83_FR_44197 83 FR 44029 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

83 FR 44029 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 168 (August 29, 2018)

Page Range44029-44031
FR Document2018-18742

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 83 Issue 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)]
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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

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ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
costs and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 28, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the burden estimate 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 publication 
of this notice, by either of the following methods. Please identify the 
comments by ``OMB Control No 3038-0021.''
     By email addressed to: [email protected] or
     By mail addressed 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.
    A copy of all comments submitted to OIRA should be sent to the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) by any of the 
following methods. The copies sent to the Commission also should refer 
to ``OMB Control No. 3038-0021.''
     By mail addressed to: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary 
of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581;
     By Hand Delivery/Courier to the same address; or
     Through the Commission's website at http://comments.cftc.gov. Please follow the instructions for submitting 
comments through the website.
    A copy of the supporting statement for the collection of 
information discussed herein 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. 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\ 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.
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    \1\ 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jocelyn Partridge, Special Counsel, 
Division of Clearing and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
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(202) 418-5926; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Regulations Governing Bankruptcies of Commodity Brokers (OMB 
Control No. 3038-0021). This is a request for an extension of a 
currently approved information collection.\2\
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    \2\ There are two information collections now associated with 
OMB Control No. 3038-0021. The first includes the reporting, 
recordkeeping, and third party disclosure requirements applicable to 
a single respondent in a commodity broker liquidation (e.g., a 
single commodity broker or a single trustee) within the relevant 
time period that are provided for in Commission regulations 
190.02(a)(1), 190.02(a)(2), 190.02(b)(1), 190.02(b)(2),190.02(b)(4), 
190.02(c), 190.03(a)(1), 190.03(a)(2), 190.04(b) and 190.06(b). The 
second information collection includes the third party disclosure 
requirements provided for in Commission regulations 190.06(d) and 
190.10(c) which are applicable on a regular basis to multiple 
respondents (i.e., multiple futures commission merchants).
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    Abstract: This collection of information involves the reporting, 
recordkeeping, and third party disclosure requirements set forth in the 
CFTC's bankruptcy regulations for commodity broker liquidations, 17 CFR 
part 190.\3\ These regulations apply to commodity broker liquidations 
under Chapter 7, Subchapter IV of the Bankruptcy Code.\4\
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    \3\ These include the requirements contained in Commission 
regulations 190.02(a)(1), 190.02(a)(2), 190.02(b)(1), 
190.02(b)(2),190.02(b)(4), 190.02(c), 190.03(a)(1), 190.03(a)(2), 
190.04(b), 190.06(b), 190.06(d), and 190.10(c).
    \4\ 11 U.S.C. 761 et seq.
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    The reporting requirements include, for example, notices to the 
Commission regarding the filing of petitions for bankruptcy and notices 
to the Commission regarding the intention to transfer open commodity 
contracts in a commodity broker liquidation. The recordkeeping 
requirements include, for example, the statements of customer accounts 
that a trustee appointed for the purposes of a commodity broker 
liquidation (Trustee) must generate and adjust as set forth in the 
regulations. The third party disclosure requirements include, for 
example, the disclosure statement that a commodity broker must provide 
to its customers containing information regarding the manner in which 
customer property is treated under Part 190 of the Commission's 
regulations in the event of a bankruptcy and, in the event of a 
commodity broker liquidation, certain notices that a Trustee must 
provide to customers and to the persons to whom commodity contracts and 
specifically identifiable customer property have been or will be 
transferred. The information collection requirements are necessary, and 
will be used, to facilitate the effective, efficient, and fair conduct 
of liquidation proceedings for commodity brokers and to protect the 
interests of customers in these proceedings both directly and by 
facilitating the participation of the CFTC in such proceedings.
    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 number. On June 25, 2018, the Commission published 
in the Federal Register notice of the proposed extension of this 
information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on the 
proposed extension, 83 FR 29547, June 25, 2018 (``60-Day Notice''). The 
Commission did not receive any relevant comments. Accordingly, it did 
not alter the burden estimates set forth in the 60-Day Notice in 
response to comments received.\5\
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    \5\ As noted below, the Commission reduced the burden hours 
associated with the third party disclosures applicable to multiple 
respondents because the required documents are standardized and 
unchanged from the prior renewal. Accordingly, the time that the 
average respondent would spend drafting and sending the notice and 
disclosure is minimal. See infra fn.6.
