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Barium, Beryllium, Bismuth, Boron,
Cadmium, Calcium, Cerium, Cesium,
Chromium, Cobalt, Copper,
Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium,
Gallium, Gadolinium, Germanium,
Gold, Hafnium, Hastelloy, Inconel,
Indium, Iridium, Iron, Lanthanum,
Lithium, Lead, Lutetium, Manganese,
Magnesium, Mercury, Molybdenum,
Monel, Neodymium, Neptunium,
Nickel, Niobium, Osmium, Palladium,
Platinum, Plutonium, Polonium,
Potassium, Praseodymium,
Promethium, Radium, Rhenium,
Rhodium, Ruthenium, Samarium,
Scandium, Silicon, Silver, Sodium,
Steels, Strontium, Tantalum,
Technetium, Tellurium, Terbium,
Thallium, Thorium, Tin, Titanium,
Tungsten, Uranium, Vanadium,
Ytterbium, Yttrium, Zinc, and
Zirconium.
This report pursuant to Section
1245(e) of IFCA covers the period
January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2024.
Following a review of the available
information, and in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Deputy Secretary of State has
determined that Iran is not using the
materials described in Section 1245(d)
as a medium for barter, swap, or any
other exchange or transaction.
Following a review of the available
information, and in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Deputy Secretary of State has
determined that Iran is not listing any
such materials as assets of the
Government of Iran for purposes of the
national balance sheet of Iran.
Following a review of the available
information, and in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Deputy Secretary of State has
determined that the construction sector
of Iran is controlled directly or
indirectly by the IRGC.
Following a review of the available
information, and in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Deputy Secretary of State has
determined that the following
additional types of materials described
in Section 1245(d) are used in
connection with the nuclear, military, or
ballistic missile programs of Iran:
• Austenitic nickel-chromium alloy
• Magnesium ingots
• Sodium perchlorate
• EDM–11
• EDM–14A
• EDM–15
• Tungsten copper
• AA2024–T351 aluminum sheets and/
or tubes
• ISO–68

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paul S. Watzlavick,
Senior Bureau Official, International Security
and Non-Proliferation Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2025–0104]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Reinstatement of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for
reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection.
AGENCY:

The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection that is summarized below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
October 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0104 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
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Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
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and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne Rowe, (240) 278–5394, Office of
Project Development and Environmental
Review, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
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Title: Wildlife Crossings Pilot
Program.
OMB Control: 2125–0672.
Background: The Wildlife Crossings
Pilot Program (WCPP) is a competitive
grant program established in the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–58, November 15,
2021), and codified at 23 U.S.C. 171.
The WCPP seeks to fund projects that
will reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions
and improve habitat connectivity for
terrestrial and aquatic species. The
FHWA will advertise a Notice of
Funding Opportunity for up to $80
million in fiscal year 2026 funds, plus
any funds available from prior fiscal
years (FY 2022–2025).
Respondents: Approximately 60
Eligible Applicants, which are State
departments of transportations, Indian
tribes, metropolitan planning
organizations, units of local
government, regional transportation
authorities, special purpose districts or
public authorities with a transportation
function, or Federal land management
agencies (FLMA). For the purpose of the
grant agreement stage and project
management stage, respondents may
also include Eligible Partners, which are
a metropolitan organization; a unit of
local government; a regional
transportation authority; a special
purpose district or public authority with
a transportation function; an Indian
Tribe; an FLMA; a foundation,
nongovernmental organization, or
institution of higher education; or a
Federal, Tribal, regional, or State
government entity.
Frequency: Once.
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Response: 17 hours.
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Hours: 1,020 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
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Issued on: July 31, 2025.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Rescinding the Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement: Baltimore to Washington
Superconducting Magnetic Levitation
Project
Federal Railroad
Administration, Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of rescission.
AGENCY:

The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) is announcing
that it is rescinding its Notice of Intent
(NOI) and will not prepare the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the proposed Baltimore-Washington
Superconducting Magnetic Levitation
(SCMAGLEV) Project described therein.
FRA previously issued a NOI to prepare
an EIS in the Federal Register on
November 15, 2016.
DATES: This rescission is effective
immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact Marlys Osterhues, Office
of Environmental Program Management,
202–774–8646, or via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA
awarded the Maryland Department of
Transportation (MDOT) $27,800,000
through FRA’s Magnetic Levitation
Deployment grants program (MAGLEV
Grants Program), authorized under 23
U.S.C. 322, note, for preliminary
engineering and environmental review
for the SCMAGLEV Project. The award
was made through Cooperative
Agreement No. FR–MPS–0002–16. The
project would have deployed a new
SCMAGLEV system between
Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD,
with an intermediary stop at Baltimore/
Washington International Thurgood
Marshall (BWI) Airport. MDOT
partnered with Baltimore Washington
Rapid Rail (BWRR) to design the
SCMAGLEV system. BWRR would have
been responsible for construction and
operation of the system. FRA, in
cooperation with MDOT, initiated an
EIS and published an NOI on November
15, 2016, at 81 FR 85319. FRA
published a draft EIS (DEIS) for the
project on January 15, 2021. Following
the end of the 2021 public comment
period on the DEIS, FRA paused the

