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1 17 CFR part 45, Swap Data Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements, 77 FR 2136 (Jan. 13, 2012), 

http://www.cftc.gov/ucm/groups/public/ 

@lrfederalregister/documents/file/2011-33199a.pdf. 

2 § 45.6. 

3Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems 

and Technical Committee of the International 

Organization of Securities Commissions, Report on 

OTC Derivatives Data Reporting and Aggregation 

Requirements (Dec. 2011). 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 31 Gulf of 

Mexico Red Snapper Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 31 assessment of 

the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper fishery 

will consist of a series of workshops and 

supplemental webinars. This notice is 

for a webinar associated with the Data 

Workshop of the SEDAR process. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 31 Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar will be held on 

September 20, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 5 

p.m. EDT. The established time may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the timely completion of discussion 

relevant to the stock assessment process. 

Such adjustments may result in the 

meeting being extended from, or 

completed prior to the times established 

by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The webinar will be held 

via a GoToMeeting Webinar Conference. 

The webinar is open to members of the 

public. Those interested in participating 

should contact Ryan Rindone at SEDAR 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

to request an invitation providing 

webinar access information. Please 

request meeting information at least 24 

hours in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Rindone, SEDAR Coordinator, 

2203 N. Lois Ave., Suite 1100, Tampa 

FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630; 

email: ryan.rindone@gulfcouncil.org 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 

in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, 

has implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) Assessment Process 

including a workshop and webinars, (3) 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Data Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

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 Fishery 

Management Council, NOAA Fisheries 

Southeast Regional Office, and NOAA 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGOs; International experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

SEDAR 31 Post-Data Workshop 

Webinar 

Panelists will continue deliberations 

and discussions regarding data 

evaluation methodologies for the Gulf of 

Mexico Red Snapper prior to the 

completion of the Data Workshop 

Report. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the Council 

office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) at least 10 business days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: August 29, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21689 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Availability of a Legal Entity Identifier 

Meeting the Requirements of the 

Regulations of the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission and Designation 

of Provider of Legal Entity Identifiers 

To Be Used in the Recordkeeping and 

Swap Data Reporting 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Order. 

SUMMARY: On July 23, 2012, the 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission issued an order designating 

DTCC–SWIFT as the provider of the 

legal entity identifiers (LEIs) which will 

be used by registered entities and swap 

counterparties in complying with the 

CFTC’s swap data reporting regulations. 

These identifiers will be known as 

CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers 

(CICIs) until establishment of a global 

LEI system, and will transition into the 

global LEI system when it is established. 

The order included findings of fact by 

the Commission that the CICI provided 

by DTCC–SWIFT is the only available 

identifier that satisfies all requirements 

of the Commission’s swap data 

reporting rules, and can be provided to 

market participants sufficiently in 

advance of the initial compliance date 

for swap data reporting to enable 

compliance with the rules. The 

designation is made for a limited term 

of two years, and is subject to four 

conditions specified in the order. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Taylor, Associate Director, 

Division of Market Oversight, 202–418– 

5488, dtaylor@cftc.gov; or Srini 

Bangarbale, Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Data and Technology, 202–418–5315, 

sbangarbale@cftc.gov; Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20851. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

21(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 

(‘‘CEA’’), added to the CEA by Section 

728 of the Dodd-Frank Act, directs the 

Commission to prescribe standards that 

specify the data elements for each swap 

that shall be reported to, and collected 

and maintained by, swap data 

repositories. Pursuant to this authority, 

part 45 of the Commission’s regulations 

establishes recordkeeping and data 

reporting requirements for swaps 

subject to the jurisdiction of the 

Commission.1 Section 45.6, Legal entity 

identifiers, includes a legal entity 

identifier (‘‘LEI’’) for each swap 

counterparty among the data elements 

required to be reported for each swap. 