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    Burden Statement: The Commission notes that commodity broker 
liquidations occur at unpredictable and irregular intervals when 
particular commodity brokers become insolvent. While a commodity broker 
liquidation has not occurred in the past three years, the Commission 
took the conservative approach of maintaining the assumption contained 
in the previous renewal of this information collection that, on 
average, a commodity broker liquidation would occur every three years. 
The Commission generally has retained the burden hour estimates set 
forth in the previous information collection as there have been no 
interim experiences that would warrant altering those estimates.\6\

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The Commission further notes, however, that the information collection 
burden will vary in particular commodity broker liquidations depending 
on the size of the commodity broker, the extent to which accounts are 
able to be quickly transferred, and other factors specific to the 
circumstances of the liquidation.
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    \6\ The Commission has retained the burden hour estimates for 
the applicable regulations with two limited exceptions. First, the 
Commission no longer assigns burden hours to the discretionary 
notice that a Trustee may provide to customers in an involuntary 
commodity broker liquidation pursuant to Commission regulation 
190.02(b)(3). There have been no involuntary commodity broker 
liquidations and none are anticipated. Accordingly, continuing to 
assign burden hours to this voluntary requirement would 
inappropriately inflate the burden hours of this information 
collection. Second, the Commission has reduced the burden hours 
assigned to the third party disclosure requirements that are 
applicable to multiple respondents (as set forth in Commission 
regulations 190.06(d) and 190.10(c)). The notice and disclosure 
required by these regulations, respectively, are standardized and 
unchanged from the prior renewal. Accordingly, the time that the 
average respondent would spend drafting and sending the notice and 
disclosure is minimal.
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    The respondent burden for this information collection is estimated 
to be as follows: \7\
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    \7\ Because a commodity broker liquidation is estimated to occur 
only once every three years, the previous information collection, in 
many cases, expressed the burden of the reporting, recordkeeping, 
and third party disclosure requirements in terms of the burden 
applicable to ``.33'' respondents. For clarity, this notice 
expresses such burdens in terms of those that would be imposed on 
one respondent during the three year period. While the applicable 
burden is expressed in a different way, as noted above, the burden 
hours generally remain unchanged.
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     Reporting: \8\
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    \8\ The reporting requirements are contained in Commission 
regulations 190.02(a)(1), 190.02(a)(2), and 190.06(b).
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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.33.
    Estimated Total Annual Number of Responses: 1.33.
    Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours per Respondent: 1.33.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.33.
    Type of Respondents: Commodity brokers, Trustees, and self-
regulatory organizations.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
     Recordkeeping: \9\
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    \9\ The recordkeeping requirements are contained in Commission 
regulations 190.03(a)(1), 190.03(a)(2), and 190.04(b).
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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 26,666.67.
    Estimated Total Annual Number of Responses: 26,666.67.
    Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours per Respondent: 333.33.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 333.33.
    Type of Respondents: Trustees.
    Frequency of Collection: Daily and on occasion.
     Third Party Disclosures Applicable to a Single Respondent: 
\10\
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    \10\ These third party disclosure requirements are contained in 
Commission regulations 190.02(b)(1), 190.02(b)(2), 190.02(b)(4), and 
190.02(c).
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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 6,671.32.
    Estimated Total Annual Number of Responses: 6,671.32.
    Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours per Respondent: 1,034.63.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,034.63.
    Type of Respondents: Trustees.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
     Third Party Disclosures Applicable to Multiple 
Respondents: \11\
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    \11\ See fn. 1. The Commission is setting forth a new 
information collection under OMB Control No. 3038-0021 to separately 
account for the third party disclosure requirements provided for in 
Commission regulations 190.06(d) and 190.06(c) that are applicable 
on a regular basis to multiple respondents (i.e., multiple futures 
commission merchants).
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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 125.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 2,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Number of Responses: 250,000.
    Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours per Respondent: 40.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500.
    Type of Respondents: Futures commission merchants.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    There are no new capital or start-up or operations costs associated 
with this information collection, nor are there any maintenance costs 
associated with this information collection.

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

    Dated: August 24, 2018.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
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                                                ACTION:Notice of solicitation for                       diem expenses incurred in performing                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                members of the NOAA Science                             such duties but will not be reimbursed                Anne T. Mendez at (571) 272–6173.
