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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[email protected] 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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