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reference, Particulate matter, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: August 9, 2017. 

Edward H. Chu, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52 

as set forth below: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart Q—Iowa 

■ 2. In § 52.820, the table in paragraph 

(d) is amended by revising the entry 

‘‘(29) Grain Processing Corporation’’ to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.820 Identification of plan. 

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(d) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED IOWA SOURCE-SPECIFIC ORDERS/PERMITS

Name of source Order/Permit No. State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

(29) Grain Processing Corporation.Administrative Consent Order 

No. 2014–AQ–A1.

1–16–17 12/1/14, 79 FR 71025; 

amendment approved 8– 

25–17, [insert Federal 

Register citation].

The last sentence of Paragraph 5, Section III and 

Section VI are not approved by EPA as part of 

the SIP. 

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47 CFR Part 25 

[IB Docket No. 12–267; FCC 17–100] 

Implementation of Transmitter 

Identification Requirements for Video 

Uplink Transmissions 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) is issuing 

this final rule to is waive a transmitter 

identification requirement for certain 

digital video transmissions that cannot 

be made compliant by a software 

upgrade and incorporate by reference a 

new version of an existing standard. 

DATES: Effective September 25, 2017. 

The incorporation by reference of a 

publication listed in the rule is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of September 25, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554 

for full text of ‘‘Memorandum Opinion 

and Order, FCC 17–100’’ (also at https:// 

apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/ 

FCC-17-100A1.pdf) and inspection of 

material incorporated by reference. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay 

DeCell, 202–418–0803, Clay.DeCell@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 

17–100, adopted July 28, 2017, and 

released August 1, 2017. The full text of 

this document is available at https://

apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/ 

FCC-17-100A1.pdf. It is also available 

for inspection and copying during 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 

Street SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities, send an email 

to FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer 

& Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY). 

Synopsis 

In the Part 25 Order, FCC 13–111, the 

Commission concluded that adoption of 

the Digital Video Broadcasting–Carrier 

Identification (DVB–CID) standard for 

digital video uplinks from temporaryfixed earth stations was appropriate to 

address potential instances of harmful 

interference, by making transmissions 

more readily identifiable by satellite 

operators. We continue to believe that 

an added cost of a few hundred dollars 

per unit is justified to achieve this goal 

for earth station equipment that can 

undergo a software upgrade. We also 

agree with the overwhelming response 

from commenters in this proceeding on 

the implementation of the DVB–CID 

standard, however, that the much more 

significant expense of replacing older 

equipment that cannot simply undergo 

a software update would be unduly 

burdensome to operators, many of 

which are small businesses. And 

importantly, we note that no satellite 

operators, the direct beneficiaries of the 

DVB–CID requirement, opposed further 

relief. 

Based on the record, we conclude it 

will serve the public interest to waive 

47 CFR 25.281(b) for earth stations using 

modulators manufactured before August 

1, 2017, that cannot be made compliant 

with the DVB–CID standard by a 

software upgrade. This waiver will 

allow use and resale of non-compliant 

modulators until the end of their useful 

life, but requires earth stations using 

newly manufactured modulators to be 

DVB–CID compliant. Other affected 

earth stations must meet the DVB–CID 

standard by September 3, 2017. We 

conclude this treatment best balances 

the costs and benefits of implementing 

DVB–CID in light of the significant cost 

disparity presented in the record. We 

believe that the amount of equipment 

affected by this waiver will steadily 

decrease as such equipment reaches the 

end of its useful life. Should the 

Commission find that the continued 

operation of non-compliant equipment 

causes a pattern of complaints from 

satellite operators that they are having 

difficulty identifying the sources of any 

harmful interference, the Commission 

may revisit this waiver. 

Procedural Matters 

This document does not contain new 

or modified information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. In addition, therefore, it does not 


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contain any new or modified 

information collection burden for small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees, pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). 