That section provides that: 

Each counterparty to any swap subject to 

the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be 

identified in all recordkeeping and all swap 

data reporting pursuant to this part by means 

of a single legal entity identifier as specified 

in this section.2

As noted in part 45, and stated in the 

CPSS–IOSCO Report on OTC 

Derivatives Data Reporting and 

Aggregation Requirements, ‘‘a standard 

system of LEIs is an essential tool for 

aggregation of OTC derivatives data.’’ 3

In order to enable compliance with 

this requirement by registered entities 

and swap counterparties subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction, part 45 

provides that: 

The Commission shall determine, as 

provided in paragraphs (e)(1)(i) through (iii) 

of this section, whether a legal entity 

identifier system that satisfies the 

requirements set forth in this section is 


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4 § 45.6(e)(1). 

5Commodity Futures Trading Commission Press 

Release, CFTC announces process to designate the 

provider of CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers, 

March 9, 2012. 

available to provide legal entity identifiers 

for registered entities and swap 

counterparties required to comply with this 

part.4

Section 45.6(e)(1)(i) specifies five factors 

that the Commission shall consider in 

making this determination. 

Section 45.6 emphasizes that making 

this determination and having LEIs 

available for identification of swap 

counterparties when swap data 

reporting commences as of the 

compliance dates set forth in part 45 is 

highly important to achieving the 

systemic risk mitigation, transparency, 

and market abuse prevention purposes 

of the Dodd-Frank Act. For this reason, 

§ 45.6(e)(1)(ii) provides that: 

In making this determination, the 

Commission shall consider all candidates 

meeting the criteria set forth in paragraph 

(e)(1)(i) of this section, but shall not consider 

any candidate that does not demonstrate that 

it in fact can provide LEIs for identification 

of swap counterparties in swap data 

reporting commencing as of the compliance 

dates set forth in this part. 

In addition, § 45.6(e)(1)(iii) provides 

that: 

The Commission shall make this 

determination at a time it believes is 

sufficiently prior to the compliance dates set 

forth in this part to enable issuance of LEIs 

far enough in advance of those compliance 

dates to enable compliance with this part. 

If the Commission determines that a 

provider whose LEI system provides 

LEIs meeting the requirements of part 45 

is available, the rule calls for the 

Commission to inform registered 

entities and swap counterparties subject 

to the Commission’s jurisdiction of 

where they can obtain the LEIs needed 

for compliance with part 45, by issuing 

an order designating the provider of the 

LEIs to be used for that purpose. Section 

45.6(e)(2) provides that: 

If the Commission determines pursuant to 

paragraph (e)(1) of this section that such a 

legal entity identifier system is available, the 

Commission shall designate the legal entity 

identifier system as the provider of legal 

entity identifiers to be used in recordkeeping 

and swap data reporting pursuant to this 

part, by means of a Commission order that is 

published in the Federal Register and on the 

Web site of the Commission, as soon as 

practicable after such determination is made. 

The order shall include notice of this 

designation, the contact information of the 

LEI utility, and information concerning the 

procedure and requirements for obtaining 

legal entity identifiers. 

Once the Commission has determined 

that an LEI meeting the requirements of 

part 45 is available, and has designated 

its provider as set forth in § 45.6(e)(2), 

registered entities and swap 

counterparties subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction are required 

to use the LEIs furnished by that 

provider in recordkeeping and swap 

data reporting. Section 45.6(f)(1) 

provides that: 

When a legal entity identifier system has 

been designated by the Commission pursuant 

to paragraph (e) of this section, each 

registered entity and swap counterparty shall 

use the legal entity identifier provided by 

that system in all recordkeeping and swap 

data reporting pursuant to this part. 

II. Determination and Designation 

Process 

A. Request for Submissions 

Pursuant to these provisions of part 

45, on March 9, 2012, the Commission 

issued a public request for submissions 

from industry participants that wished 

to be considered for designation by the 

Commission as the provider of LEIs to 

be used in complying with the rule.5

The Commission’s request for 

submissions included provisions 

relating to international aspects of LEIs. 

