81 FR 42332 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 125 (June 29, 2016)

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 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 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42332-42333]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15344]


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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 
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 July 29, 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 (``OIRA'') in OMB, within 30 days of the notice's 
publication, by email at [email protected]. Please identify 
the comments by OMB Control No. 3038-0012. Please provide the 
Commission with a copy of all submitted comments at the address listed 
below. Please refer to OMB Reference No. 3038-0012, 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, or submitted through the Agency's 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 
Deliver/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: Gary Martinaitis, Division of Market 
Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, (202) 418-5209; email: 
[email protected], and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0012.

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 Federal 
Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on 
this collection of information was published on March 29, 2016 (81 FR 
17447).
    Title: Futures Volume, Open Interest, Price, Deliveries and 
Purchases/Sales of Futures for Commodities or for Derivatives Positions 
(OMB Control No. 3038-0012). This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Commission Regulation 16.01 requires the U.S. futures 
exchanges to publish daily information on the items listed in the title 
of the collection. The information required by this rule is in the 
public interest and is necessary for market surveillance. This rule is 
promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained 
in Section 5 of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 7 (2010).
    Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to be as follows:

                                                            Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                 Annual  number                                          Total annual      Hours per
                17 CFR Section                  of  respondents         Frequency of  response            responses         response       Total hours
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16.01.........................................              15   Daily...............................           3,750              0.5            1,875
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    The total annual cost burden per respondent is estimated to be 
$6,875. The Commission based its calculation on a blended hourly wage 
rate of $55 for a Programmer and Compliance Manager.\1\
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    \1\ In arriving at a wage rate for the hourly costs imposed, 
Commission staff used the Management & Professional Earnings in the 
Securities Industry Report, published in 2013 by the Securities 
Industry and Financial Markets Associations (Report). The wage rate 
used the median salary of a Programmer and Compliance Manager as 
published in the 2013 Report and divided that figure by 2000 annual 
working hours to arrive at the hourly rate of $55.

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


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    Dated: June 23, 2016.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-15344 Filed 6-28-16; 8:45 am]
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