[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16663-16664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06148]


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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, 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 also 
includes the actual data collection instruments, if any.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 17, 2013.

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. 3038-0012 in any correspondence. Submit comments to: Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
by the following method:
    Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for CFTC, 725 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. And: Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (``CFTC''), Attention: Gary J. Martinaitis, Division of 
Market Oversight, by any of the following methods:
     Agency Web Site: http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
     Mail: c/o Melissa Jurgens, Secretary of the Commission, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20581.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Same address as for ``Mail,'' 
above.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: Please submit your comments to both OMB and CFTC (for 
CFTC, use only one of the methods listed above), and identify all 
comments as pertaining to the renewal of OMB Control No. 3038-0012.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received, without 
change, to www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you 
wish to make

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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 
the Commission's regulations at 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary J. Martinaitis, Division of 
Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20581; (202) 418-5209; FAX: (202) 418-5527; 
[email protected] (refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0012).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Futures Volume, Open Interest, Price, Deliveries and 
Exchange of Futures for Physicals (OMB Control No. 3038-0012). This is 
a request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Commission Regulation 16.01, 17 CFR 16.01, requires the 
U.S. futures exchanges to publish daily information on the items listed 
in the title of the collection. The information required by this rule 
is in the public interest and is necessary for market surveillance. 
This rule was promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking 
authority contained in Sections 5 and 5a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 
7 U.S.C. 7 and 7a (2000).
    The Federal Register Notice for the 60-day comment period on this 
request for approval of an extension of a previously-approved 
information collection was published on December 31, 2012.\1\
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    \1\ See Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of 
Intent to Renew Collection, Futures Volume, Open Interest, Price, 
Deliveries and Exchange of Futures for Physicals, 77 FR 77038.
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    Burden statement: The Commission estimates the burden of this 
collection of information as follows:

                                                            Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                  Annual  number                                         Total annual      Hours per
                 17 CFR Section                  of  respondents         Frequency of response            responses         response       Total hours
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16.01..........................................              15   On occasion........................            3750              0.5            1,875
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    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: March 13, 2013.
Melissa D. Jurgens,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-06148 Filed 3-15-13; 8:45 am]
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