                                                Advisory Board.                                         for their time. As a Federal Advisory                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    The
                                                                                                        Committee, the Board’s membership is                  membership of the United States Patent
                                                SUMMARY:    NOAA is soliciting                          required to be balanced in terms of                   and Trademark Office Performance
                                                nominations for members of the NOAA                     viewpoints represented and the                        Review Board is as follows:
                                                Science Advisory Board (SAB). The                       functions to be performed as well as the
                                                SAB is the only Federal Advisory                                                                              Anthony P. Scardino, Chair, Acting
                                                                                                        interests of geographic regions of the
                                                Committee with the responsibility to                                                                            Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce
                                                                                                        country and the diverse sectors of U.S.
                                                advise the Under Secretary of                                                                                   for Intellectual Property and Acting
                                                                                                        society.
                                                Commerce for Oceans, Atmosphere, and                                                                            Deputy Director of the United States
                                                                                                           The SAB meets in person three times
                                                NOAA Administrator on long- and                                                                                 Patent and Trademark Office
                                                                                                        each year, exclusive of teleconferences
                                                short-range strategies for research,                                                                          Frederick W. Steckler, Vice Chair, Chief
                                                                                                        or subcommittee, task force, and
                                                education, and application of science to                                                                        Administrative Officer, United States
                                                                                                        working group meetings. Board
                                                resource management and                                                                                         Patent and Trademark Office
                                                                                                        members must be willing to serve as
                                                environmental assessment and                                                                                  Andrew H. Hirshfeld, Commissioner for
                                                                                                        liaisons to SAB working groups and/or
                                                prediction. The SAB consists of                                                                                 Patents, United States Patent and
                                                                                                        participate in periodic reviews of the
                                                approximately fifteen members                                                                                   Trademark Office
                                                                                                        NOAA Cooperative Institutes and
                                                reflecting the full breadth of NOAA’s                                                                         Mary Boney Denison, Commissioner for
                                                                                                        overarching reviews of NOAA’s research
                                                areas of responsibility and assists                                                                             Trademarks, United States Patent and
                                                                                                        enterprise.
                                                NOAA in maintaining a complete and                         Nominations: Interested persons may                  Trademark Office
                                                accurate understanding of scientific                    nominate themselves or third parties.                 Sean M. Mildrew, Acting Chief
                                                issues critical to the agency’s missions.                  Applications: An application is                      Financial Officer, United States Patent
                                                DATES: Nominations should be sent to                    required to be considered for Board                     and Trademark Office
                                                the web address specified below and                     membership, regardless of whether a                   David Chiles, Acting Chief Information
                                                must be received by October 15, 2018.                   person is nominated by a third party or                 Officer, United States Patent and
                                                                                                        self-nominated. The application package                 Trademark Office
                                                ADDRESSES: Applications should be
                                                                                                        must include: (1) The nominee’s full                  Sarah T. Harris, General Counsel,
                                                submitted electronically to
                                                                                                        name, title, institutional affiliation, and             United States Patent and Trademark
                                                noaa.sab.newmembers@noaa.gov.
                                                                                                        contact information; (2) the nominee’s                  Office
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.                                                                          Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer
                                                Cynthia Decker, Executive Director,                     area(s) of expertise; (3) a short
                                                                                                        description of his/her qualifications                   and Director for International Affairs,
                                                Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm.                                                                               United States Patent and Trademark
                                                11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver                   relative to the kinds of advice being
                                                                                                        solicited by NOAA in this Notice; and                   Office
                                                Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–
                                                734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, Email:                     (4) a current resume (maximum length                  Alternates
                                                Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov); or visit the                  four [4] pages).
                                                                                                                                                              Meryl L. Hershkowitz, Deputy
                                                NOAA SAB website at http://                               Dated: August 23, 2018.                              Commissioner for Trademark
                                                www.sab.noaa.gov.                                       David Holst,                                           Operations, United States Patent and
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this                      Chief Financial Officer/Administrative                 Trademark Office
                                                time, individuals are sought with                       Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric            Andrew I. Faile, Deputy Commissioner
                                                                                                        Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric             for Patent Operations, United States
                                                expertise in cloud computing, artificial
                                                                                                        Administration.
                                                intelligence and data management;                                                                              Patent and Trademark Office
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–18663 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am]
                                                weather modeling and data assimilation;                                                                         Dated: August 21, 2018.
