2025-24401
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 126 (Thursday, July 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29534-29535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12401]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent To
Renew Collection 3038-0017, Market Surveys
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or
``Commission'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed 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 collections of
information associated with market investigations.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``Market Surveys,''
Collection Number 3038-0017, 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: Julia Wood, Assistant Chief Counsel,
(312) 554-4567, [email protected], or Roger Smith, Associate Chief
Counsel, (202) 418-5344, [email protected], Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite
800, Chicago, IL 60604, and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA,\1\ 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 before submitting
the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement,
the CFTC is publishing notice of the proposed 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.
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\1\ 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
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Title: Market Surveys (OMB Control No. 3038-0017). This is a
request for the extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Under Part 21 of the Commission's Rules, 17 CFR 21.00-
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21.06, the Commission may issue special calls for information from
futures commission merchants (``FCMs''), clearing members, members of
reporting markets, introducing brokers (``IBs''), foreign brokers,
domestic and foreign traders, and reporting markets. This rule is
designed to assist the Commission in prevention of market manipulation
and is promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority
contained in section 8a of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 12a.
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 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.\2\
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\2\ 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://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 respondent burden for this collection is
estimated to be as follows:
Respondents/Affected Entities: FCMs, clearing members, members of
reporting markets, IBs, foreign brokers, domestic and foreign traders,
and reporting markets.
Estimated number of respondents: 100.
Estimated average burden hours per respondent: 1.75.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 175 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
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, 2025.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-12401 Filed 7-2-25; 8:45 am]
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