[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76333-76334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26417]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

[Renew Collection 3038-0025]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Practice by Former 
Members and Employees of the Commission

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') is

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announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection 
of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(``PRA''), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the 
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and 
to allow 60 days for public comment. This notice announces the intent 
to renew the Information Collection Request (``ICR'') abstracted below, 
and describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
costs and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``Practice by Former 
Members and Employees of the Commission Pursuant to 17 CFR 140.735-6'' 
or by ``OMB Control No. 3038-0025, by any of the following methods:
     The Agency's Web site, at http://comments.cftc.gov/: 
Following the instructions for submitting comments through the Web 
site.
     Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 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 through the Portal.
    Please submit your comments using only one method.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to 
http://www.cftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bianca Gomez, Counsel, Office of the 
General Counsel, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, 202-418-5627; 
email: [email protected], and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, Federal agencies must obtain 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for each 
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. Section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal 
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning 
each proposed collection of information before submitting the 
collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, the 
CFTC is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information 
listed below.
    Title: Practice by Former Members and Employees of the Commission 
(OMB Control No. 3038-0025). This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Commission Rule 140.735-6 governs the practice before the 
Commission of former members and employees of the Commission and is 
intended to ensure that the Commission is aware of any existing 
conflict of interest. The rule generally requires former members and 
employees who are employed or retained to represent any person before 
the Commission within two years of the termination of their CFTC 
employment to file a brief written statement with the Commission's 
Office of General Counsel. The proposed rule was promulgated pursuant 
to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained in section 8a(5) of 
the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 12a(5) (1994), as amended. With 
respect to the collection of information, the CFTC invites comments on:
     Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information will have a practical 
use;
     The accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
     Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of collection of information 
on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: Section 140.735-6 of the Commission's regulations 
result in information collection requirements within the meaning of the 
PRA. The respondent burden for this collection is estimated to average 
0.10 hours per response to file the brief written statement. This 
estimate include 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.
    Estimated number of responses: 30.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 0.10 hours.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 3.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    There are no startup capital costs or operating and maintenance 
costs associated with this collection.

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

    Dated: October 27, 2016.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-26417 Filed 11-1-16; 8:45 am]
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