[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17413-17414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07183]


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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 May 11, 2017.

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. 3038-0090. 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. 3038-0090, 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: Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20581 or by Hand Deliver/Courier at the same address; or through the 
Agency's Web site at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments through the Web site.
    A copy of the supporting statements for the collection of 
information discussed above may be obtained by visiting http://
RegInfo.gov. 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: August A. Imholtz III, Special 
Counsel, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, Commodity

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Futures Trading Commission, (202) 418-5140; email: [email protected], 
and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Adaption of Regulations to Incorporate Swaps--Records of 
Transactions (OMB Control No. 3038-0090). This is a request for an 
extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: The Commission recently amended Regulation 1.35(a) to 
change and clarify several of the existing recordkeeping requirements 
that apply to certain registrants and market participants. Records of 
Commodity Interest and Related Cash or Forward Transactions, 80 FR 
80247 (Dec. 24, 2015). Specifically, the amendment to Regulation 1.35: 
(1) Excludes members of designated contract markets (``DCMs'') and 
members of swap execution facilities (``SEFs'') that are not registered 
or required to register with the Commission (``Unregistered Members'') 
from the requirement to keep written communications that lead to the 
execution of a commodity interest transaction and related cash or 
forward transactions; (2) excludes Unregistered Members from the 
requirement to maintain records in a particular form and manner; (3) 
excludes Unregistered Members from the requirement to retain text 
messages; (4) excludes commodity trading advisors (``CTAs'') that are 
members of a DCM or of a SEF from the requirement to record oral 
communications that lead to the execution of a transaction; and (5) 
clarifies the form and manner requirements that apply to required 
records.
    In Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Revision, Comment Request: Final Rule for Records of Commodity Interest 
and Related Cash or Forward Transactions, 80 FR 80327 (Dec. 24, 2015), 
the Commission addressed the PRA implications of this amendment of 
Regulation 1.35. First, the Commission estimated that changing 
Regulation 1.35(a) to exclude Unregisted Members from the requirement 
to keep written communications that lead to transaction execution will 
decrease the information collection burden under the rule by 
approximately one-half hour per week per entity. Second, the Commission 
estimated that excluding Unregistered Members from the requirement to 
maintain records in a particular form and manner will decrease the 
information collection burden by approximately one-half hour per month 
per entity. Third, the Commission estimated that excluding Unregistered 
Members from the requirement to retain text messages will decrease the 
information collection burden by approximately approximately one-half 
hour per month per entity. In connection with these estimates, the 
Commission estimated that there are approximately 3,200 Unregistered 
Members that will have their recordkeeping obligations reduced as a 
result of these three changes to Regulation 1.35(a). Next, the 
Commission estimated that excluding CTAs that are members of a DCM or 
of a SEF from the requirement to record oral communications that lead 
to transaction execution will decrease the information collection 
burden by approximately one-half hour per week per entity. In 
connection with this estimate, the Commission estimated that there are 
approximately 1,175 CTAs that will have their recordkeeping obligations 
reduced as a result of this change to Regulation 1.35(a). Finally, the 
Commission noted that because the revised form and manner requirements 
are a clarification of the prior requirements, the revised requirements 
do not increase or decrease the information collection burden.
    In the Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 
Collection Revision, Comment Request: Final Rule for Records of 
Commodity Interest and Related Cash or Forward Transactions, the 
Commission requested comments on, among other things, its estimates 
regarding the modified information collection burdens associated with 
the changes to Regulation 1.35(a). The Commission did not receive any 
comments that addressed any of its estimates or any other aspect of the 
information collection.
    Burden Statement: The amendment of Regulation 1.35 reduces the 
recordkeeping burdens of Unregistered Members and of CTAs that are 
members of a DCM or of a SEF. For each respondent that is an 
Unregistered Member, the Commission estimates that the amendment 
reduces the annual recordkeeping burden by a total of 38 hours. For 
each respondent that is a CTA, the Commission estimates that the 
amendment reduces the annual recordkeeping burden by a total of 26 
hours.
    The Commission estimates the burden of this collection of 
information as follows:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Futures Commission Merchants, Retail 
Foreign Exchange Dealers, Introducing Brokers, and Members of a DCM or 
of a SEF.
    Estimated number of respondents: 6,000.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 321,449 hours.\1\
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    \1\ In the Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 
Collection Revision, Comment Request: Final Rule for Records of 
Commodity Interest and Related Cash or Forward Transactions, the 
Commission mistakenly estimated the total annual burden on 
respondents to be 319,707. This estimate appears to have 
incorporated a mathematical error. The correct estimate of the total 
annual burden on respondents is, and should have been, 321,449.
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    Frequency of collection: Ongoing.
    There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs 
associated with this collection.

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

    Dated: April 5, 2017.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-07183 Filed 4-10-17; 8:45 am]
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