2017-25307
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55590-55591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25307]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Copies of Crop and
Market Information Reports
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or
``CFTC'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
extension of a proposed collection of certain information by the
agency. In 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 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control No. 3038-
0015 by any of the following methods:
The Agency's Web site, at http://comments.cftc.gov/.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
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.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Portal.
Please submit your comments using only one method.
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:
[email protected]; 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
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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. 3038-0015. This is a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action
include future commission merchants (``FCMs'') and members of contract
markets.
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.
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 Commission would like to solicit comments to:
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.
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 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\
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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 http://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.
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: November 17, 2017.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-25307 Filed 11-21-17; 8:45 am]
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Last Updated: November 22, 2017