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SUMMARY: In this document, the

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Commission announces the next
meeting of its Consumer Protection and
Accessibility Advisory Committee
(CPAAC or Committee).
The meeting will come to order at 9:00
a.m. Eastern Time.

Renewal of Agency Information
Collections of Previously Approved
Collections; Ocean Transportation
Intermediaries; 3072–0018; 60-Day
Public Comment Request

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

DATES: Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

person at the Federal Communications
Commission, Commission Meeting
Room, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
The meeting will also be streamed
online at www.fcc.gov/live.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David M. Pérez or Joshua Mendelsohn,
Designated Federal Officers, Federal
Communications Commission, via email
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

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meeting is open to the public. The
meeting will be webcast with sign
language interpreters and open
captioning at www.fcc.gov/live.
Members of the public may submit
comments and questions during the
meeting either in person if they are
attending the meeting or by emailing
[email protected]. These comments
or questions may be addressed during
the public comment period.
Requests for reasonable
accommodations or accessible materials
for people with disabilities should be
submitted via email to [email protected]
or by calling the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530. Please provide at least five
business days’ advance notice; lastminute requests will be accepted but
may not be possible to accommodate.
Proposed Agenda: The Committee
members are expected to (i) receive
updates or reports from the
Advancements in Accessible
Communications Technologies Working
Group (AACTWG) and the Protecting
Consumers through Advancements in
Robocall Mitigation Efforts Working
Group (RMWG); (ii) consider and may
vote on recommendations presented by
the RMWG; and (iii) discuss any other
topics relevant to the CPAAC’s work.
The meeting agenda will be available at
www.fcc.gov/cpaac and may be
modified at the discretion of the CPAAC
Co-Chairs and Designated Federal
Officers.
Federal Communications Commission.
Robert Garza,
Legal Advisor, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau.
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ACTION: Sixty-day notice; request for

comments.
SUMMARY: As part of our continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the Federal Maritime Commission
(Commission) invites comments on the
information collection related to
Licensing, Financial Responsibility
Requirements and General Duties for
Ocean Transportation Intermediaries
and Related Forms. This notice
announces a renewal of an existing
collection and includes updates to the
collection based on reduction in burden
hours due to a new electronic platform
and an increase in the number of
entities required to respond.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The Commission is
accepting comments using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. The docket for
this notice, which includes copies of
applicable forms, and submitted
comments, can be found at
www.regulations.gov/ under FMC–
2026–0298. Follow the instructions
provided for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
India Wright, (202) 523–5787, bcl@
fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on any aspect of the continuing
information collection listed in this
notice, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.). We are particularly interested in
receiving comments on: (1) the necessity
and utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)

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approval of the relevant information
collection. All comments are part of the
public record and subject to disclosure.
Please do not include any confidential
or inappropriate material in your
comments.
Information Collections Open for
Comment
Title: 46 CFR 515—Licensing,
Financial Responsibility Requirements
and General Duties for Ocean
Transportation Intermediaries and
Related Forms.
OMB Control Number: 3072–0018.
Form Numbers: FMC–18, FMC–48,
FMC–48A, FMC–65, FMC–67, FMC–68,
FMC–69, FMC–69A.
Abstract: Sections 40101–41309 of
title 46 of the United States Code, as
amended, provide that no person in the
United States may advertise, hold
oneself out, or act as an ocean
transportation intermediary (OTI) unless
that person holds a license issued by the
Commission. The Commission shall
issue an OTI license to any person that
the Commission determines to be
qualified by experience and character to
act as an OTI. Further, no person may
act as an OTI unless that person
furnishes a bond, proof of insurance, or
other surety in a form and amount
determined by the Commission to
insure financial responsibility. The
Commission has implemented the
legislative requirements in regulations
contained in 46 CFR part 515, including
in financial responsibility Forms FMC–
48, FMC–67, FMC–68, and FMC–69,
Optional Rider Forms FMC–48A and
FMC–69A, its related license
application Form FMC–18, and the
related foreign-based unlicensed nonvessel-operating common carriers
(NVOCCs) registration/renewal Form
FMC–65.
Type of Review: Extension with
change.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to the questions asked or the type of
information collected. The FMC–18 will
remain an electronic form. The current
electronic Form FMC–18 is a legacy
system that requires the use of Microsoft
Internet Explorer. In 2022, Microsoft
ended support for internet Explorer and
has since directed users to Microsoft
Edge, which offers a built-in ‘‘IE mode’’
for legacy site compatibility but requires
the end user to go through a lengthy and
sometimes confusing process to enable
the feature. The new FMC systems will
be implemented utilizing Microsoft
Entra ID (Microsoft Entra) and
ServiceNow PSDS (ServiceNow).
Microsoft Entra is used to securely
create and manage ID logins and
ServiceNow will be the platform

