[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30698-30699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13697]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To 
Renew Collection 3038-0012, Futures Volume, Open Interest, Price, 
Deliveries and Purchases/Sales of Futures for Commodities or for 
Derivatives Positions

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) 
is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed 
collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (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. Federal agencies are required to publish notice in 
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information, including each proposed extension of an existing 
collection of information. This notice solicits the second request for 
comments, and to allow 30 days for public comments on futures volume, 
open interest, price, deliveries, and purchases/sales of futures for 
commodities or for derivatives positions.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regarding any aspect of ``Futures 
Volume & Open Interest Collection'' 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. 3038-0012.''
     By email addressed to: [email protected]; or
     By mail addressed to: 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 CFTC 
by one of the following methods. The copies should refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 3038-0012.''
     Through the Commission's website at https://comments.cftc.gov. Please follow the instructions for submitting 
comments through the website;
     By mail addressed to: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary 
of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581; or
     By Hand Delivery/Courier to the same address as specified 
for mail.
    Please submit your comments to the CFTC using only one method. 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 
https://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 (FOIA), 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 https://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 applicable laws, and may be 
accessible under the FOIA.
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    \1\ 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Charnisky, Market Analyst, 
Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
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(312) 596-0630; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Futures Volume, Open Interest, Price, Deliveries and 
Purchases/Sales of Futures for Commodities or for Derivatives Positions 
(OMB Control No. 3038-0012). This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Commission Regulation 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 is 
promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained 
in section 5 of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 7 (2010).
    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.\2\ On April 22, 2019, 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, 84 FR 16663 (``60-Day 
Notice''). The Commission originally estimated that 15 entities would 
be affected by this rule, who would spend one hour daily on each 
response, 250 trading days per year, thus accumulating 3,750 hours 
annually in total burden hours. These numbers remain current, and the 
Commission did not receive any comments on the 60-Day Notice.
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    \2\ The OMB control numbers for the CFTC's regulations were 
published on December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981).
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    Burden Statement: The Commission is revising its estimate of the 
burden for this collection as the respondent burden for this collection 
is estimated to be as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,750 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Daily.
    There are no known additional capital costs or operating and 
maintenance costs associated with this collection.

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

    Dated: June 24, 2019
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-13697 Filed 6-26-19; 8:45 am]
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