2012-5654

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)]

[Notices]

[Pages 14004-14005]

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

[FR Doc No: 2012-5654]

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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 (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 April 9, 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 refer to OMB

Control No. 3038-0007 in any correspondence.

Ryne Miller, Division of Market Oversight, 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 identify that

it is for the renewal of 3038-0007.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryne Miller, Division of Market

Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5921; FAX: (202) 418-5527; email:

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rmiller@cftc.gov and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Rules Relating to Regulation of Domestic Exchange Traded

Options (OMB Control No. 3038-0007). This is a request for extension of

a currently approved information collection.

Abstract: The rules require futures commission merchants and

introducing brokers: (1) To provide their customers with standard risk

disclosure statements concerning the risk of trading commodity

interests; and (2) to retain all promotional material and the source of

authority for information contained therein. The purpose of these rules

is to ensure that customers are advised of the risks of trading

commodity interests and to avoid fraud and misrepresentation. This

information collection contains the recordkeeping and reporting

requirements needed to ensure regulatory compliance with Commission

rules relating to this issue.

The Commission estimates the burden of this collection of

information as follows:

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden

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Estimated Estimated Estimated

number of Reports average total number

Regulation respondents or annually by Total annual number of of hours of

recordkeepers each responses hours per annual burden

per year respondent response in fiscal year

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Reporting:

38.3, 38.4, 40.2 and 40.3 (Procedure for Designation or Self- 13.00 2.00 26.00 25.00 650

Certification).....................................................

33.7--(Risk Disclosure)............................................. 120.00 115.00 13,800.00 0.08 1,104.00

Subtotal (Reporting Requirements)................................... 133.00 .............. 13,826.00 .............. 1,754.00

Recordkeeping:

33.8--(Retention of Promotional Material)........................... 170.00 1.00 170.00 25.00 4,250.00

Subtotal (Recordkeeping Requirements)............................... .............. .............. .............. .............. ..............

Grand Total (Reporting and Recordkeeping)....................... 303.00 .............. 13,996.00 .............. 6,004.00

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There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs

associated with this collection.

Dated: March 2, 2012.

David A. Stawick,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 2012-5654 Filed 3-7-12; 8:45 am]

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