Joint Public Roundtable on Issues Related to Capital and Margin Requirements for Swaps and Security-Based Swaps, 76705-76706 [2010-31003]

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Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2010–31005 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:35 Dec 08, 2010 Jkt 223001 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 January 10, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher W. 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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: December 2, 2010. David Stawick, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2010–30887 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–63435; File No. 4–621] Joint Public Roundtable on Issues Related to Capital and Margin Requirements for Swaps and SecurityBased Swaps Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’) and Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’) (each, an ‘‘Agency,’’ and collectively, the ‘‘Agencies’’). ACTION: Notice of roundtable discussion; request for comment. AGENCIES: On Friday, December 10, 2010, commencing at 1 p.m. and ending at 5 p.m., staff of the Agencies will hold a public roundtable meeting at which invited participants will discuss provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ‘‘Act’’) that require the Agencies SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES 76706 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 236 / Thursday, December 9, 2010 / Notices to adopt rules for the capital and margin requirements applicable to swaps and security-based swaps of swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and security-based swap participants. The discussion will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public may also listen to the meeting by telephone. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name and affiliation. The information for the conference call is set forth below. • U.S. Toll-Free: 877–951–7311 • International Toll: 1–203–607–0666 • Conference ID: 8978249 A transcript of the public roundtable discussion will be published at https:// www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/ DoddFrankAct/OTC_5_CapMargin.html. The roundtable discussion will take place in Lobby Level Hearing Room (Room 1000) at the CFTC’s headquarters at Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The CFTC’s Office of Public Affairs at (202) 418–5080 or the SEC’s Office of Public Affairs at (202) 551–4120. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The roundtable discussion will take place on Friday, December 10, 2010, commencing at 1 p.m. and ending at 5 p.m. Members of the public who wish to comment on the topics addressed at the discussion, or on any other topics related to capital and margin requirements for swaps and securitybased swaps in the context of the Act, may do so via: • Paper submission to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, or Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090; or • Electronic submission to CapitalandMargin@CFTC.gov (all emails must reference ‘‘Dodd Frank Roundtable Capital and Margin Requirements’’ in the subject field); and/ or by e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov or through the comment form available at: https://www.sec.gov/rules/ other.shtml. All submissions will be reviewed jointly by the Agencies. All comments must be in English or be accompanied by an English translation. All submissions provided to either Agency in any electronic form or on paper will be published on the Web site of the respective Agency, without review and without removal of personally identifying information. Please submit VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:35 Dec 08, 2010 Jkt 223001 only information that you wish to make publicly available. By the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dated: December 6, 2010. Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary. By the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Dated: December 6, 2010. David A. Stawick, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–31003 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P; 8011–01–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–63423; File No. 4–620] Acceptance of Public Submissions on a Study Mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Section 719(b) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Request for Comments. AGENCY: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’) was enacted on July 21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act, among other things, mandates that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’) conduct a study on ‘‘the feasibility of requiring the derivatives industry to adopt standardized computer-readable algorithmic descriptions which may be used to describe complex and standardized financial derivatives.’’ These algorithmic descriptions should be designed to ‘‘facilitate computerized analysis of individual derivative contracts and to calculate net exposures to complex derivatives.’’ The study also must consider the extent to which the algorithmic description, ‘‘together with standardized and extensible legal definitions, may serve as the binding legal definition of derivative contracts.’’ In connection with this study, the staff of the CFTC and SEC seek responses of interested parties to the questions set forth below. DATES: The CFTC will accept submissions on behalf of both agencies in response to the questions through December 31, 2010. ADDRESSES: You may submit responses to the CFTC, identified in the subject SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 line with ‘‘algorithmic study’’ by any of the following methods: • CFTC Agency Web site: https:// www.cftc.gov, via its Comments Online process at https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Web site. • Mail: David A. Stawick, 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. Please submit your comments using only one method. 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 and https://www.sec.gov. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. If you wish the CFTC 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 CFTC Regulation 145.9, 17 CFR 145.9. The CFTC and the SEC reserve 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 and https:// www.sec.gov that they may deem to be inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain comments may be accessible under the Freedom of Information Act. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy R. Doyle, Office of the General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, telephone: (202) 418–5136, or Matthew P. Reed, Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-[mail stop], telephone (202) 551– 2607. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 21, 2010, The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’), Public Law 111– 203, was enacted. Pursuant to Title VII, Sec. 719(b) of Dodd-Frank, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with the Securities and Exchange Commission, jointly, must report to Congress by March of 2011 on ‘‘the feasibility of requiring the derivatives industry to adopt standardized computer-readable algorithmic descriptions which may be E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31003]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-63435; File No. 4-621]


Joint Public Roundtable on Issues Related to Capital and Margin 
Requirements for Swaps and Security-Based Swaps

AGENCIES:  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') (each, an ``Agency,'' and 
collectively, the ``Agencies'').

ACTION: Notice of roundtable discussion; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: On Friday, December 10, 2010, commencing at 1 p.m. and ending 
at 5 p.m., staff of the Agencies will hold a public roundtable meeting 
at which invited participants will discuss provisions of the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Act'') that 
require the Agencies

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to adopt rules for the capital and margin requirements applicable to 
swaps and security-based swaps of swap dealers, major swap 
participants, security-based swap dealers, and security-based swap 
participants. The discussion will be open to the public with seating on 
a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public may also listen 
to the meeting by telephone. Call-in participants should be prepared to 
provide their first name, last name and affiliation. The information 
for the conference call is set forth below.
     U.S. Toll-Free: 877-951-7311
     International Toll: 1-203-607-0666
     Conference ID: 8978249
    A transcript of the public roundtable discussion will be published 
at https://www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/DoddFrankAct/OTC_5_CapMargin.html. The roundtable discussion will take place in Lobby 
Level Hearing Room (Room 1000) at the CFTC's headquarters at Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The CFTC's Office of Public Affairs at 
(202) 418-5080 or the SEC's Office of Public Affairs at (202) 551-4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The roundtable discussion will take place on 
Friday, December 10, 2010, commencing at 1 p.m. and ending at 5 p.m. 
Members of the public who wish to comment on the topics addressed at 
the discussion, or on any other topics related to capital and margin 
requirements for swaps and security-based swaps in the context of the 
Act, may do so via:
     Paper submission to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20581, or Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20549-1090; or
     Electronic submission to CapitalandMargin@CFTC.gov (all e-
mails must reference ``Dodd Frank Roundtable Capital and Margin 
Requirements'' in the subject field); and/or by e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov or through the comment form available at: https://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml.

All submissions will be reviewed jointly by the Agencies. All comments 
must be in English or be accompanied by an English translation. All 
submissions provided to either Agency in any electronic form or on 
paper will be published on the Web site of the respective Agency, 
without review and without removal of personally identifying 
information. Please submit only information that you wish to make 
publicly available.

    By the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Dated: December 6, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
    By the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

    Dated: December 6, 2010.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-31003 Filed 12-8-10; 8:45 am]
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