| Page Range | 18898-18900 | |
| FR Document | 2017-08222 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 18898-18900] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08222] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Fees for Reviews of the Rule Enforcement Programs of Designated Contract Markets and Registered Futures Associations AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice of 2016 schedule of fees. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') charges fees to designated contract markets and registered futures associations to recover the costs incurred by the Commission in the operation of its program of oversight of self- regulatory organization rule enforcement programs, specifically National Futures Association (``NFA''), a registered futures association, and the designated contract markets. The calculation of the fee amounts charged for 2016 by this notice is based upon an average of actual program costs incurred during fiscal year (``FY'') 2013, FY 2014, and FY 2015. DATES: Effective: Each self-regulatory organization is required to remit electronically the applicable fee on or before June 23, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jean Buhler, Chief Financial Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (202) 418-5089; Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. For information on electronic payment, contact Jennifer Fleming; (202) 418- 5034; Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [[Page 18899]] I. Background Information A. General This notice relates to fees for the Commission's review of the rule enforcement programs at the registered futures associations \1\ and designated contract markets (``DCM''), each of which is a self- regulatory organization (``SRO'') regulated by the Commission. The Commission recalculates the fees charged each year to cover the costs of operating this Commission program.\2\ The fees are set each year based on direct program costs, plus an overhead factor. The Commission calculates actual costs, then calculates an alternate fee taking volume into account, and then charges the lower of the two.\3\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ National Futures Association is the only registered futures association. \2\ See section 237 of the Futures Trading Act of 1982, 7 U.S.C. 16a, and 31 U.S.C. 9701. For a broader discussion of the history of Commission fees, see 52 FR 46070, Dec. 4, 1987. \3\ 58 FR 42643, Aug. 11, 1993, and 17 CFR part 1, app. B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Overhead Rate The fees charged by the Commission to the SROs are designed to recover program costs, including direct labor costs and overhead. The overhead rate is calculated by dividing total Commission-wide overhead direct program labor costs into the total amount of the Commission-wide overhead pool. For this purpose, direct program labor costs are the salary costs of personnel working in all Commission programs. Overhead costs generally consist of the following Commission-wide costs: Indirect personnel costs (leave and benefits), rent, communications, contract services, utilities, equipment, and supplies. This formula has resulted in the following overhead rates for the most recent three years (rounded to the nearest whole percent): 181 percent for FY 2013, and 180 percent for FY 2014, and 211 percent for FY 2015. C. Conduct of SRO Rule Enforcement Reviews Under the formula adopted by the Commission in 1993, the Commission calculates the fee to recover the costs of its rule enforcement reviews and examinations, based on the three-year average of the actual cost of performing such reviews and examinations at each SRO. The cost of operation of the Commission's SRO oversight program varies from SRO to SRO, according to the size and complexity of each SRO's program. The three-year averaging computation method is intended to smooth out year- to-year variations in cost. Timing of the Commission's reviews and examinations may affect costs--a review or examination may span two fiscal years and reviews and examinations are not conducted at each SRO each year. As noted above, adjustments to actual costs may be made to relieve the burden on an SRO with a disproportionately large share of program costs. The Commission's formula provides for a reduction in the assessed fee if an SRO has a smaller percentage of United States industry contract volume than its percentage of overall Commission oversight program costs. This adjustment reduces the costs so that, as a percentage of total Commission SRO oversight program costs, they are in line with the pro rata percentage for that SRO of United States industry-wide contract volume. The calculation is made as follows: The fee required to be paid to the Commission by each DCM is equal to the lesser of actual costs based on the three-year historical average of costs for that DCM or one-half of average costs incurred by the Commission for each DCM for the most recent three years, plus a pro rata share (based on average trading volume for the most recent three years) of the aggregate of average annual costs of all DCMs for the most recent three years. The formula for calculating the second factor is: 0.5a + 0.5 vt = current fee. In this formula, ``a'' equals the average annual costs, ``v'' equals the percentage of total volume across DCMs over the last three years, and ``t'' equals the average annual costs for all DCMs. NFA has no contracts traded; hence, its fee is based simply on costs for the most recent three fiscal years. This table summarizes the data used in the calculations of the resulting fee for each entity: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual total costs ------------------------------------ 3-year average 3-year percent Volume 2016 Assessed FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 actual costs of volume adjusted costs fee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBOE Futures........................................ $235,567 .......... $158,209 $131,259 1.22 $73,074 $73,074 Chicago Board of Trade.............................. 164,974 $55,515 17,938 79,476 30.08 223,017 79,476 Chicago Mercantile Exchange......................... 391,917 225,701 540,151 385,923 44.03 461,189 385,923 ELX Futures......................................... 134,267 .......... .......... 44,756 0.00 22,378 22,378 ICE Futures U.S..................................... 360,223 81,176 105,864 182,421 10.21 153,429 153,429 Kansas City Board of Trade.......................... 559 .......... .......... 186 0.06 467 186 Minneapolis Grain Exchange.......................... 220,975 47,648 147,983 138,868 0.05 69,741 69,741 NADEX North American................................ 101,252 980 .......... 34,077 0.08 17,505 17,505 New York Mercantile Exchange........................ 135,316 225,672 118,701 159,897 13.84 164,294 159,897 NYSE LIFFE US....................................... 24,802 .......... .......... 8,267 0.13 4,909 4,909 One Chicago......................................... 128,599 31,196 289 53,362 0.28 28,384 28,384 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal........................................ 1,898,452 667,888 1,089,134 1,218,491 100 1,218,387 994,902 National Futures Association........................ 186,499 292,102 401,337 293,312 .............. .............. 293,312 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total........................................... 2,084,950 959,990 1,490,471 1,511,804 .............. .............. 1,288,214 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An example of how the fee is calculated for one exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, is set forth here: a. Actual three-year average costs equal $79,476. b. The alternative computation is: (.5) ($79,476) + (.5) (.30) ($1,218,491) = $223,017. c. The fee is the lesser of a or b; in this case $79,476. As noted above, the alternative calculation based on contracts traded is not applicable to NFA because it is not a DCM and has no contracts traded. The Commission's average annual cost for conducting oversight review of the NFA [[Page 18900]] rule enforcement program during fiscal years 2013 through 2015 was $293,312. The fee to be paid by the NFA for the current fiscal year is $293,312. II. Schedule of Fees Fees for the Commission's review of the rule enforcement programs at the registered futures associations and DCMs regulated by the Commission are as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 Fee lesser 3-Year average 3-Year percent of actual or actual cost of volume calculated fee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CBOE Futures................................................ $131,259 1.22 $73,074 Chicago Board of Trade...................................... 79,476 30.08 79,476 Chicago Mercantile Exchange................................. 385,923 44.03 385,923 ELX Futures................................................. 44,756 0.00 22,378 ICE Futures U.S............................................. 182,421 10.21 153,429 Kansas City Board of Trade.................................. 186 0.06 186 Minneapolis Grain Exchange.................................. 138,868 0.05 69,741 NADEX North American........................................ 34,077 0.08 17,505 New York Mercantile Exchange................................ 159,897 13.84 159,897 NYSE LIFFE US............................................... 8,267 0.13 4,909 One Chicago................................................. 53,362 0.2795 28,384 --------------------------------------------------- Subtotal................................................ 1,218,491 100 994,902 National Futures Association................................ 293,312 .............. 293,312 --------------------------------------------------- Total................................................... 1,511,804 .............. 1,288,214 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Payment Method The Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) requires deposits of fees owed to the government by electronic transfer of funds. See 31 U.S.C. 3720. For information about electronic payments, please contact Jennifer Fleming at (202) 418-5034 or [email protected], or see the CFTC Web site at http://www.cftc.gov, specifically, http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftcelectronicpayments.htm. (Authority: 7 U.S.C. 16a) Issued in Washington, DC, on April 19, 2017, by the Commission. Robert N. Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2017-08222 Filed 4-21-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351-01-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of 2016 schedule of fees. | |
| Dates | Effective: Each self-regulatory organization is required to remit electronically the applicable fee on or before June 23, 2017. | |
| Contact | Mary Jean Buhler, Chief Financial Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (202) 418-5089; Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. For information on electronic payment, contact Jennifer Fleming; (202) 418- 5034; Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 18898 |