It reiterated that part 45 calls for 

issuance of the identifier used in 

recordkeeping and swap data reporting 

under CFTC jurisdiction, and for any 

utility formed to issue such identifiers, 

to be subject to international 

supervision by a governance structure 

that includes the Commission and other 

financial regulators in any jurisdiction 

requiring use of the legal entity 

identifier pursuant to applicable law. It 

noted the Commission’s ongoing 

participation in an international 

process, coordinated by the Financial 

Stability Board (‘‘FSB’’), to establish 

governance principles and reference 

data requirements for a global legal 

entity identifier, to be contained in 

recommendations by an international 

regulatory LEI Expert Group (including 

the Commission) for consideration by 

the FSB in May 2012. In light of that 

process, and as requested by other 

international financial regulators, the 

request for submissions stated that the 

Commission would refer to the 

identifier to be used in reporting under 

part 45 as the CFTC Interim Compliant 

Identifier (‘‘CICI’’) until after the FSB 

Plenary meeting in May 2012, and 

would defer its designation of the 

provider of CICIs until after that 

meeting. The request also reiterated 

that, as provided in part 45, the 

Commission plans to adopt the 

governance principles and LEI reference 

data requirements endorsed by the FSB, 

making them applicable to 

identification of swap counterparties 

under CFTC jurisdiction. The request 

further stated that, once these steps are 

completed, the Commission anticipates 

that the identifier then called the CICI 

will transition into the global LEI, and 

be referred to as the LEI. 

In its request for submissions, the 

Commission stated that submitters must 

be prepared to demonstrate that they 

meet all of the requirements set forth in 

part 45. It further notified submitters 

that: (1) The Commission’s 

determination and designation process 

would include an on-site, live 

demonstration for Commission staff of 

the process to be used for issuance of 

CICIs; (2) the Commission’s designation 

will be for a limited term of two years, 

and be terminable on six months’ notice 

if a different central utility for the global 

LEI is chosen later through the FSB 

process and becomes operational; and 

(3) subject to applicable confidentiality 

laws, the Commission’s designation will 

require that the designated LEI utility 

must make public all CICI data, 

operations, identity validation processes 

and audit trail, and to pass to any 

successor LEI utility, free of charge, all 

CICI data and all CICI intellectual 

property rights. 

B. Requirements for Designation as the 

LEI Utility 

Four parties expressed an interest in 

becoming the LEI provider. To assess 

their suitability, the Commission 

required the submitters to provide both 

(1) a written demonstration of their 

ability to meet the Commission’s part 45 

requirements, and (2) an on-site, live 

demonstration of their process for 

issuing CICIs. 

1. Written Demonstration of Ability To 

Meet Commission Requirements 

Detailed requirements for the written 

demonstration were provided to each 

submitter. The requirements document 

stated that, as provided in § 45.6(e)(1)(i) 

of the Commission’s regulations, in 

determining whether a CICI meeting the 

requirements of part 45 is available, and 

if so designating its provider as the 

utility that will provide the CICI, the 

Commission would consider, without 

limitation, the following five factors: 

• Whether the CICI provided by the 

utility is issued under, and conforms to, 

ISO Standard 17442, Legal Entity 

Identifier (LEI). 

• Whether the CICI provided by the 

utility complies with all of the technical 

principles set forth in part 45. 


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• Whether the CICI utility complies 

with all of the governance principles set 

forth in part 45. 

• Whether the CICI utility has 

demonstrated that it in fact can provide 

CICIs for identification of swap 

counterparties in swap data reporting 

commencing as of the compliance dates 

set forth in part 45. 

• The acceptability of the CICI utility 

to industry participants required to use 

the LEI in complying with part 45. 

