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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 June 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the
burden estimate 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
(OIA) 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–
0049.’’
• By email addressed to:
OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov 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. 3038–0049.’’
• By mail addressed to: Christopher
Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
SUMMARY:
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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 Web site
at https://comments.cftc.gov. Please
follow the instructions for submitting
comments through the Web site.
A copy of the supporting statements
for the collection of information
discussed herein may be obtained by
visiting https://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, a petition for
confidential treatment of the exempt
information may be submitted according
to the procedures established in § 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jocelyn Partridge, Special Counsel,
Division of Clearing and Risk, (202)
418–5926, email: jpartridge@cftc.gov;
Meghan Tente, Special Counsel,
Division of Clearing and Risk, (202)
418–5785, email: mtente@cftc.gov; Jacob
Chachkin, Special Counsel, Division of
Swaps and Intermediary Oversight,
(202) 418–5496, email: jchachkin@
cftc.gov; or Dana Brown, Paralegal
Specialist, Division of Market Oversight,
(202) 418–5093, email: dbrown@
cftc.gov; or (202)418–5093.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Procedural Requirements for
Requests for Interpretative, No-Action
and Exemptive Letters (OMB Control
No. 3038–0049). This is a request for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: An agency may not conduct
or sponsor, and a person is not required
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CFR 145.9.
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to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB number. This
collection covers the information
requirements for voluntary requests for,
and the issuance of, interpretative, noaction, and exemptive letters submitted
to Commission staff pursuant to the
provisions of § 140.99 of the
Commission’s regulations,2 and related
requests for confidential treatment
pursuant to § 140.98(b) 3 of the
Commission’s regulations. It includes
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
The collection requirements described
herein are voluntary. They apply to
parties that choose to request a benefit
from Commission staff in the form of the
regulatory action described in § 140.99.
Such benefits may include, for example,
relief from some or all of the burdens
associated with other collections of
information, relief from regulatory
obligations that do not constitute
collections of information,
interpretations, or extensions of time for
compliance with certain Commission
regulations. It is likely that persons who
would opt to request action under
§ 140.99 will have determined that the
information collection burdens that they
would assume by doing so will be
outweighed substantially by the relief
that they seek to receive.
The information collection associated
with § 140.99 of the Commission’s
regulations is necessary, and would be
used, to assist Commission staff in
understanding the type of relief that is
being requested and the basis for the
request. It is also necessary, and would
be used, to provide staff with a
sufficient basis for determining whether:
(1) Granting the relief would be
necessary or appropriate under the facts
and circumstances presented by the
requestor; (2) the relief provided should
be conditional and/or time-limited; and
(3) granting the relief would be
consistent with staff responses to
requests that have been presented under
similar facts and circumstances. In some
cases, the requested relief might be
granted upon the condition that those
who seek the benefits of that relief fulfill
certain notice and other reporting
obligations that serve as substituted
compliance for regulatory requirements
that would otherwise be imposed. In
some cases, the conditions might
include reporting or recordkeeping
requirements that are necessary to
ensure that the relief granted by
2 17 CFR 140.99. An archive containing CFTC
staff letters may be found at https://www.cftc.gov/
LawRegulation/CFTCStaffLetters/index.htm.
3 17 CFR 140.98(b).
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Commission staff is appropriate. In
some cases, the parties obtaining relief
may be subject to reporting and
recordkeeping requirements that are
necessary to monitor for the parties’
compliance with the conditions
imposed. The foregoing categories may
or may not be overlapping. Once again,
it is likely that those who would comply
with these conditions will have
determined that the burden of
complying with the conditions is
outweighed by the benefit of the relief
that they seek to receive. The
information collection associated with
§ 140.98(b) of the Commission’s
regulations is necessary to provide a
mechanism whereby persons requesting
no-action, interpretative and exemption
letters may seek temporary confidential
treatment of their request and the
Commission staff response thereto and
the grounds upon which such
confidential treatment is sought.
On March 29, 2017, 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, 82 FR 15514,
March 29, 2017 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’).
