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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
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Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq., 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 August 29, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Christopher
W. Cummings, Division of Clearing and
Intermediary Oversight, CFTC, (202)
418-5445; FAX: (202) 418-5426; e-mail:
ccummings@cftc.gov and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0049.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Procedural Requirements for
Requests for Interpretative, No-Action,
and Exemptive Letters (OMB Control
No. 3038–0049). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Commission Regulation
140.99 requires persons submitting
requests for exemptive, no-action, and
interpretative letters to provide specific
written information, certified as to
completeness and accuracy, and to
update that information to reflect
material changes. Regulation 140.99 was
promulgated pursuant to the
Commission’s rulemaking authority
contained in section 8a(5) of the
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Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C.
12a(5) (2000). Regulation 41.3 requires
securities brokers and dealers
submitting requests for exemptive
orders to provide specified written
information in support of such requests.
Regulation 41.3 was promulgated in
response to the requirement in the
Commodity Futures Modernization Act
of 2000 that the Commission establish
procedures for requesting such orders.
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. The OMB control
numbers for the CFTC’s regulations
were published on December 30, 1981.
See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The
Federal Register notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
this collection of information was
published on May 23, 2007 (72 FR
28959).
Burden statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
average 6 hours per response. These
estimates include the time needed to
review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining information
and disclosing and providing
information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train
personnel to be able to respond to a
collection of information; and transmit
or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Futures Commission Merchants,
Introducing Brokers, Commodity Pool
Operators, Commodity Trading
Advisors, Associated Persons, Floor
Brokers, Floor Traders, Securities
Brokers and Dealers.
Estimated number of respondents:
410.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 3,197 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Send comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of the
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the addresses listed below. Please refer
to OMB Control No. 3038–0049 in any
correspondence.
Christopher W. Cummings, Division
of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight,
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 1155 21st Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20581; and Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for CFTC, 725
17th Street, Washington, DC 20503.
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Dated: July 24, 2007.
Eileen Donovan,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review: Notice
of Intent To Renew Collection 3038–
0054, Establishing Procedures for
Entities Operating as Exempt Markets
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), 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 the expected
costs and burden; it includes the actual
data collection instruments [if any].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 29, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Riva
Spear Adriance, Division of Market
Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–
5494; FAX: (202) 418–5527; e-mail:
radriance@cftc.gov and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0054.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Establishing Procedures for
Entities Operating as Exempt Markets,
OMB Control No. 3038–0054. This is a
request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: Sections 2(h)(3) through (5)
of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act)
provides that exempt commercial
markets are markets excluded from the
Act’s other requirements. The rules
implement the qualifying conditions of
the exemption. Rule 36.3(a) implements
the notification requirements, and rule
36.3(b)(1) establishes information
requirements for exempt commercial
markets consistent with section
2(h)(5)(B) of the Act. An exempt
commercial market may provide the
Commission with access to transactions
conducted on the facility or it can
satisfy its reporting requirements by
complying with the Commission’s
reporting requirements. The Act
affirmatively vests the Commission with
comprehensive anti-manipulation
enforcement authority over these
trading facilities. The Commission is
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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 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq., 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 August 29, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Christopher W. Cummings, Division of Clearing
and Intermediary Oversight, CFTC, (202) 418-5445; FAX: (202) 418-5426;
e-mail: ccummings@cftc.gov and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0049.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Procedural Requirements for Requests for Interpretative, No-
Action, and Exemptive Letters (OMB Control No. 3038-0049). This is a
request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: Commission Regulation 140.99 requires persons submitting
requests for exemptive, no-action, and interpretative letters to
provide specific written information, certified as to completeness and
accuracy, and to update that information to reflect material changes.
Regulation 140.99 was promulgated pursuant to the Commission's
rulemaking authority contained in section 8a(5) of the Commodity
Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 12a(5) (2000). Regulation 41.3 requires
securities brokers and dealers submitting requests for exemptive orders
to provide specified written information in support of such requests.
Regulation 41.3 was promulgated in response to the requirement in the
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 that the Commission
establish procedures for requesting such orders.
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. The OMB control numbers for the
CFTC's regulations were published on December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035
(Dec. 30, 1981). The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on this collection of information was
published on May 23, 2007 (72 FR 28959).
Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is
estimated to average 6 hours per response. These estimates include the
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information and disclosing and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Futures Commission Merchants,
Introducing Brokers, Commodity Pool Operators, Commodity Trading
Advisors, Associated Persons, Floor Brokers, Floor Traders, Securities
Brokers and Dealers.
Estimated number of respondents: 410.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 3,197 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect of
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to the addresses listed below. Please refer to OMB Control No.
3038-0049 in any correspondence.
Christopher W. Cummings, Division of Clearing and Intermediary
Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20581; and Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: July 24, 2007.
Eileen Donovan,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 07-3696 Filed 7-27-07; 8:45 am]
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