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2See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). 

3The estimated total annual burden hours remain 

unchanged from the 2018 renewal. 1 17 CFR 145.9. 

required under the Administrative 

Procedure Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Charnisky, Market Analyst, 

Division of Market Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (312) 596–0630; email: 

acharnisky@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0015. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: ‘‘Copies of Crop and Market 

Information Reports,’’ OMB Control No. 

3038–0015. This is a request for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

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.2 On November 27, 

2020, 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, 76 

FR 60810 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The 

Commission did not receive any 

comments on the 60-Day Notice. 

Burden Statement: The respondents’ 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 0.17. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1.7 hours.3

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: January 22, 2021. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01841 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), of 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of this 

notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Please find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the website’s 

search function. Comments can be 

entered electronically by clicking on the 

‘‘comment’’ button next to the 

information collection on the ‘‘OIRA 

Information Collections Under Review’’ 

page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency 

Submission’’ page. A copy of the 

supporting statement for the collection 

of information discussed herein may be 

obtained by visiting https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

In addition to the submission of 

comments to https://Reginfo.gov as 

indicated above, a copy of all comments 

submitted to OIRA may also be 

submitted to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking 

on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to 

the descriptive entry for OMB Control 

No. 3038–0026, at https://

comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/ 

PublicInfo.aspx. 

Or by either of the following methods: 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

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. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments 

submitted to the Commission should 

include 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 § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1 The 

Commission reserves the right, but shall 

have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove 

any or all of your submission from 

https://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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Bretscher, Market Participants 

Division, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (312) 596–0529; email: 

mbretscher@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0026. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Gross Collection of ExchangeSet Margins for Omnibus Accounts 

(OMB Control No. 3038–0026). This is 

a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Commission Regulation 1.58 

requires futures commission merchants 

to collect exchange-set margin for 

omnibus accounts on a gross, rather 

than a net, basis. The regulation 

provides that the carrying FCM need not 

collect margin for positions traded by a 

person through an omnibus account in 

excess of the amount that would be 

required if the same person, instead of 

trading through an omnibus account, 

maintained its own account with the 

carrying FCM. To prevent abuse of this 

exception to the regulation, a carrying 

FCM must maintain a written 

representation from the originating FCM 

or foreign broker that the particular 

positions held in the omnibus account 

are part of a hedge or spread transaction. 

This collection of information is 

necessary in order to provide 

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1 17 CFR 145.9. 2See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). 

documentation that can be inspected 

with regard to questions of proper 

compliance with gross margining 

requirements. This rule is promulgated 

pursuant to the Commission’s 

rulemaking authority contained in 

Sections 4c, 4d, 4f, 4g and 8a of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 6c, 

6d, 6f, 6g and 12a. 

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 Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published on 

November 27, 2020 (85 FR 76037) (‘‘60- 

Day Notice’’). The Commission did not 

receive any relevant comments on the 

60-Day Notice. 

Burden Statement: The Commission 

is revising its estimate of the burden due 

to the reduced number of futures 

commission merchants in the industry. 

The respondent burden for this 

collection is estimated to be as follows: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 53. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

212. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 17 hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: January 25, 2021. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01911 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection 3038–0082, Whistleblower 

Provision 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), of 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of this 

notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Please find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the website’s 

search function. Comments can be 

entered electronically by clicking on the 

‘‘comment’’ button next to the 

information collection on the ‘‘OIRA 

Information Collections Under Review’’ 

page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency 

Submission’’ page. A copy of the 

supporting statement for the collection 

of information discussed herein may be 

obtained by visiting https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

In addition to the submission of 

comments to https://Reginfo.gov as 

indicated above, a copy of all comments 

submitted to OIRA may also be 

submitted to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking 

on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to 

the descriptive entry for OMB Control 

No. 3038–0082, at https://

comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/ 

PublicInfo.aspx. 

Or by either of the following methods: 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

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. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments 

submitted to the Commission should 

include 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 § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1 The 

Commission reserves the right, but shall 

have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove 

any or all of your submission from 

https://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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Ehrman, Director, 

Whistleblower Office, Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, (202) 

418–7650; email: cehrman@cftc.gov, 

and refer to OMB Control No. 3038– 

0082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: The Whistleblower Provision of 

Section 23 of the Commodity Exchange 

Act (OMB Control No. 3038–0082). This 

is a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: 17 CFR 165.3(a) requires the 

submission of information to the 

Commission on a Form TCR. The Form 

TCR, ‘‘Tip, Complaint, or Referral,’’ and 

the instructions thereto, are designed to 

capture basic identifying information 

about a complainant and elicit sufficient 

information to determine whether the 

conduct alleged suggests a violation of 

the Commodity Exchange Act. 17 CFR 

165.7(b)(1) requires the submission of 

information to the Commission on a 

Form WB–APP. The Form WB–APP, 

‘‘Application for Award for Original 

Information Provided Pursuant to 

Section 23 of the Commodity Exchange 

Act,’’ and the instructions thereto, are 

designed to elicit sufficient information 

to determine whether and to what 

extent a claimant qualifies for a 

whistleblower award. 

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.2 On November 24, 

2020, 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, 85 

FR 74995 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The 

Commission received no relevant 

comments. 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

900 per year. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 0.5 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 450 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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