[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8295-8296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2641]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Activities; Notice of Intent To Renew Collection 3038-0026, Gross 
Collection of ExChange-Set Margins for Omnibus Accounts

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 March 14, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: Barbara S. Gold, Division of 
Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-
5430; Fax: (202) 418-5528; e-mail: [email protected] and refer to OMB 
Control No. 3038-0026.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Gross Collection of Exchange-Set Margins for Omnibus 
Accounts (OMB Control No. 3038-0026). This is a request for extension 
of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Commission Regulation 1.58 requires futures commission 
merchants to collect exchange-set margin for omnibus accounts on a 
gross, rather than a net, basis. This rule is promulgated pursuant to 
the Commission's rulemaking authority contained in sections 4c, 4d, 4f, 
4g and 8a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 6c, 6d, 6f, 6g and 
12a (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 December 3, 2007 (72 FR 67919).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average .08 hours per response. These estimates include 
the time needed to

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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: 150.
    Estimated number of responses: 48.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 600 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. 
3038-0026 in any correspondence.
    Barbara S. Gold, Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 
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: February 7, 2008.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
 [FR Doc. E8-2641 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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