[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63122-63123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28846]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice; Information Collection 3038-0031, Procurement 
Contracts.

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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 4, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: Steven A. Grossman at CFTC, 
(202) 418-5192; FAX: (202) 418-5529; e-mail: [email protected]; 
mailto: [email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Procurement Contracts, OMB Control 
No. 3038-0031. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: This information collection consists of procurement 
activities relating to solicitations, amendments to solicitations, 
requests for quotations, construction contracts, awards of contracts, 
performance bonds, and payment information for individuals (vendors) or 
contractors engaged in providing supplies or services.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information

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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 2, 2009 (74 FR 50957).
    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. The 
numbers contained in this justification differ from those in the 60-day 
notice because of a revised estimate of the number of respondents.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 214.
    Estimated number of responses: 214.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 548 hours.
    Frequency of collection: Annually.
    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. 
3038-0031 in any correspondence.
    Steven A. Grossman, 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 November 27, 2009.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-28846 Filed 12-1-09; 8:45 am]
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