2023-14251
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 128 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 43084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14251]
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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 of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this
notice's publication to OIRA, at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments''
or by using the website's search function. Comments can be entered
electronically by clicking on the ``comment'' button next to the
information collection on the ``OIRA Information Collections Under
Review'' page, or the ``View ICR--Agency Submission'' page. A copy of
the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed
herein may be obtained by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the
``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') by clicking on the ``Submit Comment'' box
next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control Number 3038-0072, at
https://comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 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.
All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied
by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission should
include 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\ 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://www.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 ICR 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 Freedom of Information Act.
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\1\ 17 CFR 145.9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher W. Cummings, Market
Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, (202) 418-
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5445 or [email protected], and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0072.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Registration under the Commodity Exchange Act (OMB Control
No. 3038-0072). This is a request for an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: The information collected under OMB Control No. 3038-0072
is gathered through the use of forms for registration of swap dealers
and major swap participants. Swap dealers and major swap participants
are required by section 4s(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'')
(7 U.S.C. 6s(a)) to register with the Commission. The CFTC uses various
forms for registration (and withdrawal therefrom) (the ``Registration
Forms''). OMB Control No. 3038-0072 applies to the Registration Forms
for registration of swap dealers and major swap participants,\2\ to the
alternative method provided under Commission regulations to submission
of a fingerprint card for foreign natural persons; and to the process
for requesting cross-border comparability determinations for
substituted compliance with requirements otherwise applicable to swap
dealers and major swap participants.
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\2\ Forms for registration of futures commission merchants,
commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, retail foreign
exchange dealers, introducing brokers, associated persons, floor
traders, and floor brokers are the subject of a separate information
collection (OMB Control Number 3038-0023).
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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.\3\ On April 28, 2023, the
Commission published in the Federal Register notice of the proposed
extension of this information collection and provided 60 days for
public comment on the proposed extension, 88 FR 26279 (``60-Day
Notice''). The Commission did not receive any comments on the 60-Day
Notice.
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\3\ 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 (b)(3)(vi).
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Burden Statement: The Commission continues to estimate the burden
for this collection as described below.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Users of Commission registration
forms that are swap dealers and major swap participants.
Estimated number of respondents: 779.
Estimated average burden hours per respondent: 1.14 hours.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 888 hours.
Frequency of responses: Periodically.
There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: June 30, 2023.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-14251 Filed 7-5-23; 8:45 am]
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