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compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 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, as described below,
on the proposed Information Collection
Request (‘‘ICR’’) titled: Copies of Crop
and Market Information Reports.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control No. 3038–
0015 by any of the following methods:
• The Agency’s website, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Charnisky, Division of Market
Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, 525 West Monroe,
Chicago, IL 60661; (312) 596–0630;
FAX: (312) 596–0711; email:
acharnisky@cftc.gov and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0015.
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: ‘‘Copies of Crop and Market
Information Reports,’’ OMB Control No.
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extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The information collected
pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR 1.40, is in
the public interest and is necessary for
market surveillance. Manipulation of
commodity futures prices is a violation
of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).
Section 9(a)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
13(a)(2)) prohibits the dissemination of
false or misleading or knowingly
inaccurate reports that affect or tend to
affect the prices of commodities. In
order to facilitate the enforcement of
this provision, Commission regulation
1.40 requires that members of an
exchange and FCMs provide upon
request copies of any report published
or given general circulation which
concerns crop or market information
that affects or tends to affect the price
of any commodity.
With respect to the following
collection of information, the CFTC
invites comments on:
• Evaluate 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;
• Evaluate 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;
• Enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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.
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 ICR will be retained in
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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.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action include future
commission merchants (‘‘FCMs’’) and
members of contract markets.
Burden statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
average 0.17 hours per response.
• Respondents/Affected Entities: 10.
• Estimated number of responses: 10.
• Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1.7 hours.
• Frequency of collection: On
occasion.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: November 23, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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Technology Advisory Committee
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) announces
that on December 14, 2020, from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m., the Technology Advisory
Committee (TAC) will hold a public
meeting via teleconference. At this
meeting, the TAC will hear
presentations from the TAC
subcommittees on Distributed Ledger
Technology and Market Infrastructure
and Virtual Currencies. The TAC also
plans to vote on a recommendation from
the Cyber Security subcommittee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
December 14, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. Members of the public who wish
to submit written statements in
connection with the meeting should
submit them by December 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
via teleconference. You may submit
public comments, identified by
‘‘Technology Advisory Committee,’’ by
any of the following methods:
• CFTC website: https://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Comments Online process
on the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
SUMMARY:
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Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Center,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail, above.
Any statements submitted in
connection with the committee meeting
will be made available to the public,
including publication on the CFTC
website, https://www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Meghan Tente, TAC Designated Federal
Officer, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581; (202) 418–5785.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the public may listen to the meeting
by telephone by calling a domestic tollfree telephone or international toll or
toll-free number to connect to a live,
listen-only audio feed. Call-in
participants should be prepared to
provide their first name, last name, and
affiliation.
• Domestic Toll Free: 877–951–7311.
• International Toll and Toll Free:
Will be posted on the CFTC’s website,
https://www.cftc.gov, on the page for the
meeting, under Related Links.
• Pass Code/Pin Code: 6754747.
The meeting agenda may change to
accommodate other TAC priorities. For
agenda updates, please visit the TAC
committee website at: https://
www.cftc.gov/About/CFTCCommittees/
TechnologyAdvisory/tac_meetings.html.
After the meeting, a transcript of the
meeting will be published through a
link on the CFTC’s website at: https://
www.cftc.gov. All written submissions
provided to the CFTC in any form will
also be published on the CFTC’s
website. Persons requiring special
accommodations to attend the meeting
because of a disability should notify the
contact person above.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section10(a)(2)).
Dated: November 23, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent to Renew
Collection 3038–0026, Gross Collection
of Exchange-Set Margins for Omnibus
Accounts
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed renewal 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.
This notice solicits comments on
requirements relating to Gross
Collection of Exchange-Set Margins for
Omnibus Accounts.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control Number
3038–0026, by any of the following
methods:
• Agency website, via its Comments
Online process: https://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• 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.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Bretscher, Special Counsel,
Market Participants Division,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (312) 353–0529; email:
mbretscher@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
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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.
Title: Gross Collection of ExchangeSet Margins for Omnibus Accounts
(OMB Control Number 3038–0026). This
is a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: Commission Regulation 1.58
requires that FCMs margin omnibus
accounts on a gross, rather than a net,
basis. The regulation provides that the
carrying FCM need not collect margin
for positions traded by a person through
an omnibus account in excess of the
amount that would be required if the
same person, instead of trading through
an omnibus account, maintained its
own account with the carrying FCM. To
prevent abuse of this exception to the
regulation, a carrying FCM must
maintain a written representation from
the originating FCM or foreign broker
that the particular positions held in the
omnibus account are part of a hedge or
spread transaction. This rule is
promulgated pursuant to the
Commission’s rulemaking authority
contained in Sections 4c, 4d, 4f, 4g and
8a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7
U.S.C. 6c, 6d, 6f, 6g and 12a (2000).
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.
You should submit only information
that you wish to make available
publically. 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
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Technology Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that
on December 14, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the Technology Advisory
Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting via teleconference. At this
meeting, the TAC will hear presentations from the TAC subcommittees on
Distributed Ledger Technology and Market Infrastructure and Virtual
Currencies. The TAC also plans to vote on a recommendation from the
Cyber Security subcommittee.
DATES: The meeting will be held on December 14, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in
connection with the meeting should submit them by December 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via teleconference. You may
submit public comments, identified by ``Technology Advisory
Committee,'' by any of the following methods:
CFTC website: https:// comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments through the Comments Online
process on the website.
Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission,
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st
Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail, above.
Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting
will be made available to the public, including publication on the CFTC
website, https://www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Tente, TAC Designated Federal
Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581; (202) 418-5785.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the public may listen to the
meeting by telephone by calling a domestic toll-free telephone or
international toll or toll-free number to connect to a live, listen-
only audio feed. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide
their first name, last name, and affiliation.
Domestic Toll Free: 877-951-7311.
International Toll and Toll Free: Will be posted on the
CFTC's website, https://www.cftc.gov, on the page for the meeting, under
Related Links.
Pass Code/Pin Code: 6754747.
The meeting agenda may change to accommodate other TAC priorities.
For agenda updates, please visit the TAC committee website at: https://www.cftc.gov/About/CFTCCommittees/TechnologyAdvisory/tac_meetings.html.
After the meeting, a transcript of the meeting will be published
through a link on the CFTC's website at: https://www.cftc.gov. All
written submissions provided to the CFTC in any form will also be
published on the CFTC's website. Persons requiring special
accommodations to attend the meeting because of a disability should
notify the contact person above.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section10(a)(2)).
Dated: November 23, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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