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                                                remote/autonomous sensing technology;                                                                         Andrei Iancu,
                                                ocean exploration science and                                                                                 Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
                                                technology; and ‘omics science.                                                                               Property and Director of the United States
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                Individuals with expertise in other                                                                           Patent and Trademark Office.
                                                NOAA mission areas are also welcome                     United States Patent and Trademark                    [FR Doc. 2018–18703 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am]
                                                to apply.                                               Office                                                BILLING CODE 3510–18–P
                                                   Composition and Points of View: The
                                                Board will consist of approximately                     [Docket No. PTO–C–2018–0049]
                                                fifteen members, including a Chair,
                                                                                                        Performance Review Board (PRB)                        COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
                                                designated by the Under Secretary in
                                                accordance with FACA requirements.                                                                            COMMISSION
                                                                                                        AGENCY: United States Patent and
                                                   Members will be appointed for three-                 Trademark Office, Commerce.                           Agency Information Collection
                                                year terms, renewable once, and serve at                ACTION: Notice.                                       Activities Under OMB Review
                                                the discretion of the Under Secretary. If
                                                a member resigns before the end of his                  SUMMARY:   In conformance with the Civil              AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading
                                                or her first term, the vacancy                          Service Reform Act of 1978, the United                Commission.
                                                appointment shall be for the remainder                  States Patent and Trademark Office                    ACTION: Notice.
                                                of the unexpired term, and shall be                     announces the appointment of persons
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                                                renewable twice if the unexpired term is                to serve as members of its Performance                SUMMARY:    In compliance with the
                                                less than one year. Members will be                     Review Board.                                         Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                                appointed as special government                         ADDRESSES: Director, Human Capital                    (‘‘PRA’’), this notice announces that the
                                                employees (SGEs) and will be subject to                 Management, Office of Human                           Information Collection Request (‘‘ICR’’)
                                                the ethical standards applicable to                     Resources, United States Patent and                   abstracted below has been forwarded to
                                                SGEs. Members are reimbursed for                        Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,                      the Office of Management and Budget
                                                actual and reasonable travel and per                    Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.                            (‘‘OMB’’) for review and comment. The


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                                                ICR describes the nature of the                          any or all of your submission from                     statement that a commodity broker must
                                                information collection and its expected                  http://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to                provide to its customers containing
                                                costs and burden.                                        be inappropriate for publication, such as              information regarding the manner in
                                                DATES: Comments must be submitted on                     obscene language. All submissions that                 which customer property is treated
                                                or before September 28, 2018.                            have been redacted or removed that                     under Part 190 of the Commission’s
                                                ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the
                                                                                                         contain comments on the merits of the                  regulations in the event of a bankruptcy
                                                burden estimate or any other aspect of                   ICR will be retained in the public                     and, in the event of a commodity broker
                                                the information collection, including                    comment file and will be considered as                 liquidation, certain notices that a
                                                suggestions for reducing the burden,                     required under the Administrative                      Trustee must provide to customers and
                                                may be submitted directly to the Office                  Procedure Act and other applicable                     to the persons to whom commodity
                                                                                                         laws, and may be accessible under the                  contracts and specifically identifiable
                                                of Information and Regulatory Affairs
                                                                                                         Freedom of Information Act.                            customer property have been or will be
                                                (‘‘OIRA’’) in OMB, within 30 days of the
                                                publication of this notice, by either of                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       transferred. The information collection
                                                the following methods. Please identify                   Jocelyn Partridge, Special Counsel,                    requirements are necessary, and will be
                                                the comments by ‘‘OMB Control No                         Division of Clearing and Risk,                         used, to facilitate the effective, efficient,
                                                3038–0021.’’                                             Commodity Futures Trading                              and fair conduct of liquidation
                                                   • By email addressed to:                              Commission, (202) 418–5926; email:                     proceedings for commodity brokers and
                                                OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov or                           jpartridge@cftc.gov.                                   to protect the interests of customers in
                                                   • By mail addressed to: The Office of                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             these proceedings both directly and by
                                                Information and Regulatory Affairs,                         Title: Regulations Governing                        facilitating the participation of the CFTC
                                                Office of Management and Budget,                         Bankruptcies of Commodity Brokers                      in such proceedings.
