[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42882-42883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18330]


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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 24, 2018.

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 this notice's 
publication by either of the following methods. Please identify the 
comments by ``OMB Control No. 3038-0033.''
     By email addressed to: [email protected] or
     By mail addressed 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.
    A copy of all comments submitted to OIRA should be sent to the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the ``Commission'') by any of the 
following methods. The copies should refer to ``OMB Control No. 3038-
0033.''
     By mail addressed to: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary 
of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581;
     By Hand Delivery/Courier to the same address; or
     Through the Commission's website at http://comments.cftc.gov. Please follow the instructions for submitting 
comments through the website.

A copy of the supporting statement for the collection of information 
discussed herein 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. 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\ The 
Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to review, 
pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all of your 
submission from http://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to be 
inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All 
submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain comments on 
the merits of the ICR will be retained in the public comment file and 
will be considered as required under the Administrative Procedure Act 
and other applicable

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laws, and may be accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.
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    \1\ 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Schwartz, Deputy General 
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, (202) 416-5958; email: [email protected], and refer to OMB 
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Control No. 3038-0033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Notification of Pending Legal Proceedings Pursuant to 17 CFR 
1.60 (OMB Control Number 3038-0033.) This is a request for extension 
and revision of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Rule 1.60 of the Commission's Part 1 regulations requires 
every designated contract market (``DCM'') and futures commission 
merchant (``FCM'') to submit to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (``Commission'') certain specified information concerning 
pending legal proceedings to which the DCM or FCM is a party or to 
which its property is subject.\2\ This renewal updates the total 
requested burden based on available reported data.
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    \2\ 17 CFR 1.60 (2018).
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    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. On June 6, 2018, the Commission 
published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed extension of 
this information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on 
the proposed extension, 83 FR 26269 (``60-Day Notice''). The Commission 
originally estimated that 79 entities would be affected by this rule. 
That number was based on the number of active registered DCMs (16) and 
FCMs (63).\3\ These numbers remain current, and the Commission did not 
receive any substantial comments on the 60-Day Notice.
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    \3\ 83 FR 26269 (Jun. 6, 2018).
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    Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 0.20 hours per response, once annually. This 
estimate includes providing the Commission with notice and copies of 
specified legal documents.
    Respondents/Effective Entities: DCMs and FCMs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Responses: 79.\4\
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    \4\ The current number of registrants, 79, has decreased from 
the previous 105 in 2015, due to a drop in registration.
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    Estimated Average Annual Burden Hours per Respondent: 0.20.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15.8.\5\
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    \5\ Accordingly, the total annual burden on respondents has also 
been reduced, from 21 hours (105 x 0.20 = 21) in 2015 to 15.8 
currently.
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    Frequency of Collection: Once annually.

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

    Dated: August 21, 2018.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-18330 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am]
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