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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0016 copy 

request’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before June 11, 2015 to Nicholas A. 

Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by 

fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: May 4, 2015. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection 3038–0021, Regulations 

Governing Bankruptcies of Commodity 

Brokers 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity 

for public comment on the proposed 

collection of certain information by the 

agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are 

required to publish notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection, and to allow 60 days 

for public comment. This notice solicits 

comments on collections of information 

provided for by Regulations Governing 

Bankruptcies of Commodity Brokers. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control No. 3038– 

0021 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: 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. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Portal. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Wasserman, Chief Counsel, 

Division of Clearing and Risk, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581; (202) 418–5092; email: 

rwasserman@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for each collection 

of information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 

and includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information listed below. 

Title: Regulations Governing 

Bankruptcies of Commodity Brokers 

(OMB Control No. 3038–0021). This is 

a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information involves recordkeeping and 

notice requirements in the CFTC’s 

bankruptcy rules for commodity broker 

liquidations, 17 CFR part 190. These 

requirements are intended to facilitate 

the effective, efficient, and fair conduct 

of liquidation proceedings for 

commodity brokers and to protect the 

interests of customers in these 

proceedings. 

With respect to the collection of 

information, the CFTC invites 

comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

• The accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

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 § 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 Information Collection 

Request 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. 

Burden Statement: Commodity broker 

liquidations occur at unpredictable and 

irregular intervals; for purposes of 

estimating information collection 

burden this notice assumes an average 

of one commodity broker liquidation 

every three years. The CFTC further 

notes 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 

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able to be quickly transferred, and other 

factors specific to the circumstances of 

the liquidation. The Commission 

estimates the average burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

• Rule 190.02(a)(1) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 2. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.5. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 0.33. 

• Rule 190.02(a)(2) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 2. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 0.67. 

• Rule 190.02(b)(1) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 4. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 1. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 1.32. 

• Rule 190.02(b)(2) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 10,000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.1. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 330. 

• Rule 190.02(b)(3) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.05 (rarely if 

ever occurs). 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 10,000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.2. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 100. 

• Rule 190.02(b)(4) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 10,000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.2. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 660. 

• Rule 190.02(c) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 10. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 10. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 33. 

• Rule 190.03(a)(1) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 20,000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.01. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 0.66. 

• Rule 190.03(a)(2) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 20,000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.02. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 132. 

• Rule 190.04(b) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 40,000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.01. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 132. 

• Rule 190.06(b) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 0.33. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 1. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 0.33. 

• Rule 190.06(d) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 125. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.05. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 6250. 

• Rule 190.10(c) 

Estimated Respondents or 

Recordkeepers per Year: 125. 

Estimated Reports Annually per 

Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1000. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 0.05. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 6250. 

There are estimated to be no capital 

costs or operating and maintenance 

costs associated with this collection. 

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

Dated: May 6, 2015. 

Robert N. Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2015–11384 Filed 5–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD10–12–006] 

Increasing Market and Planning 

Efficiency Through Improved Software; 

Supplemental Agenda Notice 

Take notice that Commission staff 

will convene a technical conference on 

June 22, 23, and 24, 2015 to discuss 

opportunities for increasing real-time 

and day-ahead market efficiency 

through improved software. 

This conference will bring together 

diverse experts from public utilities, the 

software industry, government, research 

centers and academia and is intended to 

build on the discussions initiated in the 

previous Commission staff technical 

conferences on increasing market and 

planning efficiency through improved 

software. 

The agenda for this conference is 

attached. If any changes occur, the 

revised agenda will be posted on the 

calendar page for this event on the 

Commission’s Web site 1 prior to the 

event. The technical conference may be 

attended by one or more 

Commissioners. 

Dated: May 5, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–11414 Filed 5–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: May 14, 2015, 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

* Note—Items listed on the agenda 

may be deleted without further notice. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. 

For a recorded message listing items 

struck from or added to the meeting, call 

(202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 

public documents, however, may be 

viewed online at the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

eLibrary link, or may be examined in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

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