The requirements document also 

described the functions to be performed 

by the CICI system, including, but not 

limited to, the following: 

• Utility Administration (e.g., 

accounting; audit; CICI fee collection; 

billing and payment; communications, 

human resources; and legal 

department). 

• Data Management (e.g., receive 

registrant data; establish and maintain 

registrant data record; apply validation 

and data quality assurance processes to 

registrant data; issue unique CICI; 

transmit CICI to registrant; maintain and 

update data record history; maintain 

and update required metadata; maintain 

complete audit trail of all records, data, 

and messages; and maintain appropriate 

system safeguards). 

• Verification of Entity Identification 

(e.g., cleanse and validate identification 

data submitted through both selfregistration and third-party registration; 

connect to and communicate with 

national business registers in 

jurisdictions world-wide; provide 

identification data challenge services; 

verify uniqueness of submitted 

identification information; provide local 

verification in countries world-wide; 

visit provided addresses to verify entity 

presence; process entity messages 

regarding identification data, for 

example concerning corporate actions; 

perform periodic re-verification; and 

identify the verification level at which 

each record has been verified). 

• Public Database (e.g., establish and 

maintain free public database of all 

CICIs; provide 24/7 internet query 

facility; provide near-real time response 

to queries; provide complete, current 

CICI directory; and provide help desk 

and assistance services for the public). 

• CICI Registration Services (e.g., 

provide local language services worldwide; respond to market participant 

queries; receive and process both 

electronic and paper registration 

requests; and provide timely processing 

of CICI requests and timely assignment 

of CICIs). 

• Compliance (e.g., monitor and 

ensure adherence to technical and 

governance principles, to operational 

and technical standards and protocols, 

to regulatory policies concerning access 

to hierarchical data; and to applicable 

laws; regulatory oversight reporting; 

compliance with directives of 

international Regulatory Oversight 

Committee, when established; and 

maintain capability to transfer all CICI 

data to international central utility 

when established). 

In addition, the requirements 

document provided that each submitter 

was required to provide detailed 

information concerning its relevant 

background and experience. This 

information was required to include 

details of the submitter’s corporate and 

organization background and ownership 

and legal structure; its financial status; 

and its plan for financing establishment 

and operation of the CICI utility on a 

non-profit, cost-recovery basis, without 

charging market participants any fees 

that could reasonably be construed to 

constitute a barrier to participation in 

financial markets. Each submitter was 

also required to include a detailed 

description of its experience in 

assigning, maintaining, and managing 

validated corporate or legal entity 

identifiers, and its experience with 

gathering, cleansing, maintaining, and 

using reference data associated with 

identifying corporate or legal entities. 

Each submitter provided a document 

to the Commission in response to the 

requirement for a written 

demonstration, as set forth above. 

2. On-site, Live Demonstration of 

Complete CICI Issuance Process 

Each submitter was also required to 

provide an on-site, live demonstration 

of its systems, operations, and processes 

for obtaining, cleansing, and using 

reference data to validate the identity of 

a legal entity and for issuing a CICI to 

such an entity. Submitters were asked to 

provide examples of preliminary 

identifiers and test files or test 

identifiers already prepared for or 

provided to swap counterparties for use 

in automated system preparation and 

testing in preparation for swap data 

reporting beginning on the applicable 

compliance date established in part 45. 

The demonstration was required to 

include live presentation of the 

submitter’s web portal, file transmission 

facilities, and test processes that would 

be available to registered entities and 

swap counterparties for use in the CICI 

issuance process. The demonstration 

was also required to include live 

presentation of the submitter’s 

procedures and staffing for obtaining 

entity reference data, entity challenge 

with respect to reference data, deduplication of preliminary identifiers, 

and assignment of unique identifiers to 

all swap counterparties subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction. 

All four submitters provided some 

form of on-site, live demonstration to 

Commission staff. 

