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Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 71/Thursday, April 15, 2021/Notices Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 71 / Thursday, April 15, 2021 / Notices 19939 U.S. Small Business Administration, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND Treasury, in consultation with the 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, TECHNOLOGY, 33RD SCIENTIFIC Secretary of State, the Attorney General, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734. RESEARCH AND TESTING INSTITUTE, and other relevant agencies, to have SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is the 27TH SCIENTIFIC CENTER, the provided, or attempted to provide, hereby given that as a result of the MAIN INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE, financial, material, technological or President’s major disaster declaration on ALEXANDER YEVGENIYEVICH other support for, or goods or services 04/08/2021, Private Non-Profit MISHKIN, and ANATOLIY in support of, any activity or transaction organizations that provide essential VLADIMIROVI CHEPIGA engaged, or described in clause (2) above or any services of a governmental nature may attempted to engage, in activities or person whose property and interests in file disaster loan applications at the transactions that have materially property are blocked pursuant to the address listed above or other locally contributed to, or pose a risk of Order; and (4) any person determined announced locations. materially contributing to, the by the Secretary of the Treasury, in The following areas have been proliferation of weapons of mass consultation with the Secretary of State, determined to be adversely affected by destruction or their means of delivery the Attorney General, and other relevant the disaster: (including missiles capable of delivering agencies, to be owned or controlled by, Primary Counties: Clallam, Columbia, such weapons), including any efforts to or acting or purporting to act for or on Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, behalf of, directly or indirectly, any Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, transport, transfer or use such items, by person whose property and interests in Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Russia. property are blocked pursuant to the Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, DATES: The designation of these persons Order. Wahkiakum was effective on March 2, 2021. As a result of this action, pursuant to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the authority in section 1(a)(ii) of The Interest Rates are: Office of Counterproliferation Executive Order 13382, all property and Initiatives, Bureau of International interests in property of aforementioned Percent Security and Nonproliferation, seven persons that are in the United For Physical Damage: Department of State, Washington, DC States, or that hereafter come within the Non-Profit Organizations with 20520, tel.: 202–736–7065. United States or that are or hereafter Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.000 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June come within the possession or control of Non-Profit Organizations with- 28, 2005, the President, invoking the United States persons are blocked and out Credit Available Else- authority, inter alia, of the International may not be transferred, paid, exported, where ..................................... 2.000 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. For Economic Injury: Information on the designees: Non-Profit Organizations with- U.S.C. 1701–1706) (‘‘IEEPA’’), issued out Credit Available Else- Executive Order 13382 (70 CFR 38567, ENTITY 1 July 1, 2005) (the ‘‘Order’’), effective at where ..................................... 2.000 ENTITY: FEDERAL SECURITY 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June SERVICE 30, 2005. In the Order the President took The number assigned to this disaster ENTITY AKA: FEDERALNAYA additional steps with respect to the for physical damage is 16920 B and for SLUZHBA BEZOPASNOSTI national emergency described and economic injury is 16921 0. ENTITY AKA: FSB declared in Executive Order 12938 of (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance ENTITY ADDRESS: ULITSA Number 59008) November 14, 1994, regarding the KUZNETSKIY MOST, DOM 22, proliferation of weapons of mass James Rivera, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, POSTAL CODE destruction and the means of delivering 107031 Associate Administrator for Disaster them. ENTITY ADDRESS: LUBYANSKAYA Assistance. Section 1 of the Order blocks, with PLOSCHAD, DOM 2, MOSCOW, [FR Doc. 2021–07729 Filed 4–14–21; 8:45 am] certain exceptions, all property and RUSSIA, POSTAL CODE 107031 BILLING CODE 8026–03–P interests in property that are in the United States, or that hereafter come ENTITY 2 within the United States or that are or ENTITY: STATE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT OF STATE hereafter come within the possession or RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF control of United States persons, of: (1) [Public Notice: 11393] ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND The persons listed in the Annex to the TECHNOLOGY Designations of Russian Entities and Order; (2) any foreign person ENTITY AKA: GOSNIIOKHT Individuals determined by the Secretary of State, in ENTITY ADDRESS: SHOSSE consultation with the Secretary of the ENTUZIASTOV 23, MOSCOW, ACTION: Notice of Designation of Five Treasury, the Attorney General, and MOSCOW OBLAST, RUSSIA Russian Entities and two Russian other relevant agencies, to have Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order engaged, or attempted to engage, in ENTITY 3 13382. activities or transactions that have ENTITY: 33RD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH materially contributed to, or pose a risk AND TESTING INSTITUTE SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority in of materially contributing to, the ENTITY AKA: 33RD TSNIII the Executive Order ‘‘Blocking Property proliferation of weapons of mass ENTITY ADDRESS: 1 ULITSA of Weapons of Mass Destruction destruction or their means of delivery, KRASNOZNAMENNAYA, VOLSK– Proliferators and Their Supporters,’’ the including any efforts to manufacture, 18/SHIKHANY, SARATOV OBLAST, State Department, in consultation with acquire, possess, develop, transport, RUSSIA the Secretary of the Treasury and the transfer or use such items, by any Attorney General, has determined that person or foreign country of ENTITY 4 FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE, STATE proliferation concern; (3) any person ENTITY: 27TH SCIENTIFIC CENTER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF determined by the Secretary of the ENTITY AKA: 27TH NTS VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:35 Apr 14, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15APN1.SGM 15APN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES 19940 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 71 / Thursday, April 15, 2021 / Notices ADDRESS: BRIGADIRSKIY PEREULOK virtually. The virtual forum will open at Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 13, 105005, MOSCOW, RUSSIA 12:00 p.m. The membership of this Washington, DC 20522–0112; telephone COUNTRY: RUSSIA advisory committee consists of private (202) 663–2835 or email DTAG@ sector defense trade representatives, state.gov. ENTITY 5 appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Michael F. Miller, ENTITY: MAIN INTELLIGENCE State for Political-Military Affairs, who DIRECTORATE advise the Department on policies, Designated Federal Officer, Defense Trade Advisory Group, U.S. Department of State. ENTITY AKA: GLAVNOE regulations, and technical issues RAZVEDYVATEL’NOE UPRAVLENIE affecting defense trade. The DTAG was [FR Doc. 2021–07731 Filed 4–14–21; 8:45 am] ENTITY AKA: GRU established as an advisory committee BILLING CODE 4710–25–P ENTITY AKA: MAIN INTELLIGENCE under the authority of 22 U.S.C. DEPARTMENT Sections 2651a and 2656 and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE ENTITY AKA: MAIN DIRECTORATE Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 OF THE GENERAL STAFF U.S.C. App. The purpose of the meeting [Delegation of Authority No. 513] ENTITY ADDRESS: will be to discuss current defense trade KHOROSHEVSKOYE SHOSSE 76, issues and topics for further study. The Delegation of the Authorities of the KHODINKA, MOSCOW, RUSSIA following agenda topics will be Secretary ENTITY ADDRESS: MINISTRY OF discussed, and final reports presented: By virtue of the authority vested in DEFENCE OF THE RUSSIAN (1) Provide recommendations for the Secretary of State by the laws of the FEDERATION, FRUNZENSKAYA revisions to the International Traffic in United States, including 22 U.S.C. NAB., 22/2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Arms Regulations (ITAR) § 123.17 with 2651a, I hereby delegate to the Deputy POSTAL CODE 119160 regard to exemptions for Personal Secretary and the Deputy Secretary for COUNTRY: RUSSIA Protective Gear. (2) Incorporate relevant Management and Resources, to the INDIVIDUAL 1 legislative and treaty requirements into extent authorized by law, all authorities its analysis on an alternative reporting INDIVIDUAL: ALEXANDER and functions vested in the Secretary of approach (related to Part 130 Reporting), YEVGENIYEVICH MISHKIN State or the head of agency by any act, paying particular attention to which INDIVIDUAL AKA: ALEXANDER order, determination, delegation of reporting requirements mandate DDTC PETROV authority, regulation, or executive order, to report contributions, gifts, INDIVIDUAL GENDER: MALE now or hereafter issued. commissions, or fees offered; versus INDIVIDUAL DATE OF BIRTH: JULY This Delegation includes all paid, or both. (3) Develop 13, 1979 authorities and functions that have been comprehensive ITAR citations of the PLACE OF BIRTH: LOYGA, RUSSIA; or may be delegated or re-delegated to various compliance requirements that KOTLAS, RUSSIA other Department officials but does not could be used to assist companies and NATIONALITY: RUSSIA repeal delegations to such officials. universities to develop robust ITAR The Secretary of State may exercise INDIVIDUAL 2 compliance programs. any authority or function delegated The meeting will be held virtually via INDIVIDUAL:
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