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Island’s ‘‘mini-eliminator trawl’’ project.
During the Monkfish Committee report
to follow, the Council will receive a
briefing on the recent scoping hearings
and recommendations from its
Monkfish Advisory Panel, each
concerning the possible development of
a monkfish catch shares program. The
committee also will review its
discussion about the use of trip limit
exemptions in the monkfish cooperative
research program. The Northeast
Fisheries Science Center staff will
summarize its recommendations for
2011–12 observer sea-day allocations.
During the afternoon, the Council will
discuss and possibly modify an option
in the Environmental Impact Statement
for Herring Amendment 5 that would
require federally-permitted fish dealers
to accurately weigh all landings of
herring. They also will receive the last
of three briefings about ecosystem-based
fisheries management by staff of the
Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The
Habitat Committee will summarize any
recommendations from its most recent
meeting, and at the end of the day, the
Habitat Plan Development Team will
provide an overview of the impact of the
SASI model peer review on the
development of the Council’s Habitat
Omnibus Amendment.
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The last day of the Council meeting
will begin with a presentation about
‘‘management area coordination.’’ This
will consist of an overview of the
relationships between the current
groundfish mortality closures and the
current and proposed essential fish
habitat closures, and their impact on
access to fishery resources. The Council
will address groundfish management for
the remainder of this day. It intends to
take final action on Framework
Adjustment 46 to the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
(FMP), which would cap the amount of
haddock the herring fleet would be
allowed to take as bycatch in that
fishery. The Council also may take final
action on Amendment 17 to the
Multispecies FMP. Amendment 17
would create a mechanism for the
operation of NOAA-funded, stateoperated permit banks. Other
groundfish-related business items
include a report on workshop planning
for the purpose of examining the last
year of sector operations, and a
Groundfish Committee recommendation
to delay further work on an amendment
to consider accumulation limits in the
fishery. Any other outstanding business
will be discussed after the groundfish
agenda items have been completed.
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This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: April 4, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
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Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; publication of existence
and character of a new system of
records.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission is establishing a
system of records under the Privacy Act
of 1974 for the online collection of
public comments to notices of proposed
rulemakings, proposed orders, and other
regulatory actions that are required to be
published in the Federal Register, or
applications for registration or
designation, approval requests or selfcertifications related to financial
products or self-regulatory organization
rules or rule amendments, petitions for
exemption, and other input collected
from the public that may not be
associated with statutory or regulatory
notice and comment requirements.
DATES: Comments should be postmarked
by May 17, 2011. This notice will
become effective without further notice,
on the date which is 60 days from the
date given above unless otherwise
revised pursuant to comments received.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘Comments Online
SORN,’’ by any of the following
methods:
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• Agency Web site, via its Comments
Online process: https://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Web site.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Comments may be submitted at https://
www.regulations.gov. Following the
instructions for submitting comments.
• 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. 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, 17 CFR
145.9.
The Commission reserves the right,
but shall have no obligation, to review,
pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or
remove any or all of a 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
notice will be retained in the public
comment file and will be considered as
required under all applicable laws, and
may be accessible under the Freedom of
Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Harman-Stokes, Chief Privacy
Officer, kharman-stokes@cftc.gov, 202–
418–6629, Office of the Executive
Director, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC
20581.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Comments Online
The CFTC is obligated to collect
comments on rulemakings and other
regulatory action, which it timely
publishes on its Web site to provide
transparency in the informal rulemaking
process under the Administrative
Procedure Act (‘‘APA’’), 5 U.S.C. 553,
and in the regulatory processes
established in the Commodity Exchange
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Act, 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq. The CFTC also
may solicit comments or other input
from the public that may not be
associated with statutory or regulatory
notice and comment requirements.
Previously, this input was received by
the Commission’s Office of the Secretary
and incorporated into the Commission
Correspondence Files, Privacy Act
System of Record Notice CFTC–2.
The new ‘‘Comments Online’’ system
will collect and store comments and
input received by the Commission.
