2023-01054
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3721-3722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01054]
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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 February 21, 2023.
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. 3038-0023, 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.
Hand 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, 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.
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\1\ 17 CFR 145.9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Cummings, Special Counsel,
Market Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
(202) 418-5445; or [email protected], and refer to OMB Control No.
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3038-0023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Registration under the Commodity Exchange Act (OMB Control
No. 3038-0023). This is a request for an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: The information collected under OMB Control No. 3038-0023
is gathered through the use of forms for registration of firms and
individuals who are required by the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') to
register with the Commission. The CEA requires commodity interest
market intermediaries and participants to register, including: Futures
commission merchants and introducing brokers (7 U.S.C. 6d); Commodity
pool operators and commodity trading advisors (7 U.S.C. 6m(1)); Retail
foreign exchange dealers (7 U.S.C. 2(c)); Associated persons (7 U.S.C.
6k); Floor traders or floor brokers (7 U.S.C. 6e); and Swap dealers and
major swap participants (7 U.S.C. 6s(a)). The CFTC uses various forms
for registration (and withdrawal therefrom) (the ``Registration
Forms''). OMB Control No. 3038-0023 applies to the Registration Forms
for registration of persons other than swap dealers and major swap
participants.\2\
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\2\ Forms for registration of swap dealers and major swap
participants are the subject of a separate information collection
(OMB Control Number 3038-0072).
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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 October 18, 2022, 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, 87 FR 63051 (``60-Day Notice''). The
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Commission did not receive any relevant comments on the 60-Day Notice.
Burden Statement: The Commission is revising its burden estimate
for this collection to reflect its estimate of the current number of
CFTC registrants subject to the requirements of Part 162 regulations.
The respondent burden for this collection is estimated to be as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 78,055.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,852 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Periodically.
There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: January 17, 2023.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-01054 Filed 1-19-23; 8:45 am]
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