78655 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 220 / Thursday, November 16, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 
[FR Doc. 2023–25239 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
47 CFR Parts 73 and 74 
[GN Docket No. 16–142; FCC 23–53; FR ID 
184482] 
Authorizing Permissive Use of the 
‘‘Next Generation ’’ Broadcast 
Television Standard 
AGENCY : Federal Communications 
Commission. 
ACTION : Final rule; announcement of 
effective date. 
SUMMARY : In this document, the Federal 
Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements associated with the Commission’s rules in a Report and Order on authorizing permissive use of the ‘‘Next Generation’’ Broadcast Television Standard. This document is consistent with the Commission’s Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal 
Register announcing the effective date 
of those rules. 
DATES : The amendments to 47 CFR 
73.3801(f) and (i), 73.6029(f) and (i), and 74.782(g) and (j) are published at 88 FR 45347, July 17, 2023 are effective as of November 16, 2023. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : 
Evan Baranoff, Policy Division, Media Bureau, at 202–418–7142, or via email at evan.baranoff@ffc.gov. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : This 
document announces that, on November 7, 2023, OMB approved the information collection requirements contained in §§ 73.3801, 73.6029, and 74.782 of the Commission’s rules. The OMB Control Number is 3060–1254. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of these rules. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 3–317, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060–1254, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 
To request materials in accessible 
formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, 
audio format), send an email to fcc504@
fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). 
Synopsis 
As required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB approval on November 7, 2023, for the information collection requirements contained in §§ 73.3801, 73.6029, and 74.782 of the Commission’s rules. 
Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. 
No person shall be subject to any 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. 
The foregoing notice is required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 
The total annual reporting burdens 
and costs for the respondents are as follows: 
OMB Control Number: 3060–1254. 
OMB Approval Date: November 7, 
2023. 
OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 
2026. 
Title: Next Gen TV/ATSC 3.0 Local 
Simulcasting Rules; 47 CFR 73.3801 (full-power TV), 73.6029 (Class A TV), and 74.782 (low-power TV) and FCC Form 2100 (Next Gen TV License Application). 
Form Number: FCC Form 2100 (Next 
Gen TV License Application). 
Respondents: Business or other for- 
profit entities, state, local, or tribal government and not for profit institutions. 
Number of Respondents and 
Responses: 1,222 respondents; 11,260 
responses. 
Estimated Time per Response: 0.017– 
8 hours. 
Frequency of Response: On occasion 
reporting requirement; Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure. 
Obligation to Respond: Required to 
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in sections 1, 4, 7, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, 319, 325(b), 336, 338, 399b, 403, 614, and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 157, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 316, 319, 325(b), 336, 338, 399b, 403, 534, and 535. Total Annual Burden: 3,802 hours. 
Total Annual Cost: $147,000. 
Needs and Uses: On June 23, 2023, 
the Commission released a Third Report and Order (Third R&O), FCC 23–53, in GN Docket No. 16–142. In this Third R&O, the Commission makes changes to its Next Gen TV rules designed to preserve over-the-air (OTA) television viewers’ access to multicast streams during television broadcasters’ transition to ATSC 3.0. 
Multicast Licensing. The Commission 
generally adopts its proposal in the Next Gen TV Multicast Licensing FNPRM to allow a Next Gen TV station to seek modification of its license to include certain of its non-primary video programming streams (multicast streams) that are aired on ‘‘host’’ stations during a transitional period. In adopting this proposal, the Commission follows the same licensing framework, and to a large extent the same regulatory regime, established for the simulcast of primary video programming streams on ‘‘host’’ station facilities. 
Form 2100. The Commission adopts 
the Next Gen TV Multicast Licensing FNPRM’s proposal to modify its Next Gen TV license application form (FCC Form 2100) to accommodate multicast licensing by collecting information similar to that already collected in the interim STA process. The Commission requires certain additional information as an addendum to Form 2100 if stations seek to include hosted multicast streams within their license. It also clarifies and slightly modifies the requirements of its rules governing Form 2100 to reflect the possibility of reliance on multiple hosts. 
Specifically, applicants must prepare 
an Exhibit identifying each proposed hosted stream and provide the following information about each stream, as broadcast: 
•the host station; 
•channel number (RF and virtual); 
•network affiliation (or type of 
programming if unaffiliated); 
•resolution ( e.g., 1080i, 720p, 480p, 
or 480i); 
•the predicted percentage of 
population within the noise limited service contour served by the station’s original ATSC 1.0 signal that will be served by the host, with a contour overlay map identifying areas of service loss and, in the case of 1.0 streams, coverage of the originating station’s community of license; and 
•whether the stream will be 
simulcast, and if so, the ‘‘paired’’ stream in the other service. 
