81 FR 19581 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19581-19582]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07788]


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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 (PRA), 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect 
of the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, may be submitted directly to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs in OMB, within 30 days of publication of the notice, 
by email at [email protected]. Please identify the comments 
by OMB Control No. 3038-0031. Please provide the Commission with a copy 
of all submitted comments at the address listed below. Please refer to 
OMB Reference No. 3038-0031, found on http://reginfo.gov. Comments may 
also be mailed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, and to the Commission through its Web site at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments 
through the Web site.
    Comments may also be mailed to: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary 
of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, or by 
Hand Delivery/Courier at the same address.
    A copy of the supporting statements for the collection of 
information discussed above may be obtained by visiting http://reginfo.gov. All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, 
accompanied by an English translation. Comments will be posted as 
received to http://www.cftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonda R. Owens, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, (202) 418-5182; fax: (202) 418-5414; email: 
[email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. The OMB 
control numbers for the CFTC's regulations were published on December 
30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The Federal Register

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notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on December 15, 2015 (80 FR 
77615).
    Title: Procurement Contracts, OMB Control No. 3038-0031. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: This information collection consists of procurement 
activities relating to solicitations, amendments to solicitations, 
requests for quotations, construction contracts, awards of contracts, 
performance bonds, and payment information for individuals (vendors) or 
contractors engaged in providing supplies or services.
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 2 hours per response. This estimate includes the 
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and 
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, 
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information and disclosing and providing information; adjust the 
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The 
numbers contained in this justification differ from those in the 60-day 
notice because of a revised estimate of the number of respondents.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 292.
    Estimated number of responses (reporting): 778.
    Estimated number of responses (recordkeeping): 778.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1556 hours.
    Frequency of collection: annually.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: March 31, 2016.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-07788 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
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