82 FR 55590 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 224 (November 22, 2017)

Page Range		55590-55591
FR Document		2017-25307

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the extension of a proposed collection of certain information by the agency. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments, as described below, on the proposed Information Collection Request (``ICR'') titled: Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Copies of Crop and 
Market Information Reports

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or 
``CFTC'') is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the 
extension of a proposed collection of certain information by the 
agency. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 in response to the notice. This notice 
solicits comments, as described below, on the proposed Information 
Collection Request (``ICR'') titled: Copies of Crop and Market 
Information Reports.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 22, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control No. 3038-
0015 by any of the following methods:
     The Agency's Web site, at http://comments.cftc.gov/. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.
     Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the 
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20581.
     Hand delivery/Courier: Same as Mail above.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Portal.
    Please submit your comments using only one method.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Charnisky, Division of Market 
Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 525 West Monroe, 
Chicago IL, 60661; (312) 596-0630; FAX: (312) 596-0711; email: 
[email protected]; and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, 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

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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.
    Title: ``Copies of Crop and Market Information Reports,'' OMB 
Control No. 3038-0015. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action 
include future commission merchants (``FCMs'') and members of contract 
markets.
    Abstract: The information collected pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR 
1.40, is in the public interest and is necessary for market 
surveillance. Manipulation of commodity futures prices is a violation 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act). Section 9(a)(2) of the Act (7 
U.S.C. 13(a)(2)) prohibits the dissemination of false or misleading or 
knowingly inaccurate reports that affect or tend to affect the prices 
of commodities. In order to facilitate the enforcement of this 
provision, Commission regulation 1.40 requires that members of an 
exchange and FCMs provide upon request copies of any report published 
or given general circulation which concerns crop or market information 
that affects or tends to affect the price of any commodity.
    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 Commission would like to solicit comments to:
     Evaluate 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;
     Evaluate 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;
     Enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     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 
http://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.\1\
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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 http://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 ICR 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 average 0.17 hours per response.
     Respondents/Affected Entities: 15.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 15.
     Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2.5 hours.
     Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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

    Dated: November 17, 2017.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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all affected marine mammal species or authorization is limited to small to the relevant stocks or populations
stocks. numbers of marine mammals. even if each estimated instance of take
Additionally, other qualitative factors occurred to a new individual. The total
Small Numbers
may be considered in the analysis, such percent of the population (if each
As noted above, only small numbers as the temporal or spatial scale of the instance was a separate individual) for
of incidental take may be authorized activities. which take is requested is less than nine
under Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA Table 6 details the number of percent for all stocks (Table 6). Based on
for specified activities other than instances (harbor seals) or individuals the analysis contained herein of the
military readiness activities. The MMPA (California sea lions and bottlenose
construction activity (including the
does not define small numbers and so, dolphins) that animals could be exposed
in practice, where estimated numbers mitigation and monitoring measures)
to received noise levels that could cause
are available, NMFS compares the Level B harassment for the construction and the anticipated take of marine
number of individuals taken to the most work at the project site relative to the mammals, NMFS finds that small
appropriate estimation of abundance of total stock abundance. The numbers of numbers of marine mammals will be
the relevant species or stock in our animals authorized to be taken for all taken relative to the population size of
determination of whether an species will be considered small relative the affected species or stocks.

TABLE 6—ESTIMATED NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGE OF STOCK THAT MAY BE EXPOSED TO LEVEL B HARASSMENT
Percentage
Authorized Stock(s) of total
Species Level B abundance stock
takes estimate 1 (percent)

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) California stock ............................................................................. 125 30,968 .40
California sea lion (Eumatopias jubatus) U.S. Stock .................................................................. 38 296,750 .013
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ...................................................................................... 40 1,924 2.1
California-Oregon-Washington Stock California Coastal Stock .................................................. ........................ 453 8.83
1 All stock abundance estimates presented here are from the 2016 Pacific Stock Assessment Report.

Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis monitoring and reporting requirements Request (‘‘ICR’’) titled: Copies of Crop
and Determination are incorporated. and Market Information Reports.
There are no relevant subsistence uses Dated: November 16, 2017. DATES: Comments must be submitted on
of the affected marine mammal stocks or Catherine Marzin, or before January 22, 2018.
species implicated by this action. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
Therefore, NMFS has determined that Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. identified by OMB Control No. 3038–
the total taking of affected species or [FR Doc. 2017–25258 Filed 11–21–17; 8:45 am] 0015 by any of the following methods:
stocks will not have an unmitigable BILLING CODE 3510–22–P • The Agency’s Web site, at http://
adverse impact on the availability of comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
such species or stocks for taking for instructions for submitting comments
subsistence purposes. through the Web site.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING • Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) COMMISSION Secretary of the Commission,
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Commodity Futures Trading
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. Agency Information Collection Commission, 1155 21st Street NW.,
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal Activities: Copies of Crop and Market Washington, DC 20581.
agency insure that any action it Information Reports • Hand delivery/Courier: Same as
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Mail above.
likely to jeopardize the continued Commission. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
existence of any endangered or www.regulations.gov/. Follow the
ACTION: Notice. instructions for submitting comments
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures through the Portal.
designated critical habitat. Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or Please submit your comments using
No incidental take of ESA-listed ‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity only one method.
species is authorized or expected to for public comment on the extension of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
result from this activity. Therefore, a proposed collection of certain Adam Charnisky, Division of Market
NMFS has determined that formal information by the agency. In Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures
consultation under section 7 of the ESA compliance with the Paperwork Trading Commission, 525 West Monroe,
is not required for this action. Reduction Act of 1995, Federal agencies Chicago IL, 60661; (312) 596–0630;
FAX: (312) 596–0711; email:
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are required to publish notice in the
Authorization acharnisky@cftc.gov; and refer to OMB
Federal Register concerning each
NMFS has issued an IHA to Venoco proposed collection of information, Control No. 3038–0015.
LLC for the potential harassment of including each proposed extension of an SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
small numbers of three marine mammal existing collection of information, and PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
species incidental to the Casitas Pier to allow 60 days for public comment in approval from the Office of Management
fender pile replacement project in response to the notice. This notice and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
Carpinteria, CA, provided the solicits comments, as described below, information they conduct or sponsor.
previously mentioned mitigation, on the proposed Information Collection ‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined

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in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 • Minimize the burden of collection ACTION: Notice.
and includes agency requests or of information on those who are to
requirements that members of the public respond, including through the use of SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures
submit reports, keep records, or provide appropriate automated electronic, Trading Commission (CFTC) is
information to a third party. Section mechanical, or other technological announcing an opportunity for public
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. collection techniques or other forms of comment on the proposed renewal of a
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies information technology; e.g., permitting collection of certain information by the
to provide a 60-day notice in the electronic submission of responses. agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Federal Register concerning each All comments must be submitted in Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are
proposed collection of information English, or if not, accompanied by an required to publish notice in the
before submitting the collection to OMB English translation. Comments will be Federal Register concerning each
for approval. To comply with this posted as received to http:// proposed collection of information,
requirement, the CFTC is publishing www.cftc.gov. You should submit only including each proposed extension of an
notice of the proposed collection of information that you wish to make existing collection of information, and
information listed below. available publicly. If you wish the to allow 60 days for public comment.
Title: ‘‘Copies of Crop and Market Commission to consider information This notice solicits comments on
Information Reports,’’ OMB Control No. that you believe is exempt from requirements relating to Gross
3038–0015. This is a request for disclosure under the Freedom of Collection of Exchange-Set Margins for
extension of a currently approved Information Act, a petition for Omnibus Accounts.
information collection. confidential treatment of the exempt DATES: Comments must be submitted on
Affected Entities: Entities potentially information may be submitted according or before January 22, 2018.
affected by this action include future to the procedures established in § 145.9 ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
commission merchants (‘‘FCMs’’) and of the Commission’s regulations.1 identified by OMB Control Number
members of contract markets. The Commission reserves the right, 3038–0026, by any of the following
Abstract: The information collected but shall have no obligation, to review, methods:
pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR 1.40, is in pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse, or • The Agency’s Web site, at http://
the public interest and is necessary for remove any or all of your submission comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
market surveillance. Manipulation of from http://www.cftc.gov that it may instructions for submitting comments
commodity futures prices is a violation deem to be inappropriate for through the Web site.
of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act). publication, such as obscene language. • Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Section 9(a)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C. All submissions that have been redacted Secretary of the Commission,
13(a)(2)) prohibits the dissemination of or removed that contain comments on Commodity Futures Trading
false or misleading or knowingly the merits of the ICR will be retained in Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
inaccurate reports that affect or tend to the public comment file and will be 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC
affect the prices of commodities. In considered as required under the 20581.
order to facilitate the enforcement of Administrative Procedure Act and other • Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
this provision, Commission regulation applicable laws, and may be accessible Mail above.
1.40 requires that members of an under the Freedom of Information Act. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
Burden statement: The respondent www.regulations.gov/. Follow the
exchange and FCMs provide upon
burden for this collection is estimated to instructions for submitting comments
request copies of any report published
average 0.17 hours per response. through the Portal.
or given general circulation which • Respondents/Affected Entities: 15.
concerns crop or market information Please submit your comments using
• Estimated Number of Responses:
that affects or tends to affect the price only one method.
15.
of any commodity. • Estimated Total Annual Burden on FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
An agency may not conduct or Respondents: 2.5 hours. Mark Bretscher, Division of Swap Dealer
sponsor, and a person is not required to • Frequency of Collection: On and Intermediary Oversight, Commodity
respond to, a collection of information occasion. Futures Trading Commission, (312)
unless it displays a currently valid OMB 596–0529; email: mbretscher@cftc.gov.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
control number. The OMB control SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
numbers for the CFTC’s regulations Dated: November 17, 2017.
PRA,1 Federal agencies must obtain
were published on December 30, 1981. Robert N. Sidman, approval from the Office of Management
See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). Deputy Secretary of the Commission. and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
The Commission would like to solicit [FR Doc. 2017–25307 Filed 11–21–17; 8:45 am] information they conduct or sponsor.
comments to: BILLING CODE 6351–01–P ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
• Evaluate whether the proposed in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
collection of information is necessary 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
for the proper performance of the COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING or requirements that members of the
functions of the Commission, including COMMISSION public submit reports, keep records, or
whether the information will have a provide information to a third party.
practical use; Agency Information Collection
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Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44
• Evaluate the accuracy of the Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal
Commission’s estimate of the burden of Collection 3038–0026, Gross Collection
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the proposed collection of information, of Exchange-Set Margins for Omnibus
the Federal Register concerning each
including the validity of the Accounts
proposed collection of information,
methodology and assumptions used; AGENCY:Commodity Futures Trading including each proposed extension of an
• Enhance the quality, usefulness, Commission. existing collection of information,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and 1 17 CFR 145.9. 1 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

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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.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before January 22, 2018.
Contact		Adam Charnisky, Division of Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 525 West Monroe, Chicago IL, 60661; (312) 596-0630; FAX: (312) 596-0711; email: [email protected]; and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0015.
FR Citation		82 FR 55590