D. Evaluation Criteria 

The requirements document set forth 

criteria the Commission would use in 

evaluating the submitters and the CICIs 

they provide, for the purpose of 

determining whether a CICI meeting the 

requirements of part 45 is available, and 

if so, designating its provider as the 

source of CICIs to be used in compliance 

with part 45. Among other things, the 

four submissions were evaluated based 

on the following criteria: 

1. Evidence that the submitter can in 

fact provide all CICIs required by market 

participants for the purpose of 

complying with part 45 of the 

Commission’s regulations, and can do 

so sufficiently in advance of July 16, 

2012, to enable market participants to be 

ready to comply as of that date. As 

provided in § 45.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations, submitters that do not 

demonstrate this will not be considered 

further. 

2. Whether the written demonstration 

completely and satisfactorily addresses 

all of the Commission’s requirements 

addressed in the requirements 

document. Incomplete submissions will 

not be considered further. 

3. Evidence of the submitter’s 

satisfactory understanding of the 

Commission’s requirements with 

respect to the CICI utility, as set forth in 

the requirements document. 

4. Evidence satisfying the 

Commission that the submitter has 

commenced setting up, will fully set up 

before June 1, 2012, and can 

satisfactorily manage and maintain, a 

CICI utility meeting all of the 

Commission’s requirements, as set forth 

in the requirements document and in 

part 45 of the Commission’s regulations. 

Submissions not providing such 

evidence will not be considered further. 

5. A successful, onsite, live, complete 

demonstration for Commission staff of 

the submitter’s systems, operations, and 

processes for obtaining, cleansing, and 

using level one reference data to 

validate the identity of a legal entity and 

issuing a CICI to such an entity. 

Submitters who do not provide such a 

successful demonstration will not be 

considered further. 

6. The submitter’s relevant 

experience, as described in the 

requirements document, in assigning, 

maintaining, and managing validated 

corporate or legal entity identifiers, and 

the submitter’s experience with 

gathering, cleansing, maintaining, and 


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using reference data associated with 

identifying corporate or legal entities. 

7. A workable plan for financing the 

non-profit, cost-recovery-based 

establishment and operation of the CICI 

utility, without charging market 

participants any fee reasonably deemed 

to constitute a barrier to market 

participation. 

III. Findings and Order 

Now, therefore, based on the statutory 

provisions and Commission regulations 

cited above, and on the written 

submissions and on-site, live 

demonstrations provided by the 

submitters, the Commission makes the 

following findings and rulings: 

The Commission FINDS that: 

1. An LEI is available that: satisfies 

the requirements set forth in § 45.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations; is 

provided by a utility fully set up by June 

1, 2012; and can be provided to market 

participants sufficiently in advance of 

the initial compliance date for swap 

data reporting to enable compliance 

with the Commission’s regulations. That 

LEI is the LEI provided by DTCC– 

SWIFT. DTCC–SWIFT met all of the 

Commission’s requirements and 

evaluation criteria set forth in part 45 of 

the Commission’s regulations and the 

requirements document. 

2. The LEI provided by DTCC–SWIFT 

is the only available LEI that: satisfies 

the requirements set forth in § 45.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations; is 

provided by a utility fully set up by June 

1, 2012; and can be provided to market 

participants sufficiently in advance of 

the initial compliance date for swap 

data reporting to enable compliance 

with the Commission’s regulations. 

Therefore: 

It is hereby ordered that: 

1. DTCC–SWIFT is designated as the 

provider of legal entity identifiers 

(‘‘LEIs’’), to be known as CFTC 

Compliant Interim Identifiers (‘‘CICIs’’) 

until establishment of the global LEI 

system or further action by the 

Commission, to be used in 

recordkeeping and swap data reporting 

pursuant to parts 45 and 46 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

a. This designation is conditioned on 

modification of the DTCC–SWIFT Web 

site and other facilities and documents 

used to provide identifiers for use in 

complying with parts 45 and 46, to refer 

to the CICI and not to refer to the LEI, 

the preliminary LEI, or other similar 

terms including the term LEI. This shall 

include, without limitation, references 

to the CICI rather than the LEI on the 

utility logo, documentation, instructions 

and field labels used by DTCC–SWIFT. 

