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FR Doc E8-29684[Federal Register: December 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 242)]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice to Renew an Existing Collection--3038-0033.

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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 January 15, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CONTACT: Lynn A. Bulan, Office of

General Counsel, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5143; FAX: (202) 418-5567;

e-mail: [email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for extension of a

currently approved information collection.

Abstract: Title: Notification of Pending Legal Proceedings Pursuant

to 17 CFR 1.60, OMB Control No. 3038-0033--Extension

The rule is designed to assist the Commission in monitoring legal

proceedings involving the responsibilities imposed on contract markets

and their officials and futures commission merchants and their

principals by the Commodity Exchange Act, or otherwise. These rules are

promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained

in Sections 4a(a), 4i, and 8a(5) of the 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 October 2, 2008 (73 FR 57338).

Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is

estimated to average.10 hours per response.

Respondents/Affected Entities: 157.

Estimated number of responses: 1.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: .10 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.

3038-0033 in any correspondence.

Lynn A. Bulan, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Commodity Futures

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

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management

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

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 9, 2008.

David Stawick,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. E8-29684 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]

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Last Updated: December 16, 2008