2012-19037

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]

[Notices]

[Pages 46411-46412]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2012-19037]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice; Information Collection 3038-0043, Rules Relating to

Review of National Futures Association Decisions in Disciplinary,

Membership Denial, Registration, and Member Responsibility Actions

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), 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; it

includes the actual data collection instruments [if any].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 4, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other

aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for

reducing the burden, to the addresses below. Please

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refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0043 in any correspondence. Comments may

be mailed to Gail B. Scott, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581.

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management

and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for CFTC, 725 17th Street,

Washington, DC 20503. Comments may also be submitted 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: David A. Stawick, 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.

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the

instructions for submitting comments.

Please submit your comments using only one method and identity that

it is for the renewal of 3038-0043.

All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied

by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to

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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\1\ See 17 CFR 145.9.

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For Further Information or a Copy Contact: Gail B. Scott at CFTC,

(202) 418-5139; FAX: (202) 418-5524; email: gscott@cftc.gov and refer

to OMB Control No. 3038-0043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Rules Relating to Review of National Futures Association

Decisions in Disciplinary, Membership Denial, Registration, and Member

Responsibility Actions, OMB Control No. 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 Act or are

necessary to the type of appellate review role Congress intended the

Commission to undertake when it adopted that provision.

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 June 1, 2012 (77 FR 32593).

Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is

estimated to average .5 hours per response. This estimate includes the

time needed to transmit decisions of disciplinary, membership denial,

registration, and member responsibility actions to the Commission for

review. The estimated burden of .5 is determined by the following:

Respondents/Affected Entities: 25.

Estimated number of responses: 51.3.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 25.6 hours.

Frequency of collection: on occasion.

There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs

associated with this collection.

Issued in Washington, DC on July 31, 2012.

Sauntia S. Warfield,

Assistant Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 2012-19037 Filed 8-2-12; 8:45 am]

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