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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

44 CFR Part 403

[Docket No. 49421]
RIN 2105-AC04

 

Lifting of Shipping Restrictions to Vietnam

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT, and Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Departments of Commerce and Transportation imposed a 
shipping restriction prohibiting any ships documented under the laws of 
the United States or any aircraft registered under the laws of the 
United States from transporting goods or traveling to Vietnam. On 
February 3, 1994, President Clinton announced the lifting of the ban on 
Vietnam. Pursuant to the President's announcement, the restriction in 
the regulation is being removed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 5:05 p.m. EST, February 3, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher (Kip) Tourtellot, 
Office of General Counsel for International Law, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 
(202) 366-2972. Anne Connaughton, Department of Commerce, Office of the 
Chief Counsel for Export Administration, 14th & Constitution Avenue, 
NW., room 3839, Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-5304.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 44 CFR part 403 currently imposes a shipping 
restriction prohibiting any ships documented under the laws of the 
United States or any aircraft registered under the laws of the United 
States from transporting goods or traveling to North Korea and Vietnam. 
On February 3, 1994, President Clinton signed a memorandum directing 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Treasury, and the Secretary of 
Commerce to lift the embargo against Vietnam.
    Pursuant to the President's memorandum, the Departments of Commerce 
and Transportation are revising their regulations to reflect this 
change in policy, effective at the time of the President's 
announcement. 44 CFR part 403 is being revised to remove all references 
to Vietnam.
    Pursuant to the foreign affairs exception in title 5 U.S.C. 
553(a)(1), this rulemaking is exempt from the Administrative Procedure 
Act.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-
511), there are no requirements for information collection associated 
with this final rule.

National Environmental Policy Act

    DOT has also analyzed this final rule under the National 
Environmental Policy Act and determined that it will not have a 
significant impact on the human environment.

Executive Order 12612 (Federalism)

    Finally, DOT has analyzed this rule in accordance with the 
principles and criteria contained in E.O. 12612, and has determined 
that this rule will not have sufficient federalism implications to 
warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 403

    Shipping restrictions.

PART 403--SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS; NORTH KOREA

    In consideration of the foregoing, 44 CFR Part 403 is amended as 
follows:
    1. The authority citation for part 403 of title 44 continues to 
read as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 704, 64 Stat. 816, as amended; 50 U.S.C. App. 
2154. Interpret or apply sec. 101, 64 Stat. 799, as amended; 50 
U.S.C. App. 2071; E.O. 10480, 18 FR 4939, 3 CFR 1953. Supp.; and 
sec. 4(a) Pub. L. 89-670, 80 Stat. 933; 49 U.S.C. 1653.

    2. Section 403.1 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 403.1  Prohibition of movement of American carriers to North 
Korea.

    No person shall sail, fly, navigate, or otherwise take any ship 
documented under the laws of the United States or any aircraft 
registered under the laws of the United States to North Korea.
    3.Section 403.2 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 403.2  Prohibition on transportation of goods destined for North 
Korea.

    No person shall transport, in any ship documented under the laws of 
the United States, or in any aircraft registered under the laws of the 
United States, to North Korea, any material, commodity, or cargo of any 
kind. No person shall take on board any ship documented under the laws 
of the United States or any aircraft registered under the laws of the 
United States any material, commodity, or cargo of any kind if that 
person knows or has reason to believe that the material, commodity, or 
cargo is destined, directly or indirectly for North Korea. No person 
shall discharge from any ship documented under the laws of the United 
States or from any aircraft registered under the laws of the United 
States, at any place other than the port where the cargo was loaded, or 
within territory under the jurisdiction of the United States any 
material, commodity, or cargo of any kind which that person knows or 
has reason to believe is destined for North Korea.

    Issued in Washington, DC.

    Dated: February 16, 1994.
Iain S. Baird,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Department of 
Commerce.

Patrick V. Murphy,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, 
Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 94-3995 Filed 2-17-94; 12:13 pm]
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