Notice2022-09566
Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant to the Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act
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Published
May 4, 2022
Effective
November 23, 2021
Issuing agencies
State Department
Abstract
The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on one entity and one vessel pursuant to the Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act (PEESA), as amended and Executive Order 13049.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26386-26387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09566]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 11669]
Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant to the
Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act
SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on one entity and
one vessel pursuant to the Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act
(PEESA), as amended and Executive Order 13049.
DATES: The Secretary of State's determination regarding the two
entities, and imposition of sanctions on the entities and vessels
identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section were effective on
November 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Musa, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#036e76707062674370776277662d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="056870767664614576716471602b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>, Phone:
(202) 647-1925.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 7503(a)(1)(A) of PEESA,
as amended, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, shall submit every 90 days a report to the appropriate
congressional committees that identifies vessels that engaged in pipe-
laying or pipe-laying activities at depths of 100 feet or more below
sea level for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project,
the Turkstream pipeline project, or any project that is a successor to
either such project. Pursuant to Section 7503(a)(1)(B) of PEESA, as
amended, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
the Treasury shall also include in the report foreign persons that the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury,
determines have knowingly sold, leased, or provided, or facilitated
selling, leasing, or providing, those vessels for the construction of
such a project. Pursuant to Section 7503(c) of PEESA, as delegated, the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
shall exercise all powers granted to the President by the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act to the extent necessary to block and
prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of
any person identified under subsection (a)(1)(B) of PEESA if such
property and interests in property are in the United States, come
within the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person. Pursuant to E.O. 13049, with respect
to any foreign person identified by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, in a report to the
Congress pursuant to section 7503(a)(1)(B) of PEESA, all property and
interests in property of such person that are in the United States,
that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of any United States person are
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or
otherwise dealt in.
The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section
7503(a)(1)(B)(i) of PEESA, as amended, that Transadria Ltd has
knowingly, on or after January 1, 2021, sold, leased, or provided, or
facilitated selling, leasing, or providing, a vessel that engaged in
pipe-laying or pipe-laying activities at depths of 100 feet or more
below sea level for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline
project.
Pursuant to E.O. 13049 and Section 7503(c) of PEESA, as amended,
this entity has been added to the Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons List. All property and interest in property of this
entity subject to U.S. jurisdiction is blocked.
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The following vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction is blocked:
Marlin (IMO 9396854) (Linked To: Transadria Ltd)
Whitney Baird,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-09566 Filed 5-3-22; 8:45 am]
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