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1 7 U.S.C. 7a–1(c)(2). 

2Section 8a(5) of the CEA authorizes the 

Commission to promulgate such rules and 

regulations as, in the judgment of the Commission, 

are reasonably necessary to effectuate any of the 

provisions or to accomplish any of the purposes of 

the CEA. 7 U.S.C. 12a(5). 3 17 CFR 145.9. 

of a currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information involves the financial 

resource reporting requirements set 

forth in section 39.11 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

Section 5b(c)(2) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act (CEA or Act) 1 sets forth 

certain core principles with which a 

derivatives clearing organization (DCO) 

must comply in order to become 

registered with the Commission and to 

maintain such registration. One of these 

core principles, core principle B, sets 

forth the financial resource 

requirements applicable to DCOs. 

Section 5b(c)(2) also requires DCOs to 

comply with the regulations 

promulgated by the Commission 

pursuant to section 8a(5) of the Act.2

Section 39.11 of the Commission’s 

regulations, which implements core 

principle B, includes the financial 

resource reporting requirements that are 

the subject of this information 

collection. The information collection is 

necessary for, and would be used by, the 

Commission to evaluate a DCO’s 

compliance with the financial resource 

requirements for DCOs prescribed in the 

Commodity Exchange Act, including 

core principle B, and the Commission’s 

regulations. 

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. 

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 section 

145.9 of the Commission’s regulations.3

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 

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 requirement 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: As noted above, 

this information collection renewal 

involves the requirement that a DCO 

that is registered with the Commission 

report certain information regarding its 

financial resources, the value thereof, 

and the basis for these calculations that 

is necessary for the Commission to 

assess the DCO’s compliance with the 

financial resource requirements of the 

CEA and the Commission’s regulations. 

The reporting requirements are 

contained in section 39.11 of the 

Commission’s regulations. The 

Commission has revised its estimate of 

the total annual burden hours for this 

collection to account for an increase in 

the number of respondents (from 14 to 

17), but has maintained the original 

burden hour estimate of 10 hours per 

quarterly report as the reporting 

requirements have remain unchanged. 

The respondent burden for this 

collection is estimated to be as follows: 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 17. 

Estimated Annual Number of Reports 

per Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Responses: 68. 

Estimated Average Number of Hours 

per Response: 10. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

Hours per Respondent: 40. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 680 hours. 

Frequency of collection: Quarterly and 

on occasion. 

Type of Respondents: Derivatives 

clearing organizations. 

There are no capital or start-up costs 

associated with this information 

collection, nor are there any operating 

or maintenance costs associated with 

this information collection. 

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

Dated: November 29, 2017. 

Robert N. Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–26141 Filed 12–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Disaster Response Cooperative 

Agreements 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS) has 

submitted a public information 

collection request (ICR) entitled Disaster 

Response Cooperative Agreements for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by January 4, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, by 

any of the following two methods 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register: 

(1) By fax to: 202–395–6974, 

Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk 

Officer for the Corporation for National 

and Community Service; or 

(2) By email to: smar@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by calling the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, Chad 

Stover at 202–606–6925 or email to 

cstover@cns.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 


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proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions; 

• Propose ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Propose ways to minimize the 

burden of the 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. 

Comments 

A 60-day notice requesting public 

comment was published in the Federal 

Register on July 13, 2017 at Vol. 82 Page 

32346. This comment period ended 

September 11, 2017. No public 

comments were received from this 

notice. 

Description: CNCS seeks to renew the 

current information collection. The 

information collection will be used in 

the same manner as the existing 

application. CNCS also seeks to 

continue using the current application 

until the revised application is 

approved by OMB. The current 

application is due to expire on 

December 31, 2017. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Disaster Response Cooperative 

Agreement (DRCA). 

OMB Number: 3045–0133. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Current grantees and 

CNCS-supported programs. 

Total Respondents: 20. 

Frequency: Once a year. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

two hours. 

Dated: November 30, 2017. 

Jennifer Murphy, 

Lead Disaster Service Specialist, Disaster 

Services Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2017–26186 Filed 12–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2017–0010; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0341] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD) 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 4, 2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

239, Acquisition of Information 

Technology, and the associated clauses 

at 252–239–7000 and 252–239–7006; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0341. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 750. 

Responses per Respondent: 14, 

approximately. 

Annual Responses: 10,500. 

Average Burden per Response: 0.62 

hour, approximately. 

Annual Burden Hours: 6,542. 

Needs and Uses: This requirement 

provides for the collection of 

information from contractors regarding 

security of information technology; 

tariffs pertaining to telecommunications 

services; and proposals from common 

carriers to perform special construction 

under contracts for telecommunications 

services. Contracting officers and other 

DoD personnel use the information to 

ensure that information systems are 

protected; to participate in the 

establishment of tariffs for 

telecommunications services; and to 

establish reasonable prices for special 

construction by common carriers. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

C. Licari. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Licari at: WHS/ESD 

Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite 

03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Jennifer Hawes, 

Regulatory Control Officer, Defense 

Acquisition Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–26181 Filed 12–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2017–0011; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0390] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 4, 2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 229, Taxes, 

and related clause at 252.229; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0390. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 11. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 11. 

Average Hours per Response: 4. 

Annual Burden Hours: 44. 

Needs and Uses: The clause at DFARS 

252.229–7010, Relief from Customs 

Duty on Fuel (United Kingdom), is 

prescribed at DFARS 229.402–70(j) for 

use in solicitations issued and contracts 

awarded in the United Kingdom that 

require the use of fuels (gasoline or 

diesel) and lubricants in taxis or 

vehicles other than passenger vehicles. 

The clause requires the contractor to 

provide the contracting officer with 

evidence that the contractor has 

initiated an attempt to obtain relief from 

customs duty on fuels and lubricants, as 

permitted by an agreement between the 

United States and the United Kingdom. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 


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