2019-14294

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32104-32105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office

[www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14294]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

17 CFR Parts 1, 39, and 140

RIN 3038-AE66


Derivatives Clearing Organization General Provisions and Core
Principles

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 16, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(Commission) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) titled Derivatives Clearing Organization General
Provisions and Core Principles. The comment period for the NPRM closes
on July 15, 2019. The Commission is extending the comment period for
this NPRM by an additional 60 days.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM titled Derivatives Clearing
Organization General Provisions and Core Principles, published May 16,
2019 at 84 FR 22226, is extended through September 13, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``Derivatives
Clearing Organization General Provisions and Core Principles'' and RIN
number 3038-AE66, by any of the following methods:
     CFTC Comments Portal: https://comments.cftc.gov. Select
the ``Submit Comments'' link for this rulemaking and follow the
instructions on the Public Comment Form.
     Mail: Send to Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Follow the same instructions as for
Mail, above.
    Please submit your comments using only one of these methods. To
avoid possible delays with mail or in-person deliveries, submissions
through the CFTC Comments Portal are encouraged.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to
https://comments.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 (FOIA), 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\ 17 CFR 145.9.
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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 https://comments.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 rulemaking 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 FOIA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen A. Donovan, Deputy Director,
202-418-5096, [email protected]; Parisa Abadi, Associate Director, 202-
418-6620, [email protected]; Eileen R. Chotiner, Senior Compliance
Analyst, 202-418-5467, [email protected]; Abigail S. Knauff, Special
Counsel, 202-418-5123, [email protected]; Division of Clearing and Risk,
Commodity Futures

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Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,
Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 16, 2019, the Commission published in
the Federal Register an NPRM proposing amendments to certain
regulations applicable to registered derivatives clearing
organizations.\2\ The proposed amendments would, among other things,
address certain risk management and reporting obligations, clarify the
meaning of certain provisions, simplify processes for registration and
reporting, and codify existing staff relief and guidance. In addition,
the Commission proposed technical amendments to certain provisions,
including certain delegation provisions, in other parts of its
regulations. The comment period for the NPRM closes on July 15, 2019.
As requested by commenters, the Commission is extending the comment
period for this NPRM by an additional 60 days.\3\ This extension of the
comment period will allow interested persons additional time to analyze
the proposal and prepare their comments.
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    \2\ Derivatives Clearing Organization General Provisions and
Core Principles, 84 FR 22226 (May 16, 2019).
    \3\ See Comment Letter from CME Group Inc., Intercontinental
Exchange, Inc., and Futures Industry Association (June 18, 2019),
available at https://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/CommentList.aspx?

id=2985.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2019, by the Commission.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.

    Note:  The following appendix will not appear in the Code of
Federal Regulations.

Appendix to Derivatives Clearing Organization General Provisions and
Core Principles--Commission Voting Summary

    On this matter, Chairman Giancarlo and Commissioners Quintenz,
Behnam, Stump, and Berkovitz voted in the affirmative. No
Commissioner voted in the negative.

[FR Doc. 2019-14294 Filed 7-3-19; 8:45 am]
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