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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.
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, 40.5, 40.6 and
40.10 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 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: 3.
Annual Responses by each
Respondent: 2.
Estimated Hours per Response: 5.
Estimated Total Hours per Year: 30.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
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Dated: June 4, 2018.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection Number 3038–0007,
Regulation of Domestic ExchangeTraded Options
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; Extension of an Existing
Collection.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed extension of
a collection of certain information by
the agency. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (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 of information, and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on rules related to
risk disclosure concerning exchangetraded commodity options.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control No. 3038–
0007 by any of the following methods:
• The Agency’s website, via its
Comments Online process: https://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• Mail: Chris Kirkpatrick, Secretary of
the Commission, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,
Washington, DC 20581.
• Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail
above.
Please submit your comments using
only one method and identify that it is
for the renewal of Collection Number
3038–0007.
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
SUMMARY:
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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:
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Center,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581; Jacob Chachkin, Division of
Swap Dealer and Intermediary
Oversight, telephone: (202) 418–5496
and email: jchachkin@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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(c) 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,
including each proposed extension of an
existing 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. 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 Commission’s regulations were
published on December 30, 1981.2
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
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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. The
disclosure and recordkeeping
requirements are necessary to monitor
and to verify compliance by futures
commission merchants (FCMs) and
introducing brokers (IBs) with their
obligations concerning disclosure and
promotional material.
With respect to the above 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.
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:
33.7—(Risk disclosure) .............................
Recordkeeping:
33.8—(Retention of promotional material)
Grand total (reporting and recordkeeping) .........................................
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: June 4, 2018
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Gaining
Early Awareness and Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs (Partnership
Grants)
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
is issuing a notice inviting applications
for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018
for the Gaining Early Awareness and
Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
(GEAR UP) Partnership Grants, Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
number 84.334A.
DATES:
Applications Available: June 7, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 13, 2018.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 11, 2018.
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Reports
annually
by each
respondent
Estimated average number of
hours per
response
Total annual
responses
Estimated total
number of hours
of annual burden
in fiscal year
1,272.00
115.00
146,280.00
0.08
11,702.40
1,272.00
1.00
1,272.00
25.00
31,800.00
............................
............................
147,552.00
............................
43,502.40
For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Registeron February 12, 2018
(83 FR 6003) and available at
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karmon Simms-Coates, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue
SW, room 278–54, Washington, DC
20202–6450. Telephone: (202) 453–
7917. Email: Karmon.Simms-Coates@
ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP
program is a discretionary grant
program that encourages eligible entities
to provide support, and maintain a
commitment, to eligible low-income
students, including students with
disabilities, to assist the students in
obtaining a secondary school diploma
(or its recognized equivalent) and to
prepare for and succeed in
postsecondary education. Under the
GEAR UP program, the Department
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awards grants to two types of entities:
(1) States and (2) partnerships
consisting of at least one institution of
higher education (IHE) and at least one
local educational agency (LEA).
In this notice, the Department invites
applications for partnership grants only.
We will invite applications for State
grants in another notice published in
the Federal Register. Required services
under the GEAR UP program are
specified in sections 404D(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1070a–24(a)),
and permissible services under the
GEAR UP program are specified in
section 404D(b) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1070a–24(b)). For partnership grantees,
activities must include providing
financial aid information for
postsecondary education, encouraging
enrollment in rigorous and challenging
coursework in order to reduce the need
for remediation at the postsecondary
level, implementing activities to
improve the number of participating
students who obtain a secondary school
diploma and who complete applications
for and enroll in a program of
postsecondary education. Activities may
also include mentoring, tutoring,
supporting dual or concurrent
enrollment programs that support
participating students in science,
technology, engineering, or mathematics
(STEM), academic and career
counseling, financial and economic
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To
Renew Collection Number 3038-0007, Regulation of Domestic Exchange-
Traded Options
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice; Extension of an Existing Collection.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is announcing
an opportunity for public comment on the proposed extension of a
collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (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 of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on rules related
to risk disclosure concerning exchange-traded commodity options.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control No. 3038-
0007 by any of the following methods:
The Agency's website, via its Comments Online process:
https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments through the website.
Mail: Chris Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail above.
Please submit your comments using only one method and identify that
it is for the renewal of Collection Number 3038-0007.
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 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: Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581;
Jacob Chachkin, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight,
telephone: (202) 418-5496 and email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.,
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(c) 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, including each proposed extension of an existing
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. 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 Commission's
regulations were published on December 30, 1981.\2\
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\2\ 46 FR 63035 (dec. 30, 1981).
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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
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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. The
disclosure and recordkeeping requirements are necessary to monitor and
to verify compliance by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and
introducing brokers (IBs) with their obligations concerning disclosure
and promotional material.
With respect to the above 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.
Burden Statement: The Commission estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Estimated number Estimated Estimated total
of respondents Reports Total annual average number number of hours
Regulation or recordkeepers annually by responses of hours per of annual burden
per year each respondent response in fiscal year
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Reporting:
33.7--(Risk disclosure)................................... 1,272.00 115.00 146,280.00 0.08 11,702.40
Recordkeeping:
33.8--(Retention of promotional material)................. 1,272.00 1.00 1,272.00 25.00 31,800.00
Grand total (reporting and recordkeeping)............. ................ ................ 147,552.00 ................ 43,502.40
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There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: June 4, 2018
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-12277 Filed 6-6-18; 8:45 am]
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