Specifically, the system includes a web
form on https://www.cftc.gov allowing
individuals to submit their comments or
input, along with their name,
organization and contact information.
Once submitted, the system stores this
information in the Comments Online
database. Any comments received by
fax, postal mail or email are uploaded
by personnel into this database,
collecting all comments into one
database. The commenter’s name,
organization and comment or input are
automatically published to https://
www.cftc.gov. The commenter’s contact
information, or other personal
information voluntarily submitted, is
not published on the Internet, unless the
commenter has incorporated such
information into the text of his or her
comment.
During an informal rulemaking or
other statutory or regulatory notice and
comment process, Commission
personnel may manually remove a
comment from publication if the
commenter withdraws his or her
comments before the comment period
has closed or because the comment
contains obscenities or other material
deemed inappropriate for publication by
the Commission.1 However, comments
that are removed from publication will
be retained by the Commission for
consideration as required by the APA,
or as part of the Commission’s
documentation of a comment
withdrawal in the event that one is
requested.
II. The Privacy Act
Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5
U.S.C. 552a, a ‘‘system of records’’ is
defined as any group of records under
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1 The
Commission reserves the right, but has no
obligation, to review, pre-screen, filter, redact,
refuse or remove any submission or part of a
submission that it may deem inappropriate for
publication, such as a comment containing obscene
language. If an individual wishes to include in his/
her comments information that he/she believes may
be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, the individual may
submit a petition for confidential treatment
according to the procedure set forth in CFTC
regulations at 17 CFR 145.9 before submitting
comments.
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the control of a federal government
agency from which information about
individuals is retrieved by name or
other personal identifier. The Privacy
Act establishes the means by which
government agencies must collect,
maintain, and use personally
identifiable information associated with
an individual in a government system of
records.
Each government agency is required
to publish a notice in the Federal
Register of a system of records in which
the agency identifies and describes each
system of records it maintains, the
reasons why the agency uses the
personally identifying information
therein, the routine uses for which the
agency will disclose such information
outside the agency, and how individuals
may exercise their rights under the
Privacy Act to determine if the system
contains information about them.
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name of the organization, if an
organization is submitting the
comments. The commenter may
optionally provide job title, mailing
address and phone numbers. The
comments or input provided may
contain other personal information,
although the comment submission
instructions advise commenters not to
include additional personal or
confidential information.
This system excludes comments or
input for which the Commission has
received and either has approved or not
yet decided a Freedom of Information
Act ‘‘request for confidential treatment.’’
Records related to such requests are
covered under System of Record Notice
CFTC–41, ‘‘Requests for Confidential
Treatment.’’
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
SYSTEM NUMBER:
CFTC–45
44 U.S.C. 3101, Administrative
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553 et seq., the
Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1 et
seq., and rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
SYSTEM NAME:
PURPOSE(S):
III. Notice
Comments Online.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
This system is located in the
Commission’s principal office at
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC
20581.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals providing comments or
other input to the Commission in
response to proposed rules, industry
filings or other Commission request for
comments associated with Commission
rules, policies or procedures, whether
the individuals provide comments or
input directly or through their
representatives. Any individuals who
may be discussed or identified in the
comments or input provided by others
to the Commission.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Incoming comments or other input to
the Commission in response to
proposed rules, industry filings or other
Commission request for comments
associated with Commission rules,
policies or procedures, provided to the
Commission via the web form on the
https://www.cftc.gov site, electronic mail,
facsimile or postal mail. Comments or
input submitted through https://
www.cftc.gov include the full name of
the submitter, an email address and the
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To collect and maintain in an
electronic system feedback from the
public and industry groups regarding
proposed rules and other Commission
regulatory actions in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act
(‘‘APA’’) or other statutory or regulatory
provisions, as well as input on
Commission activities that may not be
associated with notice and comment
requirements.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Comments or input in this system,
along with the commenter’s name and
organization, are published on the
https://www.cftc.gov site. In the event a
commenter has withdrawn a comment
before the comment period has closed or
the Commission has determined that a
comment contains obscenities or other
material deemed inappropriate for
publication by the Commission, the
comment will be removed from
publication on the https://www.cftc.gov
site but will be retained the Comments
Online database for consideration as
required by the APA or as part of the
Commission’s documentation of a
comment withdrawal if requested.
