81 FR 19581 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

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

Page Range		19581-19582
FR Document		2016-07788

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 Issue 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[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.
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Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Researchers would weigh all scallop SUMMARY: In compliance with the
(RSA) Program. The project would test catch in industry bushel baskets caught Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
a modified flounder cookie sweep on in both dredges and a one basket sub- notice announces that the Information
the outer bale bars of the scallop dredge sample from each dredge would be Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
that is used in the limited access general measured in 5-mm increments. Total below has been forwarded to the Office
category (LAGC) scallop fishery and weight of bycatch species and of Management and Budget (OMB) for
film fish-dredge interactions to monitor individual measurements to the nearest review and comment. The ICR describes
the effectiveness of the gear centimeter would also be obtained by the nature of the information collection
modification in reducing flatfish the researcher. If the volume of the and its expected costs and burden.
bycatch. CFF submitted a complete catch is large, subsampling protocols DATES: Comments must be submitted on
application for an EFP on March 14, would be necessary. All bycatch would or before May 5, 2016.
2016, to enable data collection activities be returned to the sea as soon as ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the
during research trips. The EFP would practicable following data collection. burden estimated or any other aspect of
allow one commercial fishing vessel to Exemption from possession limit and the information collection, including
use gear that may be considered minimum sizes would support catch suggestions for reducing the burden,
obstructed at 50 CFR 648.51(b)(4)(iii), sampling activities, and ensure the may be submitted directly to the Office
waive scallop observer program vessel is not in conflict with possession of Information and Regulatory Affairs in
requirements at § 648.11(g) in order regulations while collecting catch data. OMB, within 30 days of publication of
allow a researcher with adequate room All catch above a possession limit or the notice, by email at
to sample catch on deck, and below a minimum size would be OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov. Please
temporarily exempt the participating discarded as soon as practicable identify the comments by OMB Control
vessels from possession limits and following data collection. Exempting the No. 3038–0031. Please provide the
minimum size requirements specified in vessel from the sea scallop observer Commission with a copy of all
50 CFR part 648, subsections B and D program requirements would allow submitted comments at the address
through O, for sampling purposes only. researchers flexibility for catch listed below. Please refer to OMB
Any fishing activity conducted outside sampling timing and space Reference No. 3038–0031, found on
the scope of the exempted fishing accommodations since vessels in the http://reginfo.gov. Comments may also
activity would be prohibited, including LAGC fleet are typically smaller with be mailed to the Office of Information
landing fish in excess of a possession limited deck space. and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
limit or below the minimum size. All research trips would otherwise be Management and Budget, Attention:
One vessel would conduct scallop conducted in a manner consistent with Desk Officer for the Commodity Futures
dredging in June 2016-April 2017, on normal commercial fishing conditions Trading Commission, 725 17th Street
about 25 trips lasting approximately one NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to the
and catch consistent with the LAGC
day-at-sea (DAS) each for a project total Commission through its Web site at
daily possession limit would be retained
of 25 DAS. The first trip would be http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
for sale.
comprised of shorter tow durations and instructions for submitting comments
serve as a calibration day for the If approved, the applicant may
request minor modifications and through the Web site.
underwater video equipment to Comments may also be mailed to:
determine the correct configuration on extensions to the EFP throughout the
year. EFP modifications and extensions Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
the dredge that would be used on each Commission, Commodity Futures
of the following trips. All other trips may be granted without further notice if
they are deemed essential to facilitate Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
would complete approximately six tows Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,
per day for a maximum duration of 90 completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not Washington, DC 20581, or by Hand
minutes at a tow speed of 4.2 knots. Delivery/Courier at the same address.
Trips would take place in the Southern change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request. Any A copy of the supporting statements
New England Dredge Exemption Area for the collection of information
where part of the LAGC fleet normally fishing activity conducted outside the
scope of the exempted fishing activity discussed above may be obtained by
operates. visiting http://reginfo.gov. All
All tows would be conducted using a would be prohibited.
comments must be submitted in
single 9-foot (2.74-m) dredge following Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. English, or if not, accompanied by an
an alternate paired tow strategy where a Dated: March 31, 2016. English translation. Comments will be
pair consists of one control and one posted as received to http://
Alan D. Risenhoover,
experimental tow. Researchers would www.cftc.gov.
attach the two 6- to 7-foot (1.83- to 2.13- Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
m) cookie sweeps to each of the outer
bale bars using chain and shackles for [FR Doc. 2016–07740 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] Sonda R. Owens, Commodity Futures
the experimental tows and then remove BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Trading Commission, (202) 418–5182;
them for the control tows. The cookie fax: (202) 418–5414; email: sowens@
sweeps would be constructed of round cftc.gov and refer to OMB Control No.
rubber disks with no larger than a 3- 3038–0031.
inch (7.62-cm) diameter, and the COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency
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attachment chains would be evenly COMMISSION may not conduct or sponsor, and a
spaced and varied in length to account person is not required to respond to, a
Agency Information Collection
for dredge position while being towed to collection of information unless it
Activities Under OMB Review
ensure contact with the ocean bottom. displays a currently valid OMB control
Exemption from the dredge gear AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading number. The OMB control numbers for
obstruction regulation would allow Commission. the CFTC’s regulations were published
researchers to use the cookie sweep for on December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035
ACTION: Notice.
the experimental tows. (Dec. 30, 1981). The Federal Register

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before May 5, 2016.
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.
FR Citation		81 FR 19581