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1 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 

1320.8(b)(3)(vi). 

Authorization 

NMFS has determined that the level 

of taking for this LOA request is 

consistent with the findings made for 

the total taking allowable under the 

incidental take regulations and that the 

amount of take authorized under the 

LOA is of no more than small numbers. 

Accordingly, we have issued an LOA to 

bp authorizing the take of marine 

mammals incidental to its geophysical 

survey activity, as described above. 

Dated: October 10, 2023. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22761 Filed 10–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m. EDT, Friday, 

October 20, 2023. 

PLACE: Virtual meeting. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Enforcement matters. In the event that 

the time, date, or location of this 

meeting changes, an announcement of 

the change, along with the new time, 

date, and/or place of the meeting will be 

posted on the Commission’s website at 

https://www.cftc.gov/. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202–418–5964. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: October 11, 2023. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22837 Filed 10–12–23; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend 

Collection 3038–0062: Off-Exchange 

Foreign Currency Transactions 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed renewal of a 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 a proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. This notice solicits 

comments on the collection of 

information provided for certain of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’) 

relating to off-exchange foreign currency 

transactions. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 15, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038– 

0062’’ by any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at https://

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• 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. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. All comments must be 

submitted in English, or if not, 

accompanied by an English translation. 

Comments will be posted as received to 

https://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip Newsom, Special Counsel, 

Market Participants Division, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5301, or 

pnewsom@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

notice of the proposed extension of the 

existing collections of information listed 

below. 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.1

Title: Off-Exchange Foreign Currency 

Transactions (OMB Control No. 3038– 

0062). This is a request for an extension 

of a currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Part 5 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the CEA establishes 

rules applicable to retail foreign 

exchange dealers (‘‘RFEDs’’), futures 

commission merchants (‘‘FCMs’’), 

introducing brokers (‘‘IBs’’), commodity 

trading advisors (‘‘CTAs’’), and 

commodity pool operators (‘‘CPOs’’) 

engaged in the offer and sale of offexchange forex contracts to retail 

customers. Specifically: 

• Regulation 5.5 requires RFEDs, 

FCMs, and IBs to distribute risk 

disclosure statements to new retail forex 

customers. 

• Regulation 5.6 requires RFEDs and 

FCMs to report any failures to maintain 

the minimum capital required by 

Commission regulations. 

• Regulation 5.8 requires RFEDs and 

FCMs to calculate their total retail forex 

obligation. 

• Regulation 5.10 requires RFEDs to 

maintain and preserve certain risk 

assessment documentation. 

• Regulation 5.11(a)(1) requires 

RFEDs to submit certain risk assessment 

documentation to the Commission 

within 60 days of the effective date of 

their registration. 

• Regulation 5.11(a)(2) requires 

RFEDs to submit certain financial 

documentation to the Commission 

within 105 calendar days of the end of 

each fiscal year. RFEDs must also 

submit additional information, if 

requested, regarding affiliates’ financial 

impact on an RFED’s organizational 

structure. 

• Regulation 5.12(a) requires RFED 

applicants to submit a Form 1–FR–FCM 

concurrently with their registration 

application. 

• Regulation 5.12(b) requires 

registered RFEDs to file a Form 1–FR– 

FCM on a monthly and annual basis. 

• Regulation 5.12(g) states that, in the 

event that an RFED cannot file its Form 

1–FR–FCM for any period within the 

time specified in Regulation 5.12(b), the 

RFED may file an application for an 

extension of time with its self-regulatory 

organization. 

• Regulation 5.13(a) requires RFEDs 

and FCMs to provide monthly account 

statements to their customers. 

• Regulation 5.13(b) requires RFEDs 

and FCMs to provide confirmation 


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71342 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2023 / Notices 

2Public Law 110–246, 122 Stat. 1651, 2189–220 

(2008). 

3See Regulation of Off-Exchange Retail Foreign 

Exchange Transactions and Intermediaries, 75 FR 

55410, 55416 (Sept. 10, 2010). 

4 17 CFR 145.9. 

5This figure has been rounded from 1,757.09 to 

the nearest whole number. 

statements to their customers within 

one business day after the execution of 

any retail forex or forex option 

transaction. 

• Regulation 5.14 requires RFEDs and 

FCMs to maintain current ledgers of 

each transaction affecting its asset, 

liability, income, expense and capital 

accounts. 

• Regulation 5.18(g) requires each 

RFED, FCM, CPO, CTA, and IB subject 

to part 5 to maintain a record of all 

communications received that give rise 

to possible violations of the Act, rules, 

regulations or orders thereunder related 

to their retail forex business. 

• Regulation 5.18(i) requires each 

RFED and FCM to prepare and maintain 

on a quarterly basis a calculation of 

nondiscretionary retail forex customer 

accounts open for any period of time 

during the quarter that were profitable, 

and the percentage of such accounts that 

were not profitable. 

• Regulation 5.18(j) requires the chief 

compliance officer of each RFED and 

FCM to certify annually that the firm 

has in place processes to establish, 

maintain, review, modify and test 

policies and procedures reasonably 

designed to achieve compliance with 

the Act, rules, regulations and orders 

thereunder. 

• Regulation 5.19 requires each 

RFED, FCM, CPO, CTA, and IB subject 

to part 5 to submit to the Commission 

copies of any dispositive or partially 

dispositive decision for which a notice 

of appeal has been filed in any material 

legal proceeding (1) to which the firm is 

a party to or to which its property or 

assets is subject with respect to retail 

forex transactions, or (2) instituted 

against any person who is a principal of 

the firm arising from conduct in such 

person’s capacity as a principal of that 

firm. 

• Regulation 5.20 requires RFEDs, 

FCMs and IBs to submit documentation 

requested pursuant to certain types of 

special calls by the Commission. 

• Regulation 5.23 requires RFEDs, 

FCMs and IBs to notify the Commission 

regarding bulk transfers and bulk 

liquidations of customer accounts. 

The rules establish reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements that are 

necessary to implement the provisions 

of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008 2 regarding off-exchange 

transactions in foreign currency with 

members of the public. The rules are 

intended to promote customer 

protection by providing safeguards 

against irresponsible or fraudulent 

business practices.3

With respect to the collection of 

information, the CFTC invites 

comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collections of 

information are 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 burdens of the proposed 

collections 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 burdens 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 https://

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.4

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 https://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 

requests 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: The Commission 

is revising its burden estimate for 81 

respondents, which include RFEDs, 

FCMs, IBs, CPOs, and CTAs, as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

81. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 1,757.5

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 142,324. 

Frequency of Collection: As 

applicable. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: October 11, 2023. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22748 Filed 10–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, October 18, 

2023—10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 420, Bethesda Towers, 

4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Decisional 

Matter: Safety Standard Addressing 

Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws. 

A live webcast of the meeting can be 

viewed at the following link: https://

cpsc.webex.com/weblink/register/ 

r88f341de3262d93f0deb0453a6e10f43. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: October 11, 2023. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Commission Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22824 Filed 10–12–23; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Board of Visitors of the Air University 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Board of Visitors (BoV) of the Air 

University. 


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