                                                Attention: Desk Officer for the                          (OMB Control No. 3038–0021). This is                      An agency may not conduct or
                                                Commodity Futures Trading                                a request for an extension of a currently              sponsor, and a person is not required to
                                                Commission, 725 17th Street NW,                          approved information collection.2                      respond to, a collection of information
                                                Washington, DC 20503.                                       Abstract: This collection of                        unless it displays a currently valid OMB
                                                   A copy of all comments submitted to                   information involves the reporting,                    number. On June 25, 2018, the
                                                OIRA should be sent to the Commodity                     recordkeeping, and third party                         Commission published in the Federal
                                                Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or                      disclosure requirements set forth in the               Register notice of the proposed
                                                                                                         CFTC’s bankruptcy regulations for                      extension of this information collection
                                                Commission) by any of the following
                                                                                                         commodity broker liquidations, 17 CFR                  and provided 60 days for public
                                                methods. The copies sent to the
                                                                                                         part 190.3 These regulations apply to                  comment on the proposed extension, 83
                                                Commission also should refer to ‘‘OMB
                                                                                                         commodity broker liquidations under                    FR 29547, June 25, 2018 (‘‘60-Day
                                                Control No. 3038–0021.’’
                                                                                                         Chapter 7, Subchapter IV of the                        Notice’’). The Commission did not
                                                   • By mail addressed to: Christopher
                                                                                                         Bankruptcy Code.4                                      receive any relevant comments.
                                                Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the                               The reporting requirements include,
                                                Commission, Commodity Futures                                                                                   Accordingly, it did not alter the burden
                                                                                                         for example, notices to the Commission                 estimates set forth in the 60-Day Notice
                                                Trading Commission, Three Lafayette                      regarding the filing of petitions for
                                                Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,                                                                                    in response to comments received.5
                                                                                                         bankruptcy and notices to the                             Burden Statement: The Commission
                                                Washington, DC 20581;                                    Commission regarding the intention to
                                                   • By Hand Delivery/Courier to the                                                                            notes that commodity broker
                                                                                                         transfer open commodity contracts in a                 liquidations occur at unpredictable and
                                                same address; or                                         commodity broker liquidation. The
                                                   • Through the Commission’s website                                                                           irregular intervals when particular
                                                                                                         recordkeeping requirements include, for                commodity brokers become insolvent.
                                                at http://comments.cftc.gov. Please                      example, the statements of customer
                                                follow the instructions for submitting                                                                          While a commodity broker liquidation
                                                                                                         accounts that a trustee appointed for the              has not occurred in the past three years,
                                                comments through the website.                            purposes of a commodity broker
                                                   A copy of the supporting statement                                                                           the Commission took the conservative
                                                                                                         liquidation (Trustee) must generate and                approach of maintaining the assumption
                                                for the collection of information                        adjust as set forth in the regulations.
                                                discussed herein may be obtained by                                                                             contained in the previous renewal of
                                                                                                         The third party disclosure requirements                this information collection that, on
                                                visiting http://RegInfo.gov.                             include, for example, the disclosure
                                                   All comments must be submitted in                                                                            average, a commodity broker liquidation
                                                English, or if not, accompanied by an                       2 There are two information collections now
                                                                                                                                                                would occur every three years. The
                                                English translation. Comments will be                    associated with OMB Control No. 3038–0021. The         Commission generally has retained the
                                                posted as received to http://                            first includes the reporting, recordkeeping, and       burden hour estimates set forth in the
                                                www.cftc.gov. You should submit only                     third party disclosure requirements applicable to a    previous information collection as there
                                                                                                         single respondent in a commodity broker                have been no interim experiences that
                                                information that you wish to make                        liquidation (e.g., a single commodity broker or a
                                                available publicly. If you wish the                      single trustee) within the relevant time period that   would warrant altering those estimates.6
                                                Commission to consider information                       are provided for in Commission regulations
                                                                                                         190.02(a)(1), 190.02(a)(2), 190.02(b)(1),                5 As noted below, the Commission reduced the
                                                that you believe is exempt from                          190.02(b)(2),190.02(b)(4), 190.02(c), 190.03(a)(1),    burden hours associated with the third party
                                                disclosure under the Freedom of                          190.03(a)(2), 190.04(b) and 190.06(b). The second      disclosures applicable to multiple respondents
                                                Information Act, a petition for                          information collection includes the third party        because the required documents are standardized
                                                confidential treatment of the exempt                     disclosure requirements provided for in                and unchanged from the prior renewal.