Burden Statement: In order to
establish estimates of the annual
information collection burden
associated with the exemptive, noaction and interpretative letters that
may be issued by Commission staff
during the three year renewal period,
Commission staff reviewed the letters of
this type that were issued by
Commission staff during 2016. This
timeframe was chosen because it was
believed that such recent experience
would be indicative of both the quantity
of requests that Commission staff
expects to receive and the quantity of
letters that Commission staff expects to
issue on an annual basis during the
renewal period and the information
collection burdens that may be
associated with them. In some cases, the
relief granted in 2016 is unlikely to be
requested again as it has been
superseded by a Commission
rulemaking. The projected burden
estimates for the renewal period were
not reduced accordingly in order to
account for the possibility that new
issues may arise. It is also possible that
certain relief granted in 2016 may be
superseded by a future Commission
rulemaking. As future rulemakings and
their effective dates are speculative, the
estimates for the renewal period have
not been reduced to account for
potential rulemakings.
The annual respondent burden for
this collection during the renewal
period is estimated to be as follows:
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
284.
Estimated Average Annual Burden
Hours per Respondent: 9.5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,704.
Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
Type of Respondents: Respondents
include persons registered with the
Commission (such as commodity pool
operators, commodity trading advisors,
derivatives clearing organizations,
designated contract markets, futures
commission merchants, introducing
brokers, swap dealers, and swap
execution facilities); persons seeking an
exemption from registration; persons
whose registration with the Commission
is pending; trade associations and their
members; eligible contract participants;
and other persons seeking relief from
discrete regulatory requirements.
burden hours related to a request for
confidential treatment made pursuant to
§ 140.98(b) of the Commission’s
regulations.4
The burden hours associated with
requests for exemptive, no-action and
interpretative letters include both the
drafting and filing of the request itself
as well as performing the underlying
factual or legal analysis generally to
comply with the information collection.
The burden hours associated with
individual requests will vary widely,
depending upon the type and
complexity of relief requested, whether
the request presents novel or complex
issues, the relevant facts and
circumstances, and the number of
requestors or other affected entities. The
Commission provides estimates of the
amount of time that any requestor
spends on any particular request as each
request is unique, based upon the
preceding factors.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
These estimates, as set forth in greater
detail below, include the burden hours
for complying with the information
requirements for exemptive, no-action
and interpretative letters contained in
§ 140.99(c) of the Commission’s
regulations; effecting the filing of such
letters pursuant to § 140.99(d);
providing notice to Commission staff of
materially changed facts and
circumstances pursuant to
§ 140.99(c)(3)(ii); complying with any
conditions and monitoring that may be
contained in a grant of no-action or
exemptive relief pursuant to § 140.99(e);
complying with requirements to make
disclosures to third parties; and
preparing and submitting withdrawals
of requests for exemptive, no-action and
interpretative letters, as provided in
§ 140.99(f). The estimates also include
Estimated
annual
respondents
Estimated
annual reports
or records per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
Estimated
annual
burden
hours
REPORTING
§ 140.99(c)—information requirements for letters ...........................
§ 140.99(d)—filing requirements ......................................................
§ 140.99(c)(3)(ii)—materially changed facts and circumstances .....
§ 140.99(e)—staff response (conditions imposed) ..........................
§ 140.99(f)—withdrawal of requests ................................................
§ 140.98(b)—requests for confidential treatment .............................
78
78
5
16
5
42
1
1
1
1
1
1
78
78
5
16
5
42
24.7
1
3
5
1
1
1,930
78
15
80
5
42
Total Reporting .........................................................................
224
1
224
9.6
2,150
RECORDKEEPING
§ 140.99(e)—staff response (conditions imposed) ..........................
Disclosures to Third Parties .............................................................
54
6
4
56.4
216
338
1
1
216
338
Total ..........................................................................................
284
2.7
778
3.5
2,704
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Air Force Scientific Advisory
Board, Department of the Air Force,
DOD.
The United States Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board plans to hold
its Summer Session Board meeting on
June 15, 2017. Portions of this meeting
will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting date is June 15,
2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Beckman Center of
National Academies of Science and
Engineering, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine,
California 92617.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Scientific Advisory Board meeting
organizer, Major Mike Rigoni at
michael.j.rigoni.mil@mail.mil or (703)
695–4297, United States Air Force
Scientific Advisory Board, 1500 West
Perimeter Road, Ste. #3300, Joint Base
Andrews, MD 20762.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of
Defense announces the United States
Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory
Board (SAB) Summer Board meeting
will take place on 15 June 2017 at the
Beckman Center of The National
Academies of Science and Engineering,
located at 100 Academy Drive, Irvine,
California 92617. The purpose of this
4 The Commission now includes the collection of
information related to Commission regulation
41.3(b), which involves exemption requests from
certain intermediaries, under OMB number 3038–
0059 and, as such, is no longer including it in this
OMB number.
