2025-02102
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8793-8794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02102]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To
Extend Collection 3038-0075: Protection of Collateral of Counterparties
to Uncleared Swaps; Treatment of Securities in a Portfolio Margining
Account in a Commodity Broker Bankruptcy
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or
``CFTC'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed renewal of a collection of certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''), Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension
of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment. This notice solicits comments on the Commission's
burden estimates associated with the requirements for swap dealers
(``SDs'') and major swap participants (``MSPs'') to notify
counterparties of their right to require segregation of initial margin,
and to allow the counterparty to change that election by written notice
to the SD or MSP, and to report quarterly to the counterparty that the
back office procedures of the SD or MSP relating to margin and
collateral requirements are in compliance with the agreement of the
counterparties.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 4, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``OMB Control No.
3038-0075'' by any of the following methods:
The Agency's website, at https://comments.cftc.gov/.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the website.
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.
Please submit your comments using only one method.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Brescia, Attorney Advisor,
Market Participants Division, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581;
(202) 418-6236; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.,
Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (``OMB'') for each collection of information they conduct or
sponsor. ``Collection of Information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3)
and 5 CFR 1320.3 and includes agency requests or requirements that
members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day
notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed extension of an existing
collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this requirement, the Commission is publishing
notice of the proposed extension of the existing collection of
information listed below. 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.
Title: Protection of Collateral of Counterparties to Uncleared
Swaps; Treatment of Securities in a Portfolio Margining Account in a
Commodity Broker Bankruptcy (OMB Control No. 3038-0075). This is a
request for an extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Section 4s(l) of the Commodity Exchange Act requires SDs
and MSPs to notify uncleared swap counterparties that they have the
right to require that any initial margin the counterparty provides in
connection with such transaction be segregated, and to report quarterly
to counterparties who have not requested segregated accounts that the
back office procedures of the SD or MSP relating to margin and
collateral comply with the agreement of the counterparties.
Regulations 23.701 and 23.704 establish reporting requirements that
are mandated by Section 4s(l) and, thus, are necessary to implement the
objectives of Section 4s(l). Regulation 23.701 requires that the SD or
MSP notify the counterparty at the beginning of the swap trading
relationship of the counterparty's right to require segregation of
initial margin, and to permit the counterparty to change that election
by written notice to the SD or MSP. Regulation 23.704 requires that, in
certain circumstances, an SD or MSP must report to the counterparty, on
a quarterly basis, that the back office procedures of the SD or MSP
relating to margin and collateral requirements are in compliance with
the agreement of the counterparties. The data required to be compiled
and maintained pursuant to Regulations 23.701 and 23.704 would be used
by uncleared swap counterparties (and, in some instances, the CFTC and
self-regulatory organizations).
With respect to the collection of information, the CFTC invites
comments on:
Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the information will have a practical
use;
The accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of collection of information
on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to
https://www.cftc.gov/. You should submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. If you wish for 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
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to the procedures established in Sec. 145.9 of the Commission's
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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://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 Information Collection Request 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.
Burden Statement: The Commission is revising its estimate of the
burden for this collection for 106 SDs. There are currently no
registered MSPs. The respondents' burden for this collection is
estimated to be as follows:
Regulation 23.701:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 106.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Respondent: 600 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 63,600 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Beginning of the swap trading relationship
with a counterparty.
Regulation 23.704:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 106.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Respondent: 806 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 85,436 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Quarterly (4 times per year).
Total Annual Burden for the Collection: 149,036 hours.
There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: January 29, 2025.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-02102 Filed 1-31-25; 8:45 am]
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