The Commission will send a copy of 

the Memorandum Opinion and Order to 

Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

Incorporation by Reference 

This final rule updates and moves an 

incorporation by reference previously 

found in 47 CFR 25.281(b). In the Part 

25 Order, FCC–13–111, published at 79 

FR 8325, February 12, 2014, the 

Commission adopted an incorporation 

by reference in 47 CFR 25.281(b)(1) of 

the standard ETSI TS 103 129 (2013– 

05), ‘‘Technical Specification, Digital 

Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing 

structure, channel coding and 

modulation of a carrier identification 

system (DVB–CID) for satellite 

transmission.’’ Subsequently, the 

Commission created a centralized 

incorporation by reference section in 47 

CFR 25.108. We move the incorporation 

by reference language from 47 CFR 

25.281(b)(1) to the new, centralized 

incorporation by reference section, 47 

CFR 25.108, as a new paragraph. In 

addition, we update this reference by 

specifying the most recent version of 

this standard, released in March 2014. 

The revised version contains updated 

elements and is better suited to our goal 

of ensuring the efficient identification of 

sources of interference. 

This standard is reasonably available. 

It can be viewed during normal business 

hours at the Commission address found 

in ADDRESSES. It can also be purchased 

from the European Telecommunications 

Standards Institute using the contact 

information noted in the rule text, and 

is available for free download on their 

Web site, http://www.etsi.org. 

This standard contains technical 

requirements for satellite newsgathering 

vehicles, and other temporary-fixed 

earth stations, to identify digital video 

transmissions. Earth station operators 

are required to comply with this 

standard. Licensees affected by the rule 

section including these materials by 

reference should become familiar with 

the incorporated materials. 

Ordering Clauses 

Accordingly, it is ordered, pursuant to 

sections 4(i), 303, and 316 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 303, 316, 

and § 1.3 of the Commission’s rules, 47 

CFR 1.3, that the Memorandum Opinion 

and Order is adopted. 

It is further ordered that § 25.281(b) of 

the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 

25.281(b), is waived as described in the 

Memorandum Opinion and Order. 

It is further ordered that §§ 25.108 and 

25.281 of the Commission’s rules, 47 

CFR 25.108, 25.281, are amended as 

specified below. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 25 

Earth stations, Incorporation by 

reference. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 25 as 

follows: 

PART 25—SATELLITE 

COMMUNICATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 25 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Interprets or applies 47 U.S.C. 

154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 

605, and 721, unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 25.108 by redesignating 

paragraph (b) as paragraph (c) and 

adding new paragraph (b) to read as 

follows: 

§ 25.108 Incorporation by reference. 

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(b) European Telecommunications 

Standards Institute (ETSI), 650 Route 

des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia-Antipolis 

Cedex, France; http://www.etsi.org; 

Voice: +33 (0)4 92 94 42 00; Fax: +33 

(0)4 93 65 47 16; email: webstore@

etsi.org. 

(1) ETSI TS 103 129 V1.1.2 (2014–03), 

‘‘Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); 

Framing structure, channel coding and 

modulation of a carrier identification 

system (DVB–CID) for satellite 

transmission,’’ Version 1.1.2, March 

2014. Incorporation by reference 

approved for § 25.281(b). 

(2) [Reserved] 

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■ 3. Amend § 25.281 by revising 

paragraphs (b) introductory text and 

(b)(1) and adding Note 1 to paragraph 

(b) to read as follows: 

§ 25.281 Transmitter identification 

requirements for video uplink 

transmissions. 

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(b) As of September 3, 2017, 

transmissions of fixed-frequency, 

digitally modulated video signals with a 

symbol rate of 128,000/s or more from 

a temporary-fixed earth station must be 

identified through use of an ATIS in 

accordance with the requirements that 

follow. 

(1) The ATIS message must be 

modulated onto a direct sequence 

spread spectrum signal in accordance 

with the DVB–CID standard, ETSI TS 

103 129 V1.1.2 (2014–03) (incorporated 

by reference, see § 25.108). 

* * * * * 

Note 1 to paragraph (b): Paragraph (b) 

is waived for earth stations using 

modulators manufactured before August 

1, 2017, that cannot be made compliant 

with the DVB–CID standard by a 

software upgrade. 

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