[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51148-51149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20956]
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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 October 28, 2019.
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 by either of the following methods. Please identify the
comments by ``OMB Control No. 3038-0017.''
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 either of
the following methods. The copies should refer to ``OMB Control No.
3038-0017.''
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 Information Collection Request will be retained in
the public comment file and will be considered as required under the
Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and may be
accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.
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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,
(312) 596-0630; email: [email protected], and refer to ``OMB Control
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No. 3038-0017.''
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).
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 July 23, 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 35376 (``60-Day Notice''). The Commission
did not receive any
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relevant comments on the 60-Day Notice.
Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is
estimated to be as follows:
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Annual number
17 CFR section of Frequency of Total annual Hours per Total burden
respondents response responses response hours
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21.02....................... 100 Annually.......... 100 1.75 175
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There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: September 23, 2019.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-20956 Filed 9-26-19; 8:45 am]
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