[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38517-38518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15678]


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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 CONTACT: Judi E. Payne at CFTC, (202) 418-5268; 
FAX: (202) 418-5527; email: [email protected] and refer to OMB Control 
No. 3038-0019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Stocks of Grain in Licensed Warehouses (OMB Control No. 
3038-0019). This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: Under Commission Rule 1.44, 17 CFR 1.44, contract markets 
must require operators of warehouses regular for delivery to keep 
records on stocks of commodities and make reports on call by the 
Commission. The rule is designed to assist the Commission in the 
prevention of market manipulation and are promulgated pursuant to the 
Commission's rulemaking authority

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contained in section 5a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 7a.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to 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 26816).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 1.04 hours per response. 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: 3.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,769 hours.
    Frequency of collection: Weekly.
    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. 
3038-0019 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. 00-15678 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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