[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38516-38517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15676]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected costs and burden; it 
includes the actual data collection instruments, if any.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: Judi E. Payne at CFTC, (202) 
418-5268; FAX: (202) 418-5527; email: [email protected] and refer to OMB 
Control No. 3038-0017.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Market Surveys (OMB Control No. 3038-0017). This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Sections 8(a)(i) and (ii) of the Commodity Exchange Act 
provide that for the efficient execution of the provisions of the Act 
and in order to inform Congress, the Commission may make investigations 
concerning futures markets and may publish general information from 
such investigations. In certain instances in response to abrupt and 
substantial changes in market prices, Congressional inquiry or other 
reasons, the Commission may conduct full market investigations 
requiring that all persons holding futures positions on the date in 
question in a specific market be identified. In such cases, the 
Commission issues its call for survey information pursuant to 
Commission Rule 21.02, 17 CFR 21.02.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
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respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for the CFTC's 
regulations were published on December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 
30, 1981). The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
May 9, 2000 (65 FR 26818).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 1.75 hours per response for such a survey. These 
estimates include the time needed to review instructions; develop, 
acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes 
of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 400.
    Estimated number of respondents: 400.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 700 hours.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect of 
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the addresses listed below. Please refer to OMB Control No. 
3038-0017 in any correspondence.
Judi E. Payne, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581.
      and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, 
DC 20503.

    Dated: June 16, 2000.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 00-15676 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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