ACTION:
Dated: May 24, 2017.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
SUMMARY:
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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 June 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the burden estimate 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 (OIA) in OMB within 30 days of this notice's
publication by either of the following methods. Please identify the
comments by ``OMB Control No. 3038-0049.''
By email addressed to: OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov 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.
3038-0049.''
By mail addressed to: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary
of the
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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 Web site at https://comments.cftc.gov. Please follow the instructions for submitting
comments through the Web site.
A copy of the supporting statements for the collection of
information discussed herein may be obtained by visiting https://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, 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\
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\1\ 17 CFR 145.9.
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jocelyn Partridge, Special Counsel,
Division of Clearing and Risk, (202) 418-5926, email:
jpartridge@cftc.gov; Meghan Tente, Special Counsel, Division of
Clearing and Risk, (202) 418-5785, email: mtente@cftc.gov; Jacob
Chachkin, Special Counsel, Division of Swaps and Intermediary
Oversight, (202) 418-5496, email: jchachkin@cftc.gov; or Dana Brown,
Paralegal Specialist, Division of Market Oversight, (202) 418-5093,
email: dbrown@cftc.gov; or (202)418-5093.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Procedural Requirements for Requests for Interpretative, No-
Action and Exemptive Letters (OMB Control No. 3038-0049). This is a
request for an extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: 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 number. This collection covers the information
requirements for voluntary requests for, and the issuance of,
interpretative, no-action, and exemptive letters submitted to
Commission staff pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 140.99 of the
Commission's regulations,\2\ and related requests for confidential
treatment pursuant to Sec. 140.98(b) \3\ of the Commission's
regulations. It includes reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
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\2\ 17 CFR 140.99. An archive containing CFTC staff letters may
be found at https://www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/CFTCStaffLetters/index.htm.
\3\ 17 CFR 140.98(b).
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The collection requirements described herein are voluntary. They
apply to parties that choose to request a benefit from Commission staff
in the form of the regulatory action described in Sec. 140.99. Such
benefits may include, for example, relief from some or all of the
burdens associated with other collections of information, relief from
regulatory obligations that do not constitute collections of
information, interpretations, or extensions of time for compliance with
certain Commission regulations. It is likely that persons who would opt
to request action under Sec. 140.99 will have determined that the
information collection burdens that they would assume by doing so will
be outweighed substantially by the relief that they seek to receive.
The information collection associated with Sec. 140.99 of the
Commission's regulations is necessary, and would be used, to assist
Commission staff in understanding the type of relief that is being
requested and the basis for the request. It is also necessary, and
would be used, to provide staff with a sufficient basis for determining
whether: (1) Granting the relief would be necessary or appropriate
under the facts and circumstances presented by the requestor; (2) the
relief provided should be conditional and/or time-limited; and (3)
granting the relief would be consistent with staff responses to
requests that have been presented under similar facts and
circumstances. In some cases, the requested relief might be granted
upon the condition that those who seek the benefits of that relief
fulfill certain notice and other reporting obligations that serve as
substituted compliance for regulatory requirements that would otherwise
be imposed. In some cases, the conditions might include reporting or
recordkeeping requirements that are necessary to ensure that the relief
granted by Commission staff is appropriate. In some cases, the parties
obtaining relief may be subject to reporting and recordkeeping
requirements that are necessary to monitor for the parties' compliance
with the conditions imposed. The foregoing categories may or may not be
overlapping. Once again, it is likely that those who would comply with
these conditions will have determined that the burden of complying with
the conditions is outweighed by the benefit of the relief that they
seek to receive. The information collection associated with Sec.
140.98(b) of the Commission's regulations is necessary to provide a
mechanism whereby persons requesting no-action, interpretative and
exemption letters may seek temporary confidential treatment of their
request and the Commission staff response thereto and the grounds upon
which such confidential treatment is sought.
