OFAC Sanctions Two Ransomware Enablers; EPA Proposes NOX Revisions for Missouri, Wisconsin

OFAC Targets Two Individuals and a VPN Entity for Ransomware Support

On July 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added two individuals and one entity to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List under the CYBER4 sanctions authority, pursuant to Executive Order 13694 as further amended. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction belonging to these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

The first individual designated is Dmytro Rashevskyi, a Ukrainian national born January 5, 1981, based in Dnipro, Ukraine, who operates under multiple aliases including "CHABANENKO, Roman," "RASHEVSKY, Dmitry," "SORIN, Maksim," and online handles "JOBBERJOBBER777," "JOHNYW255," "RASHDV7," and "WALKER, Johny." OFAC's notice lists multiple digital currency addresses across Bitcoin (XBT), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Zcash (ZEC), Dash (DASH), Tron (TRX), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Solana (SOL) associated with Rashevskyi. He was designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of Executive Order 13694 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods and services to or in support of, cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located outside the United States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States, and that involve engaging in ransomware attacks.

The second individual is Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Silayev, also known as "SILAYEU, Yauheni," a Belarusian national born November 9, 2000, residing at Pestraa iela 8-7, Grodno, Belarus, holding Belarusian passport KH3188588 expiring May 4, 2033. Silayev was designated under the same provision of Executive Order 13694 for the same category of ransomware-related cyber-enabled activities.

The entity designated is First VPN Service, also known as "1VPNS," "FIRSTVPN," and "FVPNS," based in Dnipro, Ukraine, with websites including 1vpns.com, 1vpns.net, 1vpns.org, and 1jabber.com, and an organization type listed as computer programming activities, established in October 2014. The notice lists Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin digital currency addresses associated with the entity.

EPA Proposes State Implementation Plan Revisions for NOX Emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued two separate proposed rules revising State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions — one for Missouri and one for Wisconsin — both with public comment deadlines of August 14, 2026. Both proposed rules affect 40 CFR Part 52.

Missouri — Large Stationary Internal Combustion Engines: The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to Missouri's SIP submitted on March 7, 2019, and June 10, 2021, which update Title 10 Code of State Regulations (CSR) 10-6.390, governing control of NOX emissions from large stationary internal combustion engines. The primary revision adds an exemption for existing spark ignition (SI) stationary engines that emit twenty-five (25) tons or less of NOX during the ozone season, defined as May 1 through September 30. The notice states this exemption is similar to an existing exemption for compression ignition (CI) engines approved into the Missouri SIP in 2015. The revisions also reformat and revise reporting, recordkeeping, and compliance requirements; incorporate other state rules by reference; add rule-specific definitions; and make administrative wording changes. According to the EPA's review, the Kennett Generating Station in Kennett, MO is the only facility with existing SI engines that qualify for the 25-ton exemption, and NOX emissions at Kennett have consistently been less than six tons per ozone season per year. The EPA states that the St. Louis, MO-IL nonattainment area — the nearest nonattainment area — is more than 100 miles from Kennett, and that total NOX emissions from all sources subject to the NOX SIP Call continue to remain below Missouri's NOX SIP call budget and have been trending downward for the last five years. New stationary SI engines qualifying for the exemption will remain subject to more stringent NOX emission limits under the New Source Performance Standards in 40 CFR part 60, subpart JJJJ.

Wisconsin — Oak Creek Power Plant: The EPA is separately proposing to approve a source-specific SIP revision for the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, a natural gas-fired electric generation facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The revision incorporates alternative NOX emission limits to accommodate five new simple cycle combustion turbine electric generating units, whose construction permit application was submitted by We Energies to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on April 17, 2024. The new turbines are designed to function as "dispatchable" peaking units — meaning the facility can quickly turn them on or off depending on daily energy demand, with the local utility company controlling dispatch and the facility lacking complete operational control over start-up and shut-down events. We Energies estimates typical daily dispatch of these turbines to be from one to six hours including start-up and shut-down, with a combined capacity factor limit of 20 percent. The simple cycle turbines are currently subject to a NOX limit of 12 parts per million dry volume (ppmdv) on a 30-day rolling average under NR 428.04 Wisconsin Administrative Code, and a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) limit of 25 ppmdv under NR 428.22. The notice states that with each start-up and shut-down period estimated to take approximately 20 minutes, the new turbines would need to operate for six to 38 hours at steady state to offset one start-up/shut-down event to meet the current 12 ppmdv limit on a daily basis. We Energies requested approval of an alternative site-specific limit of 9 ppmdv on a 30-day rolling average during normal operation, with NOX emissions not to exceed 57.1 pounds per start-up event and 31.7 pounds per shut-down event. The EPA states the proposed alternative limits will allow the facility to emit less NOX over time compared to current limits and will not interfere with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

FBI Seeks Public Comment on Law Enforcement Contact Data Collection

The Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division of the FBI is seeking OMB approval to extend, for three years, a previously approved information collection under OMB Control Number 1110-0087: the Law Enforcement Public Contact Data Collection. The collection captures the number of contacts law enforcement officers have with the public in three major categories — citizen calls for service, unit/officer-initiated contacts, and court/bailiff activities. Participation is voluntary, and the affected public includes federal, state, county, city, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. The collection estimates 18,671 total respondents responding annually, with an estimated time per respondent of 30 minutes, yielding a total estimated annual time burden of 9,336 hours and a total estimated annual other costs burden of $0. A prior 60-day comment period was published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2026; this 30-day notice accepts comments until August 14, 2026, via www.reginfo.gov.

What to Watch

• August 14, 2026 — Deadline for public comments on the EPA's proposed Missouri SIP revision (NOX emissions from large stationary internal combustion engines), submitted to Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2026-4819 at regulations.gov.
• August 14, 2026 — Deadline for public comments on the EPA's proposed Wisconsin source-specific SIP revision for the Oak Creek Power Plant NOX limits, also at regulations.gov.
• August 14, 2026 — Deadline for public comments on the FBI/CJIS Law Enforcement Public Contact Data Collection extension, submitted via www.reginfo.gov under OMB Control Number 1110-0087.

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