2024-30766
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105011-105012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30766]
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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 January 27, 2025.
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. 3038-3043, at https://comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission,
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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: Melissa Chiang, Senior Assistant
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, (202) 418-5578; email: [email protected], and refer
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to OMB Control No. 3038-3043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rules Relating to Review of National Futures Association
Decisions in Disciplinary, Membership Denial, Registration, and Member
Responsibility Actions (OMB Control Number 3038-0043). This is a
request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: 17 CFR part 171 rules require a registered futures
association to provide fair and orderly procedures for membership and
disciplinary actions. The Commission's review of decisions of
registered futures associations in disciplinary, membership denial,
registration, and member responsibility actions is governed by Section
17(h)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 21(h)(2). The rules
establish procedures and standards for Commission review of such
actions, and the reporting requirements included in the procedural
rules are either directly required by Section 17 of the Commodity
Exchange Act or are necessary to the type of appellate review role
Congress intended the Commission to undertake when it adopted that
provision. Because the number of respondents, responses per respondent,
and time per response has not changed, this renewal does not change the
reporting burden for this collection.
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.\2\ On December 3, 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 80896 (``60-Day
Notice'') The Commission did not receive any relevant comments on the
60-Day Notice.
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\2\ 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 (b)(3)(vi).
The OMB control numbers for the CFTC regulations were published on
December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981).
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Burden Statement: The estimated total annual respondent burden for
this collection is three hours. This estimate includes the time needed
to transmit decisions of disciplinary, membership denial, registration,
and member responsibility actions to the Commission for review.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Average Burden Hour(s) per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3 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: December 19, 2024
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-30766 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am]
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