                                                                                                         Commission regulations 190.06(d) and 190.10(c)         Accordingly, the time that the average respondent
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                                                information may be submitted according                   which are applicable on a regular basis to multiple    would spend drafting and sending the notice and
                                                to the procedures established in § 145.9                 respondents (i.e., multiple futures commission         disclosure is minimal. See infra fn.6.
                                                of the Commission’s regulations.1 The                    merchants).                                              6 The Commission has retained the burden hour
                                                                                                            3 These include the requirements contained in
                                                Commission reserves the right, but shall                                                                        estimates for the applicable regulations with two
                                                                                                         Commission regulations 190.02(a)(1), 190.02(a)(2),     limited exceptions. First, the Commission no longer
                                                have no obligation, to review, pre-                      190.02(b)(1), 190.02(b)(2),190.02(b)(4), 190.02(c),    assigns burden hours to the discretionary notice
                                                screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove                 190.03(a)(1), 190.03(a)(2), 190.04(b), 190.06(b),      that a Trustee may provide to customers in an
                                                                                                         190.06(d), and 190.10(c).                              involuntary commodity broker liquidation pursuant
                                                  1 17   CFR 145.9.                                         4 11 U.S.C. 761 et seq.                             to Commission regulation 190.02(b)(3). There have



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                                                The Commission further notes,                               • Third Party Disclosures Applicable                the Computer Matching and Privacy
                                                however, that the information collection                  to a Single Respondent: 10                            Protection Act of 1988, and the Serve
                                                burden will vary in particular                              Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.                 America Act, the Corporation for
                                                commodity broker liquidations                               Estimated Annual Number of                          National and Community Service
                                                depending on the size of the commodity                    Responses per Respondent: 6,671.32.                   (CNCS) is issuing public notice of its
                                                broker, the extent to which accounts are                    Estimated Total Annual Number of                    renewal of its computer matching
                                                able to be quickly transferred, and other                 Responses: 6,671.32.                                  agreement with the Social Security
                                                factors specific to the circumstances of                    Estimated Annual Number of Burden                   Administration (SSA).
                                                the liquidation.                                          Hours per Respondent: 1,034.63.                       DATES: You may submit comments until
                                                  The respondent burden for this                            Estimated Total Annual Burden                       September 28, 2018.
                                                information collection is estimated to be                 Hours: 1,034.63.                                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                as follows: 7                                               Type of Respondents: Trustees.                      identified by the title of the information
                                                  • Reporting: 8                                            Frequency of Collection: On occasion.               collection activity, by any of the
                                                  Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.                       • Third Party Disclosures Applicable                following methods.
                                                  Estimated Annual Number of                              to Multiple Respondents: 11                              (1) By mail send to: Corporation for
                                                                                                            Estimated Number of Respondents:                    National and Community Service,
                                                Responses per Respondent: 1.33.
                                                                                                          125.                                                  Attention: Amy Borgstrom, Associate
                                                  Estimated Total Annual Number of
                                                                                                            Estimated Annual Number of                          Director for Policy, 250 E Street SW,
                                                Responses: 1.33.
                                                                                                          Responses per Respondent: 2,000.                      Washington, DC 20525.
                                                  Estimated Annual Number of Burden                         Estimated Total Annual Number of
                                                Hours per Respondent: 1.33.                                                                                        (2) By email to: aborgstrom@cns.gov.
                                                                                                          Responses: 250,000.                                      (3) Individuals who use a
                                                  Estimated Total Annual Burden                             Estimated Annual Number of Burden
                                                Hours: 1.33.                                                                                                    telecommunications device for the deaf
                                                                                                          Hours per Respondent: 40.                             (TTY–TDD) may call (202) 606–3472
                                                  Type of Respondents: Commodity                            Estimated Total Annual Burden                       between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                brokers, Trustees, and self-regulatory                    Hours: 2,500.                                         Time, Monday through Friday.
                                                organizations.                                              Type of Respondents: Futures                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Frequency of Collection: On occasion.                   commission merchants.                                 Amy Borgstrom, Associate Director for
                                                  • Recordkeeping: 9                                        Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
                                                                                                                                                                Policy, (202) 606–6930 or aborgstrom@
                                                  Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.                       There are no new capital or start-up
                                                                                                                                                                cns.gov.
                                                  Estimated Annual Number of                              or operations costs associated with this
                                                                                                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                Responses per Respondent: 26,666.67.                      information collection, nor are there any
                                                                                                          maintenance costs associated with this                Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
                                                  Estimated Total Annual Number of                                                                              amended by the Computer Matching
                                                Responses: 26,666.67.                                     information collection.
