have a significant or 

unique effect on State, local, or Tribal 

governments or the private sector. A 

statement containing the information 

required by the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is not 

required. 

E. Takings (E.O. 12630) 

This rule does not affect a taking of 

private property or otherwise have 

taking implications under E.O. 12360. A 

takings implication assessment is not 

required. 

F. Federalism (E.O. 13132) 

Under the criteria in section 1 of E.O. 

13132, this rule does not have sufficient 

Federalism implications to warrant the 

preparation of a summary impact 

statement, because the rule primarily 

addresses the relationship between the 

Federal Government and Tribes. A 

Federalism summary impact statement 

is not required. 

G. Civil Justice Reform (E.O. 12988) 

This rule complies with the 

requirements of E.O. 12988. 

Specifically, this rule: 

(a) Meets the criteria of section 3(a) 

requiring that all regulations be 

reviewed to eliminate errors and 

ambiguity and written to minimize 

litigation; and 

(b) Meets the criteria of section 3(b)(2) 

requiring that all regulations be written 

in clear language and contain clear legal 

standards. 

H. Consultation With Indian Tribes 

(E.O. 13175 and Departmental policy) 

The Department of the Interior strives 

to strengthen its government-togovernment regulations with Indian 

Tribes through a commitment to 

consultation with Indian Tribes and 

recognition of their right to selfgovernance and Tribal sovereignty. We 


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have evaluated this rule under the 

Department’s consultation policy and 

have identified substantial direct effects 

on federally recognized Indian Tribes 

that will result from this rule. This rule 

will relieve a regulatory burden from 

Tribes and allow time for consultation 

on an appropriate replacement or 

deletion of regulatory requirements. 

I. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule contains information 

collection requirements, and the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved the information collections 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) under OMB Control Number 

1076–0161, which expires December 31, 

2019. Please note that an agency may 

not sponsor or request, and an 

individual need not respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a valid OMB Control Number. 

J. National Environmental Policy Act 

This rulemaking does not constitute a 

major Federal action significantly 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment because it is of an 

administrative, technical, and 

procedural nature. It is therefore subject 

to categorical exclusion, see 43 CFR 

46.210(i), and no extraordinary 

circumstances exist, see 43 CFR 46.215. 

K. Effects on the Energy Supply (E.O. 

13211) 

This rulemaking is not a significant 

energy action under the definition in 

E.O. 13211. A Statement of Energy 

Effects is not required. 

L. Clarity of This Regulation 

We are required by Executive Orders 

12866 (section 1(b)(12)), and 12988 

(section 3(b)(1)(B)), and 13563 (section 

1(a)), and by the Presidential 

Memorandum of June 1, 1998, to write 

all rules in plain language. This means 

that each rule we publish must: 

(a) Be logically organized; 

(b) Use the active voice to address 

readers directly; 

(c) Use common, everyday words and 

clear language rather than jargon; 

(d) Be divided into short sections and 

sentences; and 

(e) Use lists and tables wherever 

possible. 

If you feel that we have not met these 

requirements, send us comments by one 

of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES

section. To better help us revise the 

rule, your comments should be as 

specific as possible. For example, you 

should tell us the numbers of the 

sections or paragraphs that you find 

unclear, which sections or sentences are 

too long, the sections where you think 

lists or tables would be useful, etc. 

M. E.O. 13771: Reducing Regulation and 

Controlling Regulatory Costs 

This rule is not an E.O. 13771 

regulatory action because this rule is not 

significant under E.O. 12866. 

List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 170 

Highways and roads, Indians—lands. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

amends part 170 in Title 25 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 170—TRIBAL TRANSPORATION 

PROGRAM 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 170 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Pub. L. 112–141, Pub. L. 114– 

94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 

2, 9. 

■ 2. In § 170.443, revise paragraph (b) to 

read as follows: 

§ 170.443 What is required to successfully 

include a proposed transportation facility in 

the NTTFI? 

* * * * * 

(b) For those proposed roads that 

currently exist in the NTTFI, the 

requirements identified above as 

paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(8) of this 

section, must be completed and 

submitted for approval to BIA and 

FHWA by November 7, 2019, in order 

to remain on the inventory. 

Dated: October 6, 2017. 

John Tahsuda, 

Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23663 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 594 

Global Terrorism Sanctions 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is amending the Global 

Terrorism Sanctions Regulations 

pursuant to a provision of the 

Countering America’s Adversaries 

Through Sanctions Act of 2017. This 

provision requires the imposition of 

certain terrorism-related sanctions with 

respect to foreign persons that are 

officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran’s 

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

DATES: Effective: October 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control: Assistant 

Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622– 

2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory 

Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855, Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance & 

Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; or the 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets 

Control), Office of the General Counsel, 

tel.: 202–622–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Background 

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the 

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 

31 CFR part 594 (the ‘‘Regulations’’) (68 

FR 34196, June 6, 2003), to implement 

Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 

2001 (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001) 

(E.O. 13224). OFAC has amended the 

Regulations on several occasions. 

Today, OFAC is amending the 

Regulations pursuant to section 105 of 

the Countering America’s Adversaries 

Through Sanctions Act of 2017, Public 

Law 115–44, Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 886 

(22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) (CAATSA). 

CAATSA. The President signed 

CAATSA into law on August 2, 2017. 

Section 105 of CAATSA requires the 

President to impose the sanctions 

applicable with respect to a foreign 

person pursuant to E.O. 13224 on Iran’s 

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 

(IRGC) and foreign persons that are 

officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 

Such sanctions must be imposed 

beginning on the date that is 90 days 

after enactment of CAATSA, which is 

October 31, 2017. Section 111(b) of 

CAATSA provides that the President 

may exercise all authorities provided 

under sections 203 and 205 of the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

to carry out the purposes of CAATSA. 

Pursuant to Presidential 

Memorandum of October 11, 2017: 

Delegation of Certain Functions and 

Authorities under the Countering 

America’s Adversaries Through 

Sanctions Act of 2017, the President 

delegated to the Secretary of State and 

the Secretary of the Treasury the 

functions and authorities vested in the 

President by section 105(b) of CAATSA 


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