The Comments Online system also
contains the commenter’s email address
and other personal contact information
the commenter may voluntarily provide
to the Commission, such as phone
number. The email address will be used
for the Commission to send the
commenter a verification of receipt of
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the comment. The email address and
other contact information may be used
by the Commission to contact the
commenter with questions about his or
her submission. Only the commenter’s
name and organization are made
available with the comment or input on
https://www.cftc.gov, unless the
commenter incorporates other personal
information into the text of his or her
comment or input.
Also, information in this system may
be disclosed in accordance with the
blanket routine uses numbered 1
through 19 that appear in the
Commission’s Privacy Act Systems of
Records Notice, 76 FR 5974 (Feb. 2,
2011).
security procedures and best practices
to enhance security. Physical measures
include restrictions on building access
to authorized individuals only and
maintaining records in lockable offices
and filing cabinets.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
The retention and disposal period
depends on the nature of the comment
or input provided to the Commission.
For example, comments that pertain to
a Commission proposed rule or industry
filing become part of the agency’s
central files and are kept permanently.
Other input to the Commission may be
kept for between one and 10 years,
depending on the subject matter.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESS CONTROLS, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The Commission’s Office of the
Secretariat, located at the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20581.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
STORAGE:
Paper records are stored in file
folders, binders, computer disks, and
are uploaded into the Comments Online
system. Electronic records, including
comments or input and personal
information provided through the web
form on the https://www.cftc.gov site, by
electronic mail or as uploaded into the
Comments Online database, are stored
on the Commission’s network and other
electronic media as needed, such as the
eLaw system, desktop applications and
back-up media.
Individuals seeking to determine
whether this system of records contains
information about themselves or seeking
access to records about themselves in
this system of records, or contesting the
content of records about themselves
contained in this system of records
should address written inquiry to the
Office of General Counsel, Paralegal
Specialist, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC
20581. Telephone (202) 418–5011.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
RETRIEVABILITY:
By name of the individual providing
the comment or input, name of the
individual on whose behalf a comment
or input is provided, number assigned
to the comment or input, or the subject
matter, such as the proposed rule or
industry filing to which the comment or
input pertains. Also, by the name of any
individual who is identified or
discussed in the text of a comment or
other input provided by another party.
Individuals and organizations
providing comments or other input to
the Commission.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THIS SYSTEM:
None.
Issued in Washington, DC this 4th day of
April, 2011, by the Commission.
Sauntia S. Warfield,
Assistant Secretary of the Commission.
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ACCESS CONTROLS, SAFEGUARDS:
Records in the Comments Online
system, including personal information
contained in the database and not
published on https://www.cftc.gov, are
protected from unauthorized access and
misuse through various administrative,
technical and physical security
measures. Technical security measures
within CFTC include restrictions on
computer access to authorized
individuals, required use of strong
passwords that are frequently changed,
use of encryption for certain data types
and transfers, and regular review of
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
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comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Information Management and
Privacy Services, Office of Management,
invites comments on the proposed
information collection requests as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 6,
2011.
DATES:
Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
ADDRESSES:
Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Information
Management and Privacy Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. The Department
of Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 4, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Information Management and
Privacy Services, Office of Management.
Office of Planning, Evaluation and
Policy Development
Type of Review: New.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Privacy Act of 1974 System of Records Notice
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice; publication of existence and character of a new system
of records.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is establishing a
system of records under the Privacy Act of 1974 for the online
collection of public comments to notices of proposed rulemakings,
proposed orders, and other regulatory actions that are required to be
published in the Federal Register, or applications for registration or
designation, approval requests or self-certifications related to
financial products or self-regulatory organization rules or rule
amendments, petitions for exemption, and other input collected from the
public that may not be associated with statutory or regulatory notice
and comment requirements.