Finally, the Exhibit must either state 
that the applicant will be airing the same programming that it is airing in 1.0 
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at the time of the application or identify 
the station that has aired or is airing the same or a similar programming lineup at the same resolutions on the same type of facility (individual or shared), as well as that station’s lineup (with resolutions). This Exhibit must be 
placed on the applicant’s public website or in the applicant’s online public inspection file if the station does not have a dedicated website, with a link provided in the application. This information is consistent both with that currently collected in STA applications and the approach identified in the Next Gen TV Multicast Licensing FNPRM. As 
with broadcast licenses generally, modifications to this license application or its accompanying exhibit (with respect to the primary or multicast streams) must be preceded by the filing and approval of a new application. Changes to the affiliation or content of a stream, or the elimination of a stream, however, do not implicate the concerns raised in this proceeding if they would not result in the use of additional capacity and if information about the change is easily available to the public. Therefore, in order to streamline this process for both broadcasters and the Commission, such changes may be implemented without prior Commission approval. They need only be reflected in a timely update to the Exhibit that the applicant makes available on its public website or in the applicant’s online public inspection file and in an email notice to the Chief of the Media Bureau’s Video Division. The new information collection requirements are contained in §§ 73.3801(f) and (i), 73.6029(f) and (i), and 74.782(g) and (j) of the Commission’s rules. 
Federal Communications Commission. 
Marlene Dortch, Secretary. 
[FR Doc. 2023–25305 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration 
49 CFR Parts 386 and 387 
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0102] 
RIN 2126–AC10 
Broker and Freight Forwarder 
Financial Responsibility 
AGENCY : Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). 
ACTION : Final rule. SUMMARY : FMCSA amends the 
regulations pertaining to financial responsibility requirements for brokers of property and freight forwarders in five separate areas: assets ‘‘readily available’’; immediate suspension of broker/freight forwarder operating authority; surety or trust responsibilities in cases of broker/freight forwarder financial failure or insolvency; enforcement authority; and entities eligible to provide trust funds for brokers and freight forwarders, which are filed using Form BMC–85, Broker’s or Freight Forwarder’s Trust Fund Agreement under 49 U.S.C. 13906 or Notice of Cancellation of the Agreement. 
DATES : 
Effective date: This regulation is 
effective January 16, 2024. 
Expiration dates: Section 387.307T, 
which contains the current regulations on broker of property surety bonds or trust funds, expires as of January 16, 2025. 
Section 387.307, which contains the 
revised regulations on broker of property surety bonds or trust funds, is stayed until January 16, 2025. 
Compliance dates: Brokers, surety 
providers, and financial institutions must comply with the provisions regarding immediate suspension, financial failure or insolvency, and enforcement authority on January 16, 2025. 
Brokers, surety providers, and 
financial institutions must comply with the provisions regarding assets readily available and entities eligible to provide trust funds for Form BMC–85 trust fund filings on January 16, 2026. 
Petition submittal date: Petitions for 
reconsideration of this final rule must be submitted to the FMCSA Administrator no later than December 18, 2023. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Mr. 
Jeffrey L. Secrist, Chief, Registration, Licensing, and Insurance Division, Office of Registration, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 385–2367, Jeff.Secrist@dot.gov. If you have 
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Dockets Operations at (202) 366–9826. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : FMCSA 
organizes this final rule as follows: 
I. Availability of Rulemaking Documents 
II. Executive Summary 
A. Summary of Major Provisions B. Costs and Benefits 
III. Abbreviations IV. Legal Basis for the Rulemaking V. Discussion of Proposed Rulemaking and 
Comments 
A. Proposed Rulemaking B. Comments and Responses 1. Assets Readily Available 
2. Immediate Suspension of Broker/Freight 
Forwarder Operating Authority 
3. Surety or Trust Responsibility in Case of 
Broker/Freight Forwarder Financial Failure or Insolvency 
4. Enforcement Authority 5. Entities Eligible To Provide Trust Funds 
for Form BMC–85 Trust Fund Filings 
6. Proposed Changes to the Regulatory Text 7. Implementation Timeline 8. Out of Scope Comments 
VI. Discussion of the Final Rule 
A. Assets Readily Available B. Immediate Suspension of Broker/Freight 
Forwarder Operating Authority 
C. Surety or Trust Responsibility in Case of 
Broker/Freight Forwarder Financial Failure or Insolvency 
D. Enforcement Authority E. Entities Eligible To Provide Trust Funds 
for Form BMC–85 Trust Fund Filings 
VII. Section-by-Section Analysis VIII. Severability IX. Regulatory Analyses 
A. E.O. 12866 (Regulatory Planning and 
Review), E.O. 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review), E.O. 14094 (Modernizing Regulatory Review), and DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 
B. Congressional Review Act C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (Small 
Entities) 
D. Assistance for Small Entities E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 F. Paperwork Reduction Act (Collection of 
Information) 
G. E.O. 13132 (Federalism) H. Privacy I. E.O. 13175 (Indian Tribal Governments) J. National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 
I. Availability of Rulemaking 
Documents 
To view any documents mentioned as 
being available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ FMCSA-2016-0102/document and 
choose the document to review. To view comments, click this final rule, then click ‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you do not have access to the internet, you may view the docket online by visiting Dockets Operations at U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–9826 before visiting Dockets Operations. 
II. Executive Summary A. Summary of Major Provisions 
This final rule modifies the following 
five regulatory areas relating to broker and freight forwarder financial responsibility: 
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