[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14004-14005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5654]


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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 April 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to the addresses below. Please refer to OMB 
Control No. 3038-0007 in any correspondence.
    Ryne Miller, Division of Market 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.

    Comments may also be submitted by any of the following methods:
    The agency's Web site, at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
    Mail: David A. Stawick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20581.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mail above.
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Please submit your comments using only one method and identify that 
it is for the renewal of 3038-0007.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to 
www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information 
that you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt 
information may be submitted according to the procedures established in 
Sec.  145.9 of the Commission's regulations.\1\
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    \1\ See 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryne Miller, Division of Market 
Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5921; FAX: (202) 418-5527; email: 
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[email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    Title: Rules Relating to Regulation of Domestic Exchange Traded 
Options (OMB Control No. 3038-0007). This is a request for extension of 
a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: The rules require futures commission merchants and 
introducing brokers: (1) To provide their customers with standard risk 
disclosure statements concerning the risk of trading commodity 
interests; and (2) to retain all promotional material and the source of 
authority for information contained therein. The purpose of these rules 
is to ensure that customers are advised of the risks of trading 
commodity interests and to avoid fraud and misrepresentation. This 
information collection contains the recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements needed to ensure regulatory compliance with Commission 
rules relating to this issue.
    The Commission estimates the burden of this collection of 
information as follows:

                                                            Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                                             Estimated                                       Estimated       Estimated
                                                                             number of        Reports                         average      total number
                               Regulation                                 respondents or    annually by    Total annual      number of      of hours of
                                                                           recordkeepers       each          responses       hours per     annual burden
                                                                             per year       respondent                       response     in fiscal year
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Reporting:
    38.3, 38.4, 40.2 and 40.3 (Procedure for Designation or Self-                  13.00            2.00           26.00           25.00             650
     Certification).....................................................
    33.7--(Risk Disclosure).............................................          120.00          115.00       13,800.00            0.08        1,104.00
    Subtotal (Reporting Requirements)...................................          133.00  ..............       13,826.00  ..............        1,754.00
Recordkeeping:
    33.8--(Retention of Promotional Material)...........................          170.00            1.00          170.00           25.00        4,250.00
    Subtotal (Recordkeeping Requirements)...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
        Grand Total (Reporting and Recordkeeping).......................          303.00  ..............       13,996.00  ..............        6,004.00
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    There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs 
associated with this collection.

    Dated: March 2, 2012.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-5654 Filed 3-7-12; 8:45 am]
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