79 FR 207 pg. 63905 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 207Page: 63905
Page: 63905FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-25461 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 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 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Comments may be submitted to OMB within 30 days of the notice's publication. Comments, identified by "Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports" (OMB Control No. 3038-0015), should be mailed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to Gary Martinaitis, Division of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581.
Comments may also be submitted, regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, identified by "Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports" (OMB Control No. 3038-0015), by any of the following methods:
• Agency Web site, via its Comments Online process: http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
• Mail: Send to Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail, above.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to http://www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information that 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 set forth in § 145.9 of the Commission's regulations.1
Footnotes:
1 Commission regulations referred to herein are found at 17 CFR Ch. 1 (2014).
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 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 this matter 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:
Gary Martinaitis, Division of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5209; FAX: (202) 418-5527; email: gmartinaitis@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0015. This contact can also provide a copy of the ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: "Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports," OMB Control No. 3038-0015-Extension. This is a request for 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. These rules are promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained in Sections 4a(a), 4i, and 8a(5) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 6a(1), 6i, and 12a(5).
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 CFTC's regulations were published on December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035, Dec. 30, 1981. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on August 25, 2014. See 79 FR 50631, Aug. 25, 2014.
No comments have been received.
Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is estimated to average 0.17 hours per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 15.
Estimated number of responses: 15.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2.5 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Authority:
44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: October 22, 2014
Natise Allen,
Executive Assistant.
[FR Doc. 2014-25461 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
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