60-Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2018 / Notices
Upon publication in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela K. Durham, Office of Missile,
Biological, and Chemical
Nonproliferation, Bureau of
International Security and
Nonproliferation, Department of State,
Telephone (202) 647–4930.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Sections 306(a), 307(a), and 307(d) of
the Chemical and Biological Weapons
Control and Warfare Elimination Act of
1991, as amended (22 U.S.C. 5604(a)
and Sec 5605(a)), on February 22, 2018
the Secretary of State determined that
the Government of North Korea has
used chemical weapons in violation of
international law or lethal chemical
weapons against its own nationals. As a
result, the following sanctions are
hereby imposed:
1. Foreign Assistance: Termination of
assistance to North Korea under the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except
for urgent humanitarian assistance and
food or other agricultural commodities
or products.
2. Arms Sales: Termination of (a) sales
to North Korea under the Arms Export
Control Act of any defense articles,
defense services, or design and
construction services, and (b) licenses
for the export to North Korea of any
item on the United States Munitions
List.
3. Arms Sales Financing: Termination
of all foreign military financing for
North Korea under the Arms Export
Control Act.
4. Denial of United States Government
Credit or Other Financial Assistance:
Denial to North Korea of any credit,
credit guarantees, or other financial
assistance by any department, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States
Government, including the ExportImport Bank of the United States.
5. Exports of National SecuritySensitive Goods and Technology:
Prohibition on the export to North Korea
of any goods or technology on that part
of the control list established under
section 2404(c)(1) of the Appendix to
Title 50.
These measures shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies of the United States
Government and will remain in place
for at least one year and until further
notice.

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Christopher A. Ford,
Assistant Secretary of State for International
Security and Nonproliferation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0029]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Quarterly Readiness of
Strategic Seaport Facilities Reporting
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The information to be
collected will be used by MARAD and
Department of Defense (DoD) personnel
to evaluate strategic commercial seaport
readiness to meet contingency military
deployment needs and make plans for
the use of this capability to meet
national emergency requirements. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by Docket No. DOT–
MARAD–2018–0029] through one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Search using the
above DOT docket number and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the Department’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nuns Jain, (757) 322–5801, Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 7737 Hampton
Boulevard, Building 19, Suite 300,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quarterly Readiness of Strategic
Seaport Facilities Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0548.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(Pub. L. 111–67), E.O. 13603, E.O. 12656
and 46 CFR part 340, MARAD works
with the DoD to ensure national defense
preparedness. Accordingly, MARAD
issues Port Planning Orders (PPOs) to
Department of Defense-designated
Strategic Commercial Seaports in order
to provide the Department of Defense
(DoD) port facilities in support of
military deployments during national
emergencies. The collection of quarterly
information is necessary to validate the
port’s ability to provide the PPO
delineated facilities to the DoD within
the PPO delineated time frame.
Quarterly reports will seek
information related to berthing
capability, staging and general
availability of the port by readiness
hours.
Respondents: Strategic Commercial
Seaports who have been designated by
the Commander, Military Surface
Deployment and Distribution Command
(SDDC) and who have been issued a
PPO by MARAD.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16.
Estimated Number of Responses: 4.
Estimated Hours per Response: 1
hour.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 64.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.93.) * * *
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: February 27, 2018.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0028]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
LOLAL OCEAN EXPLORER; Invitation
for Public Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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