b. This designation is conditioned on 

DTCC–SWIFT’s continuing compliance, 

for as long as it is authorized to provide 

LEIs (to be known as CICIs until 

establishment of the global LEI system), 

by this order or any future order of the 

Commission, with all of the legal entity 

identifier requirements of Part 45 of the 

Commission’s regulations, and any 

related requirements as set forth in this 

order or in the requirements document 

provided to DTCC–SWIFT during the 

determination and designation process; 

including, without limitation, the 

requirement to be subject to supervision 

by a governance structure that includes 

the Commission and other financial 

regulators in any jurisdiction requiring 

use of legal entity identifiers pursuant to 

applicable law, for the purpose of 

ensuring that issuance and maintenance 

of CICIs and of associated reference data 

adheres on an ongoing basis to the 

Commission’s requirements set forth in 

part 45. 

c. This designation is further 

conditioned on the requirement that, 

subject to applicable confidentiality 

laws and other applicable law, (1) 

DTCC–SWIFT shall make public all CICI 

identifiers and associated reference 

data, utility operations, and identity 

validation processes, and (2) following 

establishment of the global LEI system 

by means of a charter acceded to by the 

Commission, or following designation 

by the Commission of a successor CICI 

utility, DTCC–SWIFT shall pass to any 

successor CICI utility, or to the global 

LEI system, free of charge, all CICI 

identifiers and associated reference data 

and all CICI intellectual property rights. 

d. This designation is made for a 

limited term of two years from the date 

of this Order, and may be terminated by 

the Commission on six months’ notice 

in connection with the establishment of 

a global LEI system. At the conclusion 

of the term of this designation, if the 

global LEI system is not yet operational, 

the Commission may consider the 

feasibility of having multiple CICI 

providers and the feasibility of 

coordination among them to avoid 

duplicative LEIs, and if it believes this 

is feasible, may consider submissions 

from DTCC–SWIFT as well as from 

other parties that seek to become CICI 

providers. 

2. Registered entities and swap 

counterparties subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction shall use 

CICIs provided by DTCC–SWIFT to 

comply with the legal entity identifier 

requirements of parts 45 and 46 of the 

Commission’s regulations. For this 

purpose, registered entities and swap 

counterparties may contact DTCC– 

SWIFT at: The Depository Trust & 

Clearing Corporation, 55 Water Street, 

New York, NY 10041, 212–855–1000. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

July, 2012. 

By the Commission. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Assistant Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21612 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2012–OS–0097] 

Defense Transportation Regulation, 

Part IV 

AGENCY: United States Transportation 

Command (USTRANSCOM), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has published draft Direct Procurement 

Method (DPM) business rules for the 

Defense Personal Property Program 

(DP3) in the Defense Transportation 

Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). 

These business rules will encompass 

Transportation Service Providers (TSP) 

participation and procedures for 

Personal Property Shipping Offices 

(PPSO) as we transition to Phase III of 

the Defense Personal Property Program 

(DP3). The DPM business rules will 

replace the currently approved 

Domestic Small Shipment (dS2) 

business rules and will appear under 

DTR Part IV, Appendix V, to include 

operational business rules maintained 

on the Surface Deployment and 

Distribution Command (SCCD) Web site. 

The below listed draft business rules are 

available for review on the 

USTRANSCOM Web site at http:// 

www.transcom.mil/dtr/coord/ 

coordpartiv.cfm. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 4, 2012. Do not submit 

comments directly to the point of 

contact or mail your comments to any 

address other that what is shown below. 

Doing so will delay the posting of the 

submission. 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: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Suite 02G09, Alexandria VA 22350– 

3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 


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