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FR Doc E8-27347[Federal Register: November 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 223)]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew.

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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 December 18, 2008.

For Further Information or a Copy Contact: Gary Martinaitis,

Division of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-

5209; Fax: (202) 418-5527; e-mail: [email protected] and refer to

OMB Control No. 3038-0015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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.

Abstract: Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports, OMB

Control No. 3038-0015--Extension.

The information collected pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR Part 140,

is in the public interest and is necessary for market surveillance.

These rules are promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking

authority contained in Sections 4a(a), 4i, and 8a(5) of the Commodity

Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 6a(1), 6i, and 12a(5).

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 September 9, 2008 (73 FR 52330).

Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is

estimated to average .16 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.

Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect of

the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the

burden, to the addresses listed below. Please refer to OMB Control No.

3038-0015 in any correspondence.

Gary Martinaitis, 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, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: November 13, 2008.

David A. Stawick,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. E8-27347 Filed 11-17-08; 8:45 am]

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