[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48860-48861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23729]


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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 October 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: Barbara W. Black at CFTC, 
(202) 418-5130; FAX: (202) 418-5541; email: [email protected] and refer 
to OMB Control No. 3038-0022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
    Title: Rules Pertaining to Contract Markets and Their Members (OMB 
Control No. 3038-0022). This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Abstract: Section 5c(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 7a-
2(c), establishes procedures for registered entities (designated 
contract markets, registered derivatives transaction execution 
facilities and registered derivatives clearing organizations) to 
implement new rules and rule amendments by either seeking prior 
approval or (for most rules) certifying to the Commission that such 
rules or rule amendments do not violate the Act or Commission 
regulations. Rules 40.4, 40.5 and 40.6 implement these statutory 
provisions.
    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 August 15, 2001 (66 FR 42846).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 2.52 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: 12,284.
    Estimated number of responses: 305,371.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 770,506 hours.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.

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    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. 
3038-0022 in any correspondence.
    Barbara W. Black, Office of the Executive Director, 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: September 18, 2001.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-23729 Filed 9-21-01; 8:45 am]
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