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Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

Notice published May 21, 2019 · 84 FR 23164

Document number
FR Doc. 2019-10485
Type
Notice
Published
May 21, 2019
Citation
84 FR 23164 (pages 23,164–23,165)
Action
Notice.
Dates
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Docket
Case IDs VENEZUELA-EO13850-15916, VENEZUELA-EO13850-15920
Official sources
PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is: (1) Providing notice of the sectoral determination by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive Order 13850 ("Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela"), as amended; and (2) publishing the names of one or more persons and vessels that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons and these vessels are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

Executive orders cited

Text

As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23164-23165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10485]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

[Case IDs VENEZUELA-EO13850-15916, VENEZUELA-EO13850-15920]


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is: (1) Providing notice of the sectoral determination
by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive Order 13850
(``Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the
Situation in Venezuela''), as amended; and (2) publishing the names of
one or more persons and vessels that have been placed on OFAC's
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's
determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were
satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.
jurisdiction of these persons and these vessels are blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with
them.

[[Page 23165]]


DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office
of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

Sectoral Determination by the Secretary of the Treasury Pursuant to
E.O. 13850

    On May 10, 2019, the Secretary of the Treasury made the following
determination:
    Section 1(a) of E.O. 13850 of November 1, 2018 (``Blocking Property
of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela'')
(E.O. 13850), as amended by Executive Order 13857 of January 25, 2019
(``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to Venezuela'') (E.O. 13857), imposes economic sanctions on any
person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to operate in such sectors of the
Venezuelan economy as may be determined, pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of
E.O. 13850, as amended, by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State.
    To further address the extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States described in E.O.
13850, as amended, and in consultation with the Secretary of State, I
hereby determine that section 1(a)(i) shall apply to the defense and
security sector of the Venezuelan economy. Any person I or my designee
subsequently determine, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
operates in this sector shall be subject to sanctions pursuant to
section 1(a)(i).

Blocking of Property and Interests in Property Pursuant to E.O. 13850

    On May 10, 2019, OFAC determined that the property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons and the
following vessels subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked under the
relevant sanctions authorities listed below.

Entities

    1. MONSOON NAVIGATION CORPORATION, Trust Company Complex,
Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH96960, Marshall Islands;
Identification Number IMO 5403673 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 13850
(E.O. 13850) of November 1, 2018, ``Blocking Property of Additional
Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela,'' as amended by
Executive Order 13857 (E.O. 13857), ``Taking Additional Steps To
Address the National Emergency with Respect to Venezuela,'' of
January 25, 2019, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan
economy.
    2. SERENITY MARITIME LIMITED (a.k.a. SERENITY MARITIME LTD.;
a.k.a. SERENITY MARITIME LTD-LIB), Broad Street 80, Monrovia 1000,
Liberia [VENEZUELA-EO13850].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13850, as amended
by E.O. 13857, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan
economy.

Vessels

    1. OCEAN ELEGANCE Crude Oil Tanker Panama flag; Vessel
Registration Identification IMO 9038749 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850]
(Linked To: MONSOON NAVIGATION CORPORATION).
    Identified pursuant to E.O. 13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, as
property in which MONSOON NAVIGATION CORPORATION, a person whose
property and interested in property are blocked pursuant to E.O.
13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, has an interest.
    2. LEON DIAS Chemical/Oil Tanker Panama flag; Vessel
Registration Identification IMO 9396385 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850]
(Linked To: SERENITY MARITIME LIMITED).
    Identified pursuant to E.O. 13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, as
property in which SERENITY MARITIME LIMITED, a person whose property
and interested in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13850, as
amended by E.O. 13857, has an interest.

    Dated: May 15, 2019.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2019-10485 Filed 5-20-19; 8:45 am]
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