Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review, 85174-85175 [2024-24857]

Download as PDF 85174 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Proposed Deletions Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Proposed deletions from the Procurement List. Michael R. Jurkowski, Director, Business Operations. The Committee is proposing to delete service(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION AGENCY: SUMMARY: Comments must be received on or before: November 24, 2024. ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 20024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to submit comments contact: Michael R. Jurkowski, telephone: (703) 489–1322, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed actions. DATES: Deletions The following service(s) are proposed for deletion from the Procurement List: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Authorized Source of Supply: Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., Huntsville, AL Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, W2V6 USA ENG SPT CTR HUNTSVIL Service(s) Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial Mandatory for: USDA, ARS, Avian Disease & Oncology Research Laboratory, East Lansing, MI Authorized Source of Supply: Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc., Lansing, MI Contracting Activity: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE, USDA ARS Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial Service Mandatory for: GSA PBS Region 4, T. G. Abernethy Federal Building, Courthouse and Post Office, Aberdeen, MS Authorized Source of Supply: Alabama Goodwill Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL Contracting Activity: PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE, ACQUISITION DIVISION/ SERVICES BRANCH Service Type: Grounds Maintenance Mandatory for: US Coast Guard, Townsends Inlet Recreational Facility, Sea Isle, NJ Authorized Source of Supply: Fedcap Rehabilitation Services, Inc., New York, NY Contracting Activity: U.S. COAST GUARD, TRACEN CAPE MAY(00042) Service Type: Administrative Service Mandatory for: US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, AL VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Oct 24, 2024 Jkt 265001 [FR Doc. 2024–24873 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353–01–P Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of 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 November 25, 2024. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the website’s search function. Comments can be entered electronically by clicking on the ‘‘comment’’ button next to the information collection on the ‘‘OIRA Information Collections Under Review’’ page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency Submission’’ page. A copy of the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed herein may be obtained by visiting https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control No. 3038–0007, at https:// comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/ PublicInfo.aspx. Or by either of the following methods: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 • Mail: Christopher 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. All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission should include 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, prescreen, 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: Catherine Brescia, Attorney Advisor, Market Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, telephone: (202) 418– 6236; email: cbrescia@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB Control No. 3038–0007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Regulation of Domestic Exchange-Traded Options, OMB Control Number 3038–0007. This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: Commission Regulations 33.7 and 33.8,2 respectively, require futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs): (1) to provide retail (i.e., non-eligible contract participant) 3 customers with, and retain, standard risk disclosure 1 17 CFR 145.9. CFR 33.7 and 33.8. 3 Commission Regulation 33.7 does not require FCMs or IBs to provide the disclosure or obtain a related acknowledgment from institutional customers. See 17 CFR 33.7(a)(1). Commission Regulation 1.3 provides that ‘‘institutional customer’’ has the same meaning as ‘‘eligible contract participant’’ (‘‘ECP’’) as defined in section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’). Under the CEA, an ECP includes, for example, a financial institution, an insurance company, and a corporation with $10 million in assets. 2 17 E:\FR\FM\25OCN1.SGM 25OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices statements concerning the risk of trading certain domestic exchangetraded commodity options; 4 and (2) to retain all related promotional material and the source of authority for information contained therein. These requirements help assure that these customers are not fraudulently induced to invest in these commodity options by persons who misrepresent the risks of such transactions. The recordkeeping requirements assist the Commission and the National Futures Association (NFA) in verifying registrants’ compliance with their disclosure obligations and ensuring that related promotional material is not fraudulent or misleading. This information collection contains the third-party disclosure and recordkeeping requirements needed to ensure regulatory compliance by FCMs and IBs with these Commission Regulations. 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. On August 12, 2024, the Commission published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed extension of this information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on the proposed extension, 89 FR 65606 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The Commission did not receive any relevant comments on the 60-Day Notice. Burden Statement: The Commission estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 983. Estimated Average Annual Burden Hours per Respondent: 34.2. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 33,619. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) Dated: October 22, 2024. Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission. Dated: October 22, 2024. Robert Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. Sunshine Act Meetings 10:00 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, October 29, 2024. PLACE: CFTC Headquarters Conference Center, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC. STATUS: Open. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) will hold this meeting to consider the following matters: • Final Rule—Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants; • Final Rule—Investment of Customer Funds by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations; • Final Rule—Derivatives Clearing Organizations Recovery and Orderly Wind-down Plans; Information for Resolution Planning; • Commission Fall 2024 Unified Agenda Submission; and • CFTC Executive and Supervisor Compensation Structures. The agenda for this meeting will be available to the public and posted on the Commission’s website at https:// www.cftc.gov. Members of the public are free to attend the meeting in person, or have the option to listen by phone or view a live stream. Instructions for listening to the meeting by phone and connecting to the live video stream will be posted on the Commission’s website. In the event that the time, date, or place of this meeting changes, an announcement of the change, along with the new time, date, or place of the meeting, will be posted on the Commission’s website. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, 202–418–5964. