[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76665-76666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23918]


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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 License 73

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of a Web General License.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant 
to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 73, 
which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL 73 was issued on October 12, 2023. 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 Compliance, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov.

Background

    On October 12, 2023, OFAC issued GL 73 to authorize certain 
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign 
Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. GL 73 was made 
available on OFAC's website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was 
issued. The text of this GL is provided below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 73

Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions Involving 
Certain Persons or Vessels

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are 
ordinarily incident and necessary to one of the following activities 
involving the blocked persons or vessels described in paragraph (b) are 
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, January 8, 2024, 
provided that any payment to a blocked person must be made into a 
blocked account in accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign 
Activities Sanctions Regulations (RuHSR):
    (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; or
    (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, individually or in the aggregate, 
a 50 percent or greater interest:
    (1) Ice Pearl Navigation Corp (registered owner of YASA GOLDEN
    BOSPHORUS, IMO 9334038); or

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    (2) Lumber Marine SA (registered owner of SCF PRIMORYE, IMO 
9421960).
    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The entry into any new commercial contracts involving the 
property or interests in property of any blocked persons, including the 
blocked entities and 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, 
including the offloading of crude oil or petroleum products of Russian 
Federation origin, except for the offloading of cargo that is 
ordinarily incident and necessary to address vessel emergencies 
authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of this general license;
    (3) Any transactions related to the sale of crude oil or petroleum 
products of Russian Federation origin;
    (4) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, 
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and 
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial 
Institutions;
    (5) 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
    (6) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including 
transactions involving the property or interests in property of any 
person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, other than transactions involving 
the blocked persons or vessels in paragraph (b) of this general 
license, unless separately authorized.

Bradley T. Smith,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: October 12, 2023.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2023-23918 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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