On March 29, 2017, 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, 82 FR
15514, March 29, 2017 (``60-Day Notice'').
Burden Statement: In order to establish estimates of the annual
information collection burden associated with the exemptive, no-action
and interpretative letters that may be issued by Commission staff
during the three year renewal period, Commission staff reviewed the
letters of this type that were issued by Commission staff during 2016.
This timeframe was chosen because it was believed that such recent
experience would be indicative of both the quantity of requests that
Commission staff expects to receive and the quantity of letters that
Commission staff expects to issue on an annual basis during the renewal
period and the information collection burdens that may be associated
with them. In some cases, the relief granted in 2016 is unlikely to be
requested again as it has been superseded by a Commission rulemaking.
The projected burden estimates for the renewal period were not reduced
accordingly in order to account for the possibility that new issues may
arise. It is also possible that certain relief granted in 2016 may be
superseded by a future Commission rulemaking. As future rulemakings and
their effective dates are speculative, the estimates for the renewal
period have not been reduced to account for potential rulemakings.
The annual respondent burden for this collection during the renewal
period is estimated to be as follows:
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Estimated Number of Respondents: 284.
Estimated Average Annual Burden Hours per Respondent: 9.5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,704.
Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
Type of Respondents: Respondents include persons registered with
the Commission (such as commodity pool operators, commodity trading
advisors, derivatives clearing organizations, designated contract
markets, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, swap
dealers, and swap execution facilities); persons seeking an exemption
from registration; persons whose registration with the Commission is
pending; trade associations and their members; eligible contract
participants; and other persons seeking relief from discrete regulatory
requirements.
There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
These estimates, as set forth in greater detail below, include the
burden hours for complying with the information requirements for
exemptive, no-action and interpretative letters contained in Sec.
140.99(c) of the Commission's regulations; effecting the filing of such
letters pursuant to Sec. 140.99(d); providing notice to Commission
staff of materially changed facts and circumstances pursuant to Sec.
140.99(c)(3)(ii); complying with any conditions and monitoring that may
be contained in a grant of no-action or exemptive relief pursuant to
Sec. 140.99(e); complying with requirements to make disclosures to
third parties; and preparing and submitting withdrawals of requests for
exemptive, no-action and interpretative letters, as provided in Sec.
140.99(f). The estimates also include burden hours related to a request
for confidential treatment made pursuant to Sec. 140.98(b) of the
Commission's regulations.\4\
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\4\ The Commission now includes the collection of information
related to Commission regulation 41.3(b), which involves exemption
requests from certain intermediaries, under OMB number 3038-0059
and, as such, is no longer including it in this OMB number.
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The burden hours associated with requests for exemptive, no-action
and interpretative letters include both the drafting and filing of the
request itself as well as performing the underlying factual or legal
analysis generally to comply with the information collection. The
burden hours associated with individual requests will vary widely,
depending upon the type and complexity of relief requested, whether the
request presents novel or complex issues, the relevant facts and
circumstances, and the number of requestors or other affected entities.
The Commission provides estimates of the amount of time that any
requestor spends on any particular request as each request is unique,
based upon the preceding factors.
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated annual reports Total average Estimated
annual or records annual number of annual
respondents per responses hours per burden
respondent response hours
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REPORTING
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Sec. 140.99(c)--information 78 1 78 24.7 1,930
requirements for letters................
Sec. 140.99(d)--filing requirements.... 78 1 78 1 78
Sec. 140.99(c)(3)(ii)--materially 5 1 5 3 15
changed facts and circumstances.........
Sec. 140.99(e)--staff response 16 1 16 5 80
(conditions imposed)....................
Sec. 140.99(f)--withdrawal of requests. 5 1 5 1 5
Sec. 140.98(b)--requests for 42 1 42 1 42
confidential treatment..................
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Total Reporting...................... 224 1 224 9.6 2,150
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RECORDKEEPING
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Sec. 140.99(e)--staff response 54 4 216 1 216
(conditions imposed)....................
Disclosures to Third Parties............. 6 56.4 338 1 338
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Total................................ 284 2.7 778 3.5 2,704
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: May 24, 2017.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-11114 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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