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. TIME AND DATE: [FR Doc. 2024–24959 Filed 10–23–24; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P [FR Doc. 2024–24857 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 4 See Commission Regulation 33.2(b). 17 CFR 33.2(b) (providing that Part 33 of the Commission’s Regulations applies to commodity option transactions that are options on contracts of sale of a commodity for future delivery except for commodity option transactions that are options on contracts of sale of a commodity for future delivery conducted or executed on or subject to the rules of a foreign board of trade). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Oct 24, 2024 Jkt 265001 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Global Markets Advisory Committee Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 85175 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on November 21, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC or Committee) will hold a virtual public meeting. At this meeting, the GMAC will hear a presentation from the GMAC’s Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee on expanding use of non-cash collateral through use of distributed ledger technology and consider a recommendation from the Subcommittee. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held on November 21, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Please note that the meeting may end early if the GMAC has completed its business. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the meeting should submit them by November 26, 2024. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place virtually. You may submit public comments, identified by ‘‘Global Markets Advisory Committee,’’ through the CFTC website at https:// comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Comments Online process on the website. If you are unable to submit comments online, contact Harry Jung, Designated Federal Officer, via the contact information listed below to discuss alternate means of submitting your comments. 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: Harry Jung, GMAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC; (202) 394–3995; or HJung@cftc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entire virtual meeting will be open to the public. Registration for this meeting is not required. Members of the public may listen to the meeting by telephone by calling a domestic 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 and Toll-Free Numbers: +1 669 254 5252 US (San Jose) +1 646 828 7666 US (New York) +1 646 964 1167 US (US Spanish Line) +1 669 216 1590 US (San Jose) +1 415 449 4000 US (US Spanish Line) +1 551 285 1373 US (New Jersey) DATES: E:\FR\FM\25OCN1.SGM 25OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85174-85175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24857]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of 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 November 25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this 
notice's publication to OIRA, at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the website's search function. Comments can be entered 
electronically by clicking on the ``comment'' button next to the 
information collection on the ``OIRA Information Collections Under 
Review'' page, or the ``View ICR--Agency Submission'' page. A copy of 
the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed 
herein may be obtained by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as 
indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be 
submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the 
``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') by clicking on the ``Submit Comment'' box 
next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control No. 3038-0007, at https://comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx.
    Or by either of the following methods:
     Mail: Christopher 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.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission should 
include 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\ The Commission reserves the right, but 
shall have no obligation, to review, prescreen, 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.
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    \1\ 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Brescia, Attorney Advisor, 
Market Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
telephone: (202) 418-6236; email: [email protected], and refer to OMB 
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Control No. 3038-0007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Regulation of Domestic Exchange-Traded Options, OMB Control 
Number 3038-0007. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: Commission Regulations 33.7 and 33.8,\2\ respectively, 
require futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers 
(IBs): (1) to provide retail (i.e., non-eligible contract participant) 
\3\ customers with, and retain, standard risk disclosure

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statements concerning the risk of trading certain domestic exchange-
traded commodity options; \4\ and (2) to retain all related promotional 
material and the source of authority for information contained therein. 
These requirements help assure that these customers are not 
fraudulently induced to invest in these commodity options by persons 
who misrepresent the risks of such transactions. The recordkeeping 
requirements assist the Commission and the National Futures Association 
(NFA) in verifying registrants' compliance with their disclosure 
obligations and ensuring that related promotional material is not 
fraudulent or misleading.
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    \2\ 17 CFR 33.7 and 33.8.
    \3\ Commission Regulation 33.7 does not require FCMs or IBs to 
provide the disclosure or obtain a related acknowledgment from 
institutional customers. See 17 CFR 33.7(a)(1). Commission 
Regulation 1.3 provides that ``institutional customer'' has the same 
meaning as ``eligible contract participant'' (``ECP'') as defined in 
section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA''). Under the 
CEA, an ECP includes, for example, a financial institution, an 
insurance company, and a corporation with $10 million in assets.
    \4\ See Commission Regulation 33.2(b). 17 CFR 33.2(b) (providing 
that Part 33 of the Commission's Regulations applies to commodity 
option transactions that are options on contracts of sale of a 
commodity for future delivery except for commodity option 
transactions that are options on contracts of sale of a commodity 
for future delivery conducted or executed on or subject to the rules 
of a foreign board of trade).
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    This information collection contains the third-party disclosure and 
recordkeeping requirements needed to ensure regulatory compliance by 
FCMs and IBs with these Commission Regulations.
    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. On August 12, 2024, the Commission 
published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed extension of 
this information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on 
the proposed extension, 89 FR 65606 (``60-Day Notice''). The Commission 
did not receive any relevant comments on the 60-Day Notice.
    Burden Statement: The Commission estimates the burden of this 
collection of information as follows:
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 983.
    Estimated Average Annual Burden Hours per Respondent: 34.2.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 33,619.
    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: October 22, 2024.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-24857 Filed 10-24-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-P
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