DATES: Comments should be postmarked by May 17, 2011. This notice will
become effective without further notice, on the date which is 60 days
from the date given above unless otherwise revised pursuant to comments
received.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``Comments Online
SORN,'' by any of the following methods:
Agency Web site, via its Comments Online process: https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments
through the Web site.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Comments may be submitted at
https://www.regulations.gov. Following the instructions for submitting
comments.
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. 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, 17 CFR
145.9.
The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to
review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all of a
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 notice will be retained in the public comment file
and will be considered as required under all applicable laws, and may
be accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Harman-Stokes, Chief Privacy
Officer, kharman-stokes@cftc.gov, 202-418-6629, Office of the Executive
Director, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Comments Online
The CFTC is obligated to collect comments on rulemakings and other
regulatory action, which it timely publishes on its Web site to provide
transparency in the informal rulemaking process under the
Administrative Procedure Act (``APA''), 5 U.S.C. 553, and in the
regulatory processes established in the Commodity Exchange
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Act, 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq. The CFTC also may solicit comments or other
input from the public that may not be associated with statutory or
regulatory notice and comment requirements. Previously, this input was
received by the Commission's Office of the Secretary and incorporated
into the Commission Correspondence Files, Privacy Act System of Record
Notice CFTC-2.
The new ``Comments Online'' system will collect and store comments
and input received by the Commission. Specifically, the system includes
a web form on https://www.cftc.gov allowing individuals to submit their
comments or input, along with their name, organization and contact
information. Once submitted, the system stores this information in the
Comments Online database. Any comments received by fax, postal mail or
email are uploaded by personnel into this database, collecting all
comments into one database. The commenter's name, organization and
comment or input are automatically published to https://www.cftc.gov.
The commenter's contact information, or other personal information
voluntarily submitted, is not published on the Internet, unless the
commenter has incorporated such information into the text of his or her
comment.
During an informal rulemaking or other statutory or regulatory
notice and comment process, Commission personnel may manually remove a
comment from publication if the commenter withdraws his or her comments
before the comment period has closed or because the comment contains
obscenities or other material deemed inappropriate for publication by
the Commission.\1\ However, comments that are removed from publication
will be retained by the Commission for consideration as required by the
APA, or as part of the Commission's documentation of a comment
withdrawal in the event that one is requested.
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\1\ The Commission reserves the right, but has no obligation, to
review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any submission
or part of a submission that it may deem inappropriate for
publication, such as a comment containing obscene language. If an
individual wishes to include in his/her comments information that
he/she believes may be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, the individual may submit a petition
for confidential treatment according to the procedure set forth in
CFTC regulations at 17 CFR 145.9 before submitting comments.
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II. The Privacy Act
Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, a ``system of
records'' is defined as any group of records under the control of a
federal government agency from which information about individuals is
retrieved by name or other personal identifier. The Privacy Act
establishes the means by which government agencies must collect,
maintain, and use personally identifiable information associated with
an individual in a government system of records.
Each government agency is required to publish a notice in the
Federal Register of a system of records in which the agency identifies
and describes each system of records it maintains, the reasons why the
agency uses the personally identifying information therein, the routine
uses for which the agency will disclose such information outside the
agency, and how individuals may exercise their rights under the Privacy
Act to determine if the system contains information about them.
III. Notice
SYSTEM NUMBER:
CFTC-45
SYSTEM NAME:
Comments Online.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
This system is located in the Commission's principal office at
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Individuals providing comments or other input to the Commission in
response to proposed rules, industry filings or other Commission
request for comments associated with Commission rules, policies or
procedures, whether the individuals provide comments or input directly
or through their representatives. Any individuals who may be discussed
or identified in the comments or input provided by others to the
Commission.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Incoming comments or other input to the Commission in response to
proposed rules, industry filings or other Commission request for
comments associated with Commission rules, policies or procedures,
provided to the Commission via the web form on the https://www.cftc.gov
site, electronic mail, facsimile or postal mail. Comments or input
submitted through https://www.cftc.gov include the full name of the
submitter, an email address and the name of the organization, if an
organization is submitting the comments. The commenter may optionally
provide job title, mailing address and phone numbers. The comments or
input provided may contain other personal information, although the
comment submission instructions advise commenters not to include
additional personal or confidential information.
