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1National Futures Association is the only 

registered futures association. 

2See 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, appendix B 

monitoring needs. The product of the 

Review Workshop is an Assessment 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion during the 

Assessment Webinar are as follows: 

1. Using datasets and initial 

assessment analysis recommended from 

the in-person workshop, panelists will 

employ assessment models to evaluate 

stock status, estimate population 

benchmarks and management criteria, 

and project future conditions. 

2. Participants will recommend the 

most appropriate methods and 

configurations for determining stock 

status and estimating population 

parameters. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

business days prior to each workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 10, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–26980 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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 2018 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. Fees 

collected from each self-regulatory 

organization are deposited in the 

Treasury of the United States as 

miscellaneous receipts. The calculation 

of the fee amounts charged for 2018 by 

this notice is based upon an average of 

actual program costs incurred during 

fiscal year (FY) 2015, FY 2016, and FY 

2017. 

DATES: Each self-regulatory organization 

is required to remit electronically the 

applicable fee on or before February 11, 

2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony C. Thompson, Executive 

Director, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission; (202) 418–5697; 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: 

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

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 Commissionwide 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): 211 percent for FY 2015, and 

190 percent for FY 2016, and 175 

precent for FY 2017. 

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 


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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: 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF DATA USED IN FEE CALCULATIONS

Actual total costs FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 

3-Year 

average 

actual costs 

3-Year 

average 

volume 

(%) 

Adjusted 

volume costs 

2017 

Actual fee 

2018 

Assessed fee 

CBOE Futures ................... $158,209 $227,059 $31,765 $139,011 1.44 $79,398 $71,004 $79,398 

Chicago Board of Trade .... 17,938 28,720 98,737 48,465 30.14 231,283 34,058 48,465 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange ........................... 540,151 372,278 483,391 465,273 44.34 537,235 379,377 465,273 

ICE Futures U.S. ............... 105,864 386,719 203,826 232,136 8.68 175,696 143,431 175,696 

Minneapolis Grain Exchange ........................... 147,983 14,314 43,230 68,509 0.06 34,667 35,250 34,667 

NADEX North American .... ........................ 81,758 86,680 56,146 0.18 29,309 14,516 29,309 

New York Mercantile Exchange ........................... 118,701 242,792 217,861 193,118 14.25 194,451 172,990 193,118 

OneChicago, LLC .............. 289 282 37,311 12,627 0.31 8,443 6,798 8,443 

NASDAQ ........................... ........................ ........................ 257,177 85,726 0.58 46,847 ........................ 46,847 

ERIS Exchange ................. ........................ ........................ 54,272 18,091 0.01 9,136 ........................ 9,136 

CANTOR ........................... ........................ ........................ 61,474 20,491 ........................ 10,246 ........................ 10,246 

NODAL .............................. ........................ ........................ 102,993 34,331 ........................ 17,166 ........................ 17,166 

Subtotal ...................... 1,089,134 1,353,921 1,678,716 1,373,924 100 1,373,877 857,423 1,117,763 

National Futures Association ................................. 401,337 282,405 676,430 453,390 ........................ ........................ 325,281 453,390 

Total .................... 1,490,471 1,636,326 2,355,145 1,827,314 ........................ ........................ $1,182,704 1,571,154 

Note to Table 1: The 2018 Fee is the Lessor of the 3-year Average Actual cost or the Adjusted Volume Cost 

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 = 

$48,465. 

b. The alternative computation is: (.5) 

($48,465) + (.5) (.3014) ($1,373,924) = 

$231,283. 

c. The fee is the lesser of a or b; in 

this case $48,465. 

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 

rule enforcement program during fiscal 

years 2015 through 2017 was $453,390. 

The fee to be paid by the NFA for the 

current fiscal year is $453,390. 

