[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20344]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice; Information Collection 3038-0019, Stocks of Grain in 
Licensed Warehouses.

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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 September 10, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Payne at CFTC (202) 418-5286; 
FAX: (202) 418-5527; e-mail: [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 prevention 
of market manipulation and is promulgated pursuant to the Commission's 
rulemaking authority 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 June 4, 2003 (68 FR 33478).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 1 hour per response. This estimate includes 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 responses: 156.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 156 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.
    Judith Payne, 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 
Office for CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC 20503.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2003
Catherine D. Dixon,
Assistant Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 03-20344 Filed 8-8-03; 8:45 am]
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