This system excludes comments or input for which the Commission has
received and either has approved or not yet decided a Freedom of
Information Act ``request for confidential treatment.'' Records related
to such requests are covered under System of Record Notice CFTC-41,
``Requests for Confidential Treatment.''
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
44 U.S.C. 3101, Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553 et seq.,
the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
PURPOSE(S):
To collect and maintain in an electronic system feedback from the
public and industry groups regarding proposed rules and other
Commission regulatory actions in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure Act (``APA'') or other statutory or regulatory provisions, as
well as input on Commission activities that may not be associated with
notice and comment requirements.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Comments or input in this system, along with the commenter's name
and organization, are published on the https://www.cftc.gov site. In the
event a commenter has withdrawn a comment before the comment period has
closed or the Commission has determined that a comment contains
obscenities or other material deemed inappropriate for publication by
the Commission, the comment will be removed from publication on the
https://www.cftc.gov site but will be retained the Comments Online
database for consideration as required by the APA or as part of the
Commission's documentation of a comment withdrawal if requested.
The Comments Online system also contains the commenter's email
address and other personal contact information the commenter may
voluntarily provide to the Commission, such as phone number. The email
address will be used for the Commission to send the commenter a
verification of receipt of
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the comment. The email address and other contact information may be
used by the Commission to contact the commenter with questions about
his or her submission. Only the commenter's name and organization are
made available with the comment or input on https://www.cftc.gov, unless
the commenter incorporates other personal information into the text of
his or her comment or input.
Also, information in this system may be disclosed in accordance
with the blanket routine uses numbered 1 through 19 that appear in the
Commission's Privacy Act Systems of Records Notice, 76 FR 5974 (Feb. 2,
2011).
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESS CONTROLS,
RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Paper records are stored in file folders, binders, computer disks,
and are uploaded into the Comments Online system. Electronic records,
including comments or input and personal information provided through
the web form on the https://www.cftc.gov site, by electronic mail or as
uploaded into the Comments Online database, are stored on the
Commission's network and other electronic media as needed, such as the
eLaw system, desktop applications and back-up media.
RETRIEVABILITY:
By name of the individual providing the comment or input, name of
the individual on whose behalf a comment or input is provided, number
assigned to the comment or input, or the subject matter, such as the
proposed rule or industry filing to which the comment or input
pertains. Also, by the name of any individual who is identified or
discussed in the text of a comment or other input provided by another
party.
ACCESS CONTROLS, SAFEGUARDS:
Records in the Comments Online system, including personal
information contained in the database and not published on https://www.cftc.gov, are protected from unauthorized access and misuse through
various administrative, technical and physical security measures.
Technical security measures within CFTC include restrictions on
computer access to authorized individuals, required use of strong
passwords that are frequently changed, use of encryption for certain
data types and transfers, and regular review of security procedures and
best practices to enhance security. Physical measures include
restrictions on building access to authorized individuals only and
maintaining records in lockable offices and filing cabinets.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
The retention and disposal period depends on the nature of the
comment or input provided to the Commission. For example, comments that
pertain to a Commission proposed rule or industry filing become part of
the agency's central files and are kept permanently. Other input to the
Commission may be kept for between one and 10 years, depending on the
subject matter.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
The Commission's Office of the Secretariat, located at the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records
contains information about themselves or seeking access to records
about themselves in this system of records, or contesting the content
of records about themselves contained in this system of records should
address written inquiry to the Office of General Counsel, Paralegal
Specialist, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581. Telephone (202)
418-5011.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Individuals and organizations providing comments or other input to
the Commission.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THIS SYSTEM:
None.
Issued in Washington, DC this 4th day of April, 2011, by the
Commission.
Sauntia S. Warfield,
Assistant Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-8346 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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