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: 

TABLE 2—SCHEDULE OF FEES

3-Year 

average 

actual costs 

3-Year 

average 

volume 

% 

Adjusted 

volume 

costs 

2018 

Assessed 

fee 

CBOE Futures ................................................................................................. $139,011 1.44 $79,398 $79,398 

Chicago Board of Trade .................................................................................. 48,465 30.14 231,283 48,465 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange ......................................................................... 465,273 44.34 537,235 465,273 

ICE Futures U.S. ............................................................................................. 232,136 8.68 175,696 175,696 

Minneapolis Grain Exchange ........................................................................... 68,509 0.06 34,667 34,667 

NADEX North American .................................................................................. 56,146 0.18 29,309 29,309

New York Mercantile Exchange ...................................................................... 193,118 14.25 194,451 193,118

OneChicago, LLC ............................................................................................ 12,627 0.31 8,443 8,443 

NASDAQ .......................................................................................................... 85,726 0.58 46,847 46,847 

ERIS Exchange ............................................................................................... 18,091 0.01 9,136 9,136 

CANTOR .......................................................................................................... 20,491 ........................ 10,246 10,246 

NODAL ............................................................................................................. 34,331 ........................ 17,166 17,166 

Subtotal ..................................................................................................... 1,373,924 100 1,373,877 1,117,763 

National Futures Association ........................................................................... 453,390 ........................ ........................ 453,390 

Total ................................................................................................... 1,827,314 ........................ ........................ 1,571,154 


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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 jfleming@cftc.gov, or see 

the CFTC website at http://

www.cftc.gov, specifically, 

www.cftc.gov/cftc/ 

cftcelectronicpayments.htm. 

Fees collected from each selfregulatory organization shall be 

deposited in the Treasury of the United 

States as miscellaneous receipts. See 7 

U.S.C 16a. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

10, 2018, by the Commission. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27042 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2018–HA–0098] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Information collection notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Defense Health Agency announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 11, 

2019. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Chief Management Officer, 

Directorate for Oversight and 

Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Mailbox #24 Suite 08D09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Consortium for 

Health and Military Performance 

(CHAMP), Department of Military and 

Emergency Medicine (MEM), Uniformed 

Services University of the Health 

Sciences, ATTN: Mr. Ian Gutierrez, 

6720B Rockledge Drive, Suite 605, 

Bethesda, MD 20817, at (301) 295–1362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Preservation of the Force and 

Family (POTFF) Spiritual Fitness 

Metrics; OMB Control Number 0720– 

XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

develop and validate measures of 

Spiritual Fitness and Performance in 

line with the Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff Instruction on Total 

Force Fitness. This measure will be 

used by US Special Operations 

Command’s (USSOCOM) Preservation 

of the Force and Family’s (POTFF) 

Spiritual Performance Team to evaluate 

programs that enhance spiritual 

performance. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,670.67. 

Number of Respondents: 8,012. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 8,012. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents will be members of the 

general public recruited through 

standard internet recruiting techniques. 

Respondents will complete the online 

survey once. The responses will help in 

developing and validating a measure of 

spiritual fitness. If the information is not 

collected, the measure cannot be 

created. This will potential result in 

faulty evaluations of USSOCOM 

Chaplaincy services. 

Dated: December 10, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–26986 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1632–003. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Compliance Filing—Major Maintenance 

Cost Component to Mitigated Offers to 

be effective 4/18/2019. 

Filed Date: 12/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20181207–5108. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2398–001. 

Applicants: California Independent 

System Operator Corporation. 

Description: Compliance filing: 2018– 

12–07 Response to Deficiency Letter— 

Compliance with Order No. 844 to be 

effective 1/1/2019. 

Filed Date: 12/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20181207–5066. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER19–256–001. 

Applicants: Wisconsin Power and 

Light Company. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Amendment to WPL Wholesale Formula 

Rate Changes to be effective 12/31/2018. 

Filed Date: 12/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20181207–5119. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER19–257–001. 

Applicants: Interstate Power and 

Light Company. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Amendment to IPL Wholesale Formula 

Rate Changes to be effective 12/31/2018. 

Filed Date: 12/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20181207–5121. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER19–459–000. 

Applicants: AEP Texas Inc. 

Description: AEP Texas Inc. submits 

tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): AEPTX– 

LCRA TSC Chaparrosa Facilities 

Development Agreement submitted on 

12/3/2018 10:14:08 a.m. 

Filed Date: 12/3/18. 

Accession Number: 20181207–5145. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/24/18. 


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