[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56080-56081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27774]


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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 December 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary J. Martinaitis, Division of 
Economic Analysis, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5209; FAX: (202) 418-5527; 
email: [email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Futures Volume, Open Interest, Price, Deliveries and 
Exchange of Futures for Physicals (OMB Control No. 3038-0012). This is 
a request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Commission Regulation 16.01 requires the U.S. futures 
exchanges to publish daily information on the items listed in the title 
of the collection. The information required by this rule is in the 
public interest and is necessary for market surveillance. This rule is 
promulgated pursuant to the

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Commission's rulemaking authority contained in sections 5 and 5a of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, 7 USC 7 and 7a(2000).
    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 September 27, 2001 (66 FR 49355).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average .5 hours per response. These estimates include the 
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and 
utilize technology and systems for the purpose 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.
    Estimated number of responses: 2,640.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,320 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. 
3038-0012 in any correspondence.
    Gary J. Martinaitis, Division of Economic Analysis, 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: October 31, 2001.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-27774 Filed 11-5-01; 8:45 am]
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