[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 52323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7408]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice; Information collection 3038-0031, Procurement 
Contracts.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to 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; it 
includes the actual data collection instruments [if any].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 5, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven A. Grossman at CFTC, (202) 418-
5192; fax: (202) 418-5529; e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#057662776a767668646b45666371662b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="364551445945455b5758765550425518515940">[email protected]</span></a> and refer to OMB 
Control No. 3038-0031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Procurement Contracts, OMB Control No. 3038-0031. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
    Abstract: This information collection consists of procurement 
activities relating to solicitations, amendment to solicitations, 
requests for quotations, construction contracts, awards of contracts, 
performance bonds, and payment information for individuals (vendors) or 
contractors engaged in providing supplies or services.
    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 OMB control numbers for the 
CFTC's regulations were published on December 30, 1981. See 46 FR 63035 
(Dec. 30, 1981). The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on June 26, 2006 (71 FR 36328).
    Burden statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 2 hours per response. This estimate includes the 
time needed to review instructions, develop, acquire, install, and 
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, 
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information and disclosing and providing information; adjust the 
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 182.
    Estimated number of responses: 182.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 364 hours.
    Frequency of collection: annually.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimated or any other aspect of 
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the addresses listed below. Please refer to OMB Control No. 
3038-0031 in any correspondence.
    Steven A. Grossman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581 and Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk 
Office for CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC 20503.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 29, 2006.
Eileen A. Donovan,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 06-7408 Filed 9-1-06; 8:45am]
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