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environmental review process on the
Federal Permitting Dashboard.1 The
purpose of the pause was to allow
MDOT and BWRR additional time to
agree on funding to continue the
environmental review process and allow
FRA and MDOT additional time to
review project elements and consider
next steps. Since August 24, 2021, the
environmental review process has
remained paused.
FRA has determined preparation of
the final EIS for the SCMAGLEV Project
is no longer feasible. FRA has found the
current SCMAGLEV Project alternatives
are likely to result in unresolvable
significant effects to federal agencies,
federal property, and critical agency
infrastructure and operations during
project construction and operation,
including to the National Security
Agency (NSA), U.S. Department of
Defense (DOD) and Fort George G.
Meade, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), U.S
Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S.
Secret Service (USSS), U.S. Department
of Interior (DOI)—U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and National Park
Service (NPS), and the Department of
Labor (DOL). Following extensive
consultation with these agencies, FRA
determined the direct effects would
have substantial negative effects to
agency operations or to important
resources managed by federal agencies.
In addition, indirect effects would also
significantly impair critical
infrastructure and operations and
ongoing agency missions.
FRA reviewed project elements to
consider whether the DEIS alternatives
could be modified to address the
agencies’ concerns. FRA considered
whether modifying the project design of
the alternatives, such as locating the
SCMAGLEV system entirely
underground, would avoid impacts to
federal agencies; however, based on
agency coordination, FRA found this
modification would not address the
agencies’ collective concerns due to the
location of the tunnel and the necessity
to locate required ancillary features
aboveground (e.g., fresh air/emergency
egress [FA/EE]). In addition, BWRR had
previously raised technical concerns
with a completely underground system,
citing cost and constructability, and
advised FRA that its 180-acre trainset
maintenance facility (TMF) likely could
not be located underground.2 Similarly,
FRA considered whether certain project
elements (e.g., TMF, FA/EE facilities)
1 https://www.permits.performance.gov/
permitting-project/dot-projects/baltimorewashington-superconducting-maglev-project.
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could be relocated to avoid impacts.
However, BWRR has noted that the
system is designed to meet the Central
Japan Railway Company’s (JRC’s) 3
requirements for SCMAGLEV operations
and relocation of project elements like
the TMF would be inconsistent with
JRC’s requirements.4
In addition, FRA also considered
whether the project’s Purpose and Need
Statement, which was developed
consistent with the statutory
requirements of the MAGLEV Grants
Program and BWRR’s technical
requirements for system safety and
performance, constrained potential
modifications to the DEIS alternatives.
For example, the Purpose and Need
Statement describes the project’s
objective to achieve optimal speed.
Based on BWRR’s ridership analysis, a
speed up to 310 mph would be
necessary to generate revenue to sustain
the SCMAGLEV system, accounting for
other factors such as power
consumption, aerodynamics, and
human comfort.5 However, achieving
this top speed requires a specific
geometry for the SCMAGLEV guideway,
which constrains the ability to avoid
sensitive resources, such as the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife-managed Patuxent
Wildlife Refuge. In addition, the DEIS
Purpose and Need Statement was
developed prior to the significant
federal investment in the Northeast
Corridor (NEC) from the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act, which is
intended to improve intercity passenger
rail service along with NEC.
Accordingly, many of the conclusions of
the Purpose and Need statement may no
longer be valid.
FRA found the alternatives analyzed
in the DEIS cannot be modified to avoid,
minimize, and mitigate significant
effects to federal agencies and federal
property. On June 23, 2025, at the
request of BWRR, FRA coordinated a
meeting with the federal land-owning
and permitted agencies, BWRR, MDOT
and FRA representatives. During the
meeting, BWRR presented the proposed
project alignment. In response, the
agencies emphasized that their previous
comments and significant concerns with
the project described in the draft EIS
remain, further underscoring that the
project is not feasible as proposed.
Therefore, FRA will not prepare a final
EIS.
3 JRC

is the SCMAGLEV technology owner.
MDE, TMF Site Selection Discussion Points
for USACE JPA Questions January 25, 2021,
available at: https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/
water/WetlandsandWaterways/SiteAssets/Lists/
SCMAGLEV/NewForm/Exhibit%20P%20%
E2%80%93%20TMF%20Supplement.pdf.
5 DEIS at 3–2.
4 See

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