[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75452-75453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24254]


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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 January 19, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: David Van Wagner, Division 
of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 
21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5481; FAX: (202) 418-
5527; e-mail: [email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-
0048.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Off-Exchange Agricultural Trade Options (OMB Control No. 
3038-0048). This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: Off-Exchange Agricultural Trade Options, OMB Control No. 
3038-0048--Extension.
    In April 1998, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission 
or CFTC) removed the prohibition on off-exchange trade options on the 
enumerated agricultural commodities subject to a number of regulatory 
conditions. 63 FR 18821 (April 16, 1998). Thereafter, the Commission 
streamlined the regulatory or paperwork burdens in order to increase 
the utility of agricultural trade options while maintaining basic 
customer protections. 64 FR 68011 (Dec. 6, 1999).
    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 October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59319).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 5.59 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 360.
    Estimated number of responses: 411.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,391 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. 
3038-0048 in any correspondence.
    David Van Wagner, Division of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity

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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: December 15, 2005.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-24254 Filed 12-19-05; 8:45 am]
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