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notice of the proposed collection of
information listed below.
With respect to the following
collection of information, the CFTC
invites comments on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have a practical use;
• The accuracy of the Commission’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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 Information Collection
Request 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.
Title: Rules Relating to Regulation of
Domestic Exchange-Traded Options,
OMB Control Number 3038–0007—
Extension.
Abstract: The rules require futures
commission merchants and introducing
brokers: (1) To provide their customers
with standard risk disclosure statements
concerning the risk of trading
commodity interests; and (2) to retain
all promotional material and the source
of authority for information contained
therein. The purpose of these rules is to
ensure that customers are advised of the
risks of trading commodity interests and
to avoid fraud and misrepresentation.
This information collection contains the
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements needed to ensure
regulatory compliance with Commission
rules relating to this issue.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and 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 Commission’s
regulations were published on
December 30, 1981.2
Burden Statement: The Commission
estimates the burden of this collection
of information as follows:
ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Estimated number
of respondents or
recordkeepers
per year
Regulation
Reporting:
38.3, 38.4, 40.2 and 40.3 (Procedure for designation or self-certification) ......................................
33.7—(Risk disclosure) ...................
Reports annually
by each
respondent
Total annual
responses
Estimated average
number of hours
per response
Estimated total
number of hours
of annual burden
in fiscal year
13.00
1,401.00
2.00
115.00
26.00
161,115.00
25.00
0.08
650.00
12,889.20
1,414.00
..............................
20,151.00
..............................
13,539.20
1,401.00
1.00
1,401.00
25.00
35,025.00
Subtotal (Recordkeeping requirements) ..........................
1,401.00
1.00
1,401.00
25.00
35,025.00
Grand total (Reporting and
Recordkeeping) .............
2,815.00
..............................
21,155.20
..............................
48,564.2
Subtotal (Reporting requirements) ..................................
Recordkeeping:
33.8—(Retention of promotional
material) ......................................
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: June 8, 2015.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection
[FR Doc. 2015–14332 Filed 6–11–15; 8:45 am]
Commodity Futures Trading
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ACTION:
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Notice.
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or
‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity
for public comment on the proposed
collection of certain information by the
agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act (‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection, and to allow 60 days
SUMMARY:
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for public comment. This notice solicits
comments on collections of information
provided for by Part 40, Provisions
Common To Registered Entities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 11, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control No. 3038–
0093 by any of the following methods:
• The Agency’s Web site, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Web site.
• 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.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Portal.
Please submit your comments using
only one method.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois
J. Gregory, Associate Director, Division
of Market Oversight, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20581; (202) 418–5092;
email: lgregory@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for each collection
of information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CFTC is publishing
notice of the proposed collection of
information listed below.
Title: Part 40, Provisions Common To
Registered Entities (OMB Control No.
3038–0093). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: This collection of
information involves the collection and
submission to the Commission of
information from registered entities
concerning new products, rules, and
rule amendments pursuant to the
procedures outlined in 17 CFR 40.2,
40.3, 40.5, 40.6, and 40.10.
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With respect to the collection of
information, the CFTC invites
comments on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have a practical use;
• The accuracy of the Commission’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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 Information Collection
Request 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.
Burden Statement: Registered entities
must comply with certification and
approval requirements which include
an explanation and analysis when
seeking to implement new products,
rules, and rule amendments, including
changes to product terms and
conditions. The Commission’s
regulations §§ 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 40.5 and
40.6 provide procedures for the
submission of rules and rule
amendments by designated contract
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markets, swap execution facilities,
derivatives clearing organizations, and
swap data repositories. They establish
the procedures for submitting the
‘‘written certification’’ required by
Section 5c of the Commodity Exchange
Act (‘‘Act’’). In connection with a
product or rule certification, the
registered entity must provide a concise
explanation and analysis of the
submission and its compliance with
statutory provisions of the Act.
Accordingly, new rules or rule
amendments must be accompanied by
concise explanations and analyses of the
purposes, operations, and effects of the
submissions. This information may be
submitted as part of the same
submission containing the required
‘‘written certification.’’ The Commission
estimates the average burden of this
collection of information as follows:
• Rules 40.2, 40.3, 40.5, and 40.6
Estimated Number of Respondents:
70.
Annual Responses by each
Respondent: 100.
Estimated Hours per Response: 2.
Estimated Total Hours per Year:
14,000.
• Rule 40.10
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.
Annual Responses by each
Respondent: 2.
Estimated Hours per Response: 5.
Estimated Total Hours per Year: 40.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: June 8, 2015.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To
Renew Collection
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or
``CFTC'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed extension of an
existing collection, and to allow 60 days
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for public comment. This notice solicits comments on collections of
information provided for by Part 40, Provisions Common To Registered
Entities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 11, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control No. 3038-
0093 by any of the following methods:
The Agency's Web site, at https://comments.cftc.gov/.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
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.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Portal.
Please submit your comments using only one method.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois J. Gregory, Associate Director,
Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581;
(202) 418-5092; email: lgregory@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of
Information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 and
includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information before submitting
the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement,
the CFTC is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information
listed below.
Title: Part 40, Provisions Common To Registered Entities (OMB
Control No. 3038-0093). This is a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: This collection of information involves the collection
and submission to the Commission of information from registered
entities concerning new products, rules, and rule amendments pursuant
to the procedures outlined in 17 CFR 40.2, 40.3, 40.5, 40.6, and 40.10.
With respect to the collection of information, the CFTC invites
comments on:
Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the information will have a practical
use;
The accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of collection of information
on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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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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 Information Collection Request 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.
Burden Statement: Registered entities must comply with
certification and approval requirements which include an explanation
and analysis when seeking to implement new products, rules, and rule
amendments, including changes to product terms and conditions. The
Commission's regulations Sec. Sec. 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 40.5 and 40.6
provide procedures for the submission of rules and rule amendments by
designated contract markets, swap execution facilities, derivatives
clearing organizations, and swap data repositories. They establish the
procedures for submitting the ``written certification'' required by
Section 5c of the Commodity Exchange Act (``Act''). In connection with
a product or rule certification, the registered entity must provide a
concise explanation and analysis of the submission and its compliance
with statutory provisions of the Act. Accordingly, new rules or rule
amendments must be accompanied by concise explanations and analyses of
the purposes, operations, and effects of the submissions. This
information may be submitted as part of the same submission containing
the required ``written certification.'' The Commission estimates the
average burden of this collection of information as follows:
Rules 40.2, 40.3, 40.5, and 40.6
Estimated Number of Respondents: 70.
Annual Responses by each Respondent: 100.
Estimated Hours per Response: 2.
Estimated Total Hours per Year: 14,000.
Rule 40.10
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.
Annual Responses by each Respondent: 2.
Estimated Hours per Response: 5.
Estimated Total Hours per Year: 40.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: June 8, 2015.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-14333 Filed 6-11-15; 8:45 am]
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