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through which the external user will
submit the data collected. Both
Microsoft Entra and ServiceNow will
also allow the use of modern,
Chromium-based browsers like Google
Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and
Safari. Forms FMC–48, FMC–48A,
FMC–65, FMC–69 and FMC–69A will
be accessed through ServiceNow and
primarily be submitted through the
automated electronic system but will
remain as PDF forms available on the
Commission’s website. Forms FMC–67
and FMC–68 will continue to be
available on the Commission’s website
as PDF forms and continue to be
accepted through email or mail. To
further reduce the burden, on
amendment applications for Form
FMC–18, the form will auto populate
with the entity information previously
submitted and vetted to reduce the
burden of data input and human error
from the external user. This same auto
populate information will be available
to external users that submit Forms
FMC–48, FMC–48A, FMC–69 and FMC–
69A to reduce the human error
commonly associated with the
submission of those forms.
Total estimated burden has been
amended to reflect changes in
Commission estimates.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
uses information obtained under part
515 and through Form FMC–18 to
determine the qualifications of OTIs and
their compliance with 46 U.S.C. subtitle
IV and FMC regulations, and to enable
the Commission to discharge its duties
under 46 U.S.C. subtitle IV by ensuring
that OTIs maintain acceptable evidence
of financial responsibility. If the
collection of information were not
conducted, there would be no basis
upon which the Commission could
determine if applicants are qualified for
licensing. The Commission would also
not be able to effectively assess the
compliance of foreign-based, unlicensed
NVOCCs without the required
registration information.
Frequency: This information will be
collected on an ad hoc basis. This
information is collected when
applicants apply for a license or submit
a registration, complete the triennial
renewal, or when existing licensees or
registrants change their application
forms.
Type of Respondents: The types of
respondents are persons desiring to
obtain or maintain a license or
registration to advertise, hold
themselves out as, or act as an OTI.
Under 46 U.S.C. subtitle IV, OTIs may
be either an ocean freight forwarder, an
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Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission estimates a potential
annual respondent universe of 9,611
entities. Due to an increase in the
number of OTIs, the inclusion of Form
FMC–65 Change submissions and
recordkeeping requirements, the
Commission estimates the number of
responses as 19,046. The distribution of
responses is as follows: 360 New FMC–
18 filings; 280 FMC–18 Amendment
filings; 1,780 OTI License Renewals;
6,406 FMC–48 and FMC–69 filings; 3
FMC–48A and FMC–69A filings, 744
FMC–65 registration filings; 1,531 FMC–
65 Renewal filings; 471 FMC–65
Organizational Change filings; and 9,611
recordkeeping requirements. The
Commission does not anticipate
receiving any filings of Forms FMC–67
or FMC–68 based on experience in
recent years and so the estimate for
these forms is zero. These forms are
included in this renewal to remain
available to respondents when
applicable.
Estimated Time per Response: The
time per response to complete
application Form FMC–18 New filings
averages two (2) hours, Form FMC–18
Amendment filings averages one (1)
hour, and to complete the triennial
renewal is ten (10) minutes. The time to
complete a financial responsibility form
(FMC–48, FMC–48A, FMC–69, or FMC–
69A) is ten (10) minutes. The time to
complete a financial responsibility form
(FMC–67, FMC–68) averages 20
minutes. The time to complete Form
FMC–65 to submit, renew or report
changes to a registration as a foreignbased, unlicensed NVOCC averages ten
(10) minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 720 personhours (Form FMC–18, New) + 280
person-hours (Form FMC–18,
Amended/Change in Organization) +
303 person-hours (OTI License
Renewal) + 2,114 person-hours (Forms
FMC–FMC 48, 67, 68, 69) + .51 personhours (Forms FMC 48A, 69A) + 126
person-hours (Form FMC–65) + 260
(Form FMC–65 Renewal) + 80 (Form
FMC–65, Organizational Changes) +
2,403 person-hours (Recordkeeping).
Total burden equals 6,286.51 hours.
For the Commission,
David Eng,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Notice of Agreements Filed
The Commission hereby gives notice
of filing of the following agreements

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under the Shipping Act of 1984.
Interested parties may submit
comments, relevant information, or
documents regarding the agreements to
the Secretary by email at Secretary@
fmc.gov, or by mail, Federal Maritime
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,
Washington, DC 20573. Comments will
be most helpful to the Commission if
received within 12 days of the date this
notice appears in the Federal Register,
and the Commission requests that
comments be submitted within 7 days
on agreements that request expedited
review. Copies of agreements are
available through the Commission’s
website (www.fmc.gov) or by contacting
the Office of General Counsel at (202)
523–5740 or [email protected].
Agreement No.: 201464–001.
Agreement Name: CMA CGM/
NEOLINE North Europe—USEC Service
Space Charter Agreement.
Parties: CMA CGM S.A.; and Neoline
Armateur.
Filing Party: Draughn Arbona, CMA
CGM (America) LLC.
Synopsis: The Amendment adds
Belgium and the Netherlands to the
geographic scope of the Agreement.
Proposed Effective Date: 9/18/2026.
Location: https://www2.fmc.gov/
eAgreementsSP/Public/
AgreementHistory/91649.
Agreement No.: 201476.
Agreement Name: Terminal
Emissions Sustainability Agreement.
Parties: Everport Terminal Services,
Inc.; International Transportation
Services, LLC; LBCT LLC; Pacific
Terminal Services Company, LLC; SSA
Marine, Inc.; TrapPac LLC; West Basin
Container Terminal; and Yusen
Terminals, LLC.
Filing Party: Gerald Morrissey,
Holland & Knight LLP.
Synopsis: The Agreement permits the
Parties to discuss impacts and
implementation of environmental
sustainability requirements and
initiatives impacting marine terminals
mandated or established by one or more
ports, federal, state, or local
governments, or other governmental
agencies or authorities, including air
quality standards and requirements of
the California Air Resources Board,
local Air Districts and other entities
establishing mandates affecting marine
terminals (Sustainability Costs), as well
as discussion and potential
implementation of fees or charges on
users of marine terminals in connection
with Sustainability Costs as well as
discussion and potential
implementation of rules, practices and
procedures for assessment, collection,
and allocation of fees or charges in
connection with Sustainability Costs.

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