[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 52666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18859]


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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 of 1995 (PRA), 
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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect 
of the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, may be submitted directly to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in OMB, within 30 days of the notice's 
publication, by email at [email protected]. Please identify 
the comments by OMB Control No. 3038-0017. Please provide the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') with a copy of 
all submitted comments at the address listed below. Please refer to OMB 
Reference No. 3038-0017, found on http://reginfo.gov. Comments may also 
be mailed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
and to: Gary Martinaitis, Associate Director, Division of Market 
Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581; or through the CFTC 
Web site at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments through the Web site.
    Comments may also be mailed to: Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 
Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581 or 
by Hand Deliver/Courier at the same address.
    A copy of the supporting statements for the collection of 
information discussed above may be obtained by visiting RegInfo.gov. 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Martinaitis, Associate Director, 
Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
(202) 418-5209; email: [email protected], and refer to OMB Control 
No. 3038-0017. A copy may also be obtained from this contact.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Notice of Intent to Renew Collection, Market Surveys (OMB 
Control No. 3038-0017). This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Abstract: Under Commission Rule 21.02, upon call by the Commission, 
information must be furnished related to futures or options positions 
held or introduced by futures commission merchants, members of contract 
markets, introducing brokers, and foreign brokers and, for options 
positions, by each reporting market. This rule is designed to assist 
the Commission in prevention of market manipulation and is promulgated 
pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained in section 
8a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 12a (2010).
    Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to be as follows:

                                        Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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                                 Annual number    Frequency of     Total annual      Hours per
         17 CFR Sec.            of respondents      response         responses       response       Total hours
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21.02.........................             400  Annually........             400            1.75             700
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    The total annual cost burden per respondent is estimated to be 
$38,500. The Commission based its calculation on a blended hourly wage 
rate of $55 for a Programmer and Compliance Manager.\1\
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    \1\ In arriving at a wage rate for the hourly costs imposed, 
Commission staff used the Management & Professional Earnings in the 
Securities Industry Report, published in 2013 by the Securities 
Industry and Financial Markets Associations (Report). The wage rate 
used the median salary of a Programmer and Compliance Manager as 
published in the 2013 Report and divided that figure by 2000 annual 
working hours to arrive at the hourly rate of $55.

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    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: August 4, 2016.
Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-18859 Filed 8-8-16; 8:45 am]
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