[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 128 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 43084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14251]


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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 Information and 
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of 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 August 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this 
notice's publication to OIRA, at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the website's search function. Comments can be entered 
electronically by clicking on the ``comment'' button next to the 
information collection on the ``OIRA Information Collections Under 
Review'' page, or the ``View ICR--Agency Submission'' page. A copy of 
the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed 
herein may be obtained by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as 
indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be 
submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the 
``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') by clicking on the ``Submit Comment'' box 
next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control Number 3038-0072, at 
https://comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx.
    Or by either of the following methods:
     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.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission should 
include 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 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 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:  Christopher W. Cummings, Market 
Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, (202) 418-
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5445 or [email protected], and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0072.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Registration under the Commodity Exchange Act (OMB Control 
No. 3038-0072). This is a request for an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under OMB Control No. 3038-0072 
is gathered through the use of forms for registration of swap dealers 
and major swap participants. Swap dealers and major swap participants 
are required by section 4s(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') 
(7 U.S.C. 6s(a)) to register with the Commission. The CFTC uses various 
forms for registration (and withdrawal therefrom) (the ``Registration 
Forms''). OMB Control No. 3038-0072 applies to the Registration Forms 
for registration of swap dealers and major swap participants,\2\ to the 
alternative method provided under Commission regulations to submission 
of a fingerprint card for foreign natural persons; and to the process 
for requesting cross-border comparability determinations for 
substituted compliance with requirements otherwise applicable to swap 
dealers and major swap participants.
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    \2\ Forms for registration of futures commission merchants, 
commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, retail foreign 
exchange dealers, introducing brokers, associated persons, floor 
traders, and floor brokers are the subject of a separate information 
collection (OMB Control Number 3038-0023).
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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.\3\ On April 28, 2023, 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, 88 FR 26279 (``60-Day 
Notice''). The Commission did not receive any comments on the 60-Day 
Notice.
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    \3\ 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 (b)(3)(vi).
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    Burden Statement: The Commission continues to estimate the burden 
for this collection as described below.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Users of Commission registration 
forms that are swap dealers and major swap participants.
    Estimated number of respondents: 779.
    Estimated average burden hours per respondent: 1.14 hours.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 888 hours.
    Frequency of responses: Periodically.
    There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs 
associated with this collection.

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

    Dated: June 30, 2023.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-14251 Filed 7-5-23; 8:45 am]
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