[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12817-12818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5163]


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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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), 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; it 
includes the actual data collection instruments [if any].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 2, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to the addresses below. Please refer to OMB 
Control No. 3038-0009 in any correspondence.

Barry Goldmeier, Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581;
and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, 
DC 20503.

    Comments may also be submitted 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: David A. Stawick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 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.
    Please submit your comments using only one method and identity that 
it is for the renewal of 3038-0009.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to 
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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    \1\ See 17 CFR 145.9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Goldmeier, Division of Market 
Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418-5303; FAX: (202) 418-5527; email: 
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[email protected] and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Large Trader Reports (OMB Control No. 3038-0009). This is a

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request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: Parts 15 through 19 and 21 of the Commission's 
regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act (Act) require large trader 
reports from clearing members, futures commission merchants, and 
foreign brokers and traders. These rules are designed to provide the 
Commission with information to effectively conduct its market 
surveillance program, which includes the detection and prevention of 
price manipulation and enforcement of speculative position limits.
    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 
referenced CFTC regulations were published on December 30, 1981. See 46 
FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The Federal Register notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information 
was published on December 28, 2011 (76 FR 81481).
    Burden statement: The Commission estimates the burden of this 
collection of information as follows:

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                                                 Estimated                         Estimated
            Regulations (17 CFR)                 number of       Total annual   number of hours   Annual burden
                                                respondents       responses       per response
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Parts 15 through 19 and 21..................           3,709           76,950             1.11           22,792
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    There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs 
associated with this collection.

    Dated: February 27, 2012.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
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