[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 76932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27234]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 594


Publication of Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations Web General 
License 21

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of web general licenses.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing a general license (GL) issued pursuant to 
the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations: GL 21, which was previously 
made available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL 21 was issued on November 15, 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 November 15, 2022, OFAC issued GL 21 to authorize certain 
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions 
Regulations, 31 CFR part 594. At the time of issuance, OFAC made GL 21 
available on its website (www.treas.gov/ofac). GL 21 has an expiration 
date of December 15, 2022. The text of this GL is provided below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 594

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 21

Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions Involving 
Certain Vessels

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions that are ordinarily incident and necessary to one 
of the following activities involving the persons or vessels 
described in paragraph (b) of this general license that are 
prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 
part 594 (GTSR), are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard 
time, December 15, 2022, provided that any payment to a blocked 
person must be made into a blocked account in accordance with the 
GTSR:
    (1) The safe docking and anchoring of any of the blocked vessels 
listed in paragraph (b) of this general license (``blocked 
vessels'') in port;
    (2) The preservation of the health or safety of the crew of any 
of the blocked vessels; and
    (3) Emergency repairs of any of the blocked vessels or 
environmental mitigation or protection activities relating to any of 
the blocked vessels.
    (b) The authorization in paragraph (a) of this general license 
applies to the following blocked persons and vessels listed on the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals 
and Blocked Persons List and any entity in which any of the 
following persons own, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or 
greater interest:

 Artemov, Victor Sergioyovich
    [cir] BOCEANICA, IMO 9267132
    [cir] ZEPHYR I (f.k.a. ZHEN I), IMO 9255880
 Azul Vista Shipping Corp.
    [cir] JULIA A (f.k.a. AZUL), IMO 9236353
 Blue Berri Shipping Inc.
    [cir] RAIN DROP, IMO 9233208
 Harbour Ship Management Limited
    [cir] B LUMINOSA, IMO 9256016
    [cir] BLUEFINS, IMO 9221657
    [cir] BUENO, IMO 9282443
 Pontus Navigation Corp.
    [cir] NOLAN (f.k.a. OSLO), IMO 9179701
 Technology Bright International Ltd.
    [cir] YOUNG YONG, IMO 9194127
 Triton Navigation Corp.
    [cir] ADISA, IMO 9304667
 Vista Clara Shipping Corp.
    [cir] LARA I (f.k.a. CLARA), IMO 9231767

    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The entry into any new commercial contracts involving the 
property or interests in property of any of the blocked persons or 
vessels described in paragraph (b) of this general license, except 
as authorized by paragraph (a);
    (2) The offloading of any cargo onboard any of the blocked 
vessels; or
    (3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the GTSR, including 
transactions involving the property or interests in property of any 
person blocked pursuant to the GTSR, other than the blocked persons 
described in paragraph (b) of this general license, unless 
separately authorized.

Andrea M. Gacki,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: November 15, 2022.

Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2022-27234 Filed 12-15-22; 8:45 am]
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