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SAB Working Groups on Partnerships, 

Fire Weather Research, and Social 

Science. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov); or visit the 

NOAA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

Dated: July 23, 2007. 

Mark E. Brown 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief 

Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–14581 Filed 7–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–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 (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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Christopher 

W. Cummings, Division of Clearing and 

Intermediary Oversight, CFTC, (202) 

418-5445; FAX: (202) 418-5426; e-mail: 

ccummings@cftc.gov and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0049. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Procedural Requirements for 

Requests for Interpretative, No-Action, 

and Exemptive Letters (OMB Control 

No. 3038–0049). This is a request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Commission Regulation 

140.99 requires persons submitting 

requests for exemptive, no-action, and 

interpretative letters to provide specific 

written information, certified as to 

completeness and accuracy, and to 

update that information to reflect 

material changes. Regulation 140.99 was 

promulgated pursuant to the 

Commission’s rulemaking authority 

contained in section 8a(5) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 

12a(5) (2000). Regulation 41.3 requires 

securities brokers and dealers 

submitting requests for exemptive 

orders to provide specified written 

information in support of such requests. 

Regulation 41.3 was promulgated in 

response to the requirement in the 

Commodity Futures Modernization Act 

of 2000 that the Commission establish 

procedures for requesting such orders. 

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 May 23, 2007 (72 FR 

28959). 

Burden statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average 6 hours per response. These 

estimates include 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: 

Futures Commission Merchants, 

Introducing Brokers, Commodity Pool 

Operators, Commodity Trading 

Advisors, Associated Persons, Floor 

Brokers, Floor Traders, Securities 

Brokers and Dealers. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

410. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 3,197 hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

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. 3038–0049 in any 

correspondence. 

Christopher W. Cummings, Division 

of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 

U.S. 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 Officer for CFTC, 725 

17th Street, Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: July 24, 2007. 

Eileen Donovan, 

Acting Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–3696 Filed 7–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review: Notice 

of Intent To Renew Collection 3038–

0054, Establishing Procedures for 

Entities Operating as Exempt Markets 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 the expected 

costs and burden; it includes the actual 

data collection instruments [if any]. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Riva 

Spear Adriance, Division of Market 

Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–

5494; FAX: (202) 418–5527; e-mail: 

radriance@cftc.gov and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0054. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Establishing Procedures for 

Entities Operating as Exempt Markets, 

OMB Control No. 3038–0054. This is a 

request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Sections 2(h)(3) through (5) 

of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act) 

provides that exempt commercial 

markets are markets excluded from the 

Act’s other requirements. The rules 

implement the qualifying conditions of 

the exemption. Rule 36.3(a) implements 

the notification requirements, and rule 

36.3(b)(1) establishes information 

requirements for exempt commercial 

markets consistent with section 

2(h)(5)(B) of the Act. An exempt 

commercial market may provide the 

Commission with access to transactions 

conducted on the facility or it can 

satisfy its reporting requirements by 

complying with the Commission’s 

reporting requirements. The Act 

affirmatively vests the Commission with 

comprehensive anti-manipulation 

enforcement authority over these 

trading facilities. The Commission is 

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