                                                                                                                                                                and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub.
                                                  Estimated Annual Number of Burden                       (Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)                   L. 100–503), regulates the use of
                                                Hours per Respondent: 333.33.                               Dated: August 24, 2018.                             computer matching agreements by
                                                  Estimated Total Annual Burden                           Christopher Kirkpatrick,                              federal agencies when records in a
                                                Hours: 333.33.                                                                                                  system of records are matched with
                                                                                                          Secretary of the Commission.
                                                  Type of Respondents: Trustees.                                                                                other federal, state, or local government
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2018–18742 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am]
                                                  Frequency of Collection: Daily and on                                                                         records. Among other things, it requires
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 6351–01–P
                                                occasion.                                                                                                       federal agencies involved in computer
                                                                                                                                                                matching agreements to publish a notice
                                                been no involuntary commodity broker liquidations                                                               in the Federal Register regarding the
                                                and none are anticipated. Accordingly, continuing         CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
                                                                                                                                                                establishment of a computer matching
                                                to assign burden hours to this voluntary                  COMMUNITY SERVICE
                                                requirement would inappropriately inflate the                                                                   agreement. The SSA will conduct a
                                                burden hours of this information collection.              Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program                 computer match with CNCS to verify
                                                Second, the Commission has reduced the burden                                                                   Social Security numbers (SSN) and
                                                hours assigned to the third party disclosure              AGENCY:  Corporation for National and                 provide the citizenship status, as
                                                requirements that are applicable to multiple              Community Service.
                                                respondents (as set forth in Commission regulations                                                             recorded in SSA records, of individuals
                                                190.06(d) and 190.10(c)). The notice and disclosure       ACTION: Notice of computer matching                   applying to serve in approved national
                                                required by these regulations, respectively, are          program between the Corporation for                   service positions and those designated
                                                standardized and unchanged from the prior                 National and Community Service and                    to receive national service education
                                                renewal. Accordingly, the time that the average
                                                respondent would spend drafting and sending the           the Social Security Administration.                   awards under the National and
                                                notice and disclosure is minimal.                                                                               Community Service Act of 1990
                                                   7 Because a commodity broker liquidation is            SUMMARY:  In accordance with the                      (NCSA). 42 U.S.C. 12501, et seq.
                                                estimated to occur only once every three years, the       Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the
                                                previous information collection, in many cases,           Computer Matching and Privacy                         Inclusive Dates of the Matching
                                                expressed the burden of the reporting,
                                                                                                          Protection Act of 1988, OMB Final                     Program
                                                recordkeeping, and third party disclosure
                                                requirements in terms of the burden applicable to         Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of                  This renewed matching program will
                                                ‘‘.33’’ respondents. For clarity, this notice expresses                                                         continue for 18 months after the
                                                such burdens in terms of those that would be                10 These third party disclosure requirements are
                                                                                                                                                                effective date and may be extended for
                                                imposed on one respondent during the three year           contained in Commission regulations 190.02(b)(1),     an additional 12 months thereafter, if
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                                                period. While the applicable burden is expressed in       190.02(b)(2), 190.02(b)(4), and 190.02(c).
                                                a different way, as noted above, the burden hours           11 See fn. 1. The Commission is setting forth a     the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
                                                generally remain unchanged.                               new information collection under OMB Control No.      552a(o)(2)(A) and OMB Circular A–108
                                                   8 The reporting requirements are contained in
                                                                                                          3038–0021 to separately account for the third party   (December 23, 2016) have been met. In
                                                Commission regulations 190.02(a)(1), 190.02(a)(2),        disclosure requirements provided for in               order to renew this agreement, both
                                                and 190.06(b).                                            Commission regulations 190.06(d) and 190.06(c)
                                                   9 The recordkeeping requirements are contained         that are applicable on a regular basis to multiple
                                                                                                                                                                CNCS and SSA must certify to their
                                                in Commission regulations 190.03(a)(1),                   respondents (i.e., multiple futures commission        respective Data Integrity Boards that: (1)
                                                190.03(a)(2), and 190.04(b).                              merchants).                                           The matching program will be


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before September 28, 2018.
ContactJocelyn Partridge, Special Counsel, Division of Clearing and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
FR Citation83 FR 44029 

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