52978 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 1997 / Notices

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 3,

1997.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–26895 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Requirement

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Renew

Information Collection #3038–0035—

Rules Relating to the Offer and Sale of

Foreign Futures and Foreign Options.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission is planning to

renew information collection 3038–

0035, Rules Relating to the Offer and

Sale of Foreign Futures and Foreign

Options which is due to expire on

February 28, 1998. The information

collected pursuant to this rule is

intended to detect fraud in the offer and

sale of foreign futures and foreign

options to people located in the United

States. In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Commission solicits comments to:

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the agency,

including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (2) evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the collection of information

including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (3) enhance the

equality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4) minimize

the burden of the collection of the

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.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

comment on this information collection

should contact the CFTC Clearance

Officer, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5160.

Title: Rules Relating to the Offer and

Sale of Foreign Futures and Foreign

Options.

Control Number: 3038–0035.

Action: Extension.

Respondents: FCMs, IBs, CPOs, CTAs

and APs.

Estimated Annual Burden: 3186

hours.

Respondents Regulation

(17 CFR)

Estimated

number of

respondents

Annual

responses

Est. avg.

hours per

response

FCMs, IBs, CPOs, CTAs, and APs .......................................................................... 30.4 560 560 1.00

30.5 136 136 1.00

30.6 440 440 .50

30.7 120 120 .50

30.8 120 1,440 1.00

30.10 120 120 4.00

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 3,

1997.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–26896 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Task Force on Defense

Reform

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Task Force on Defense

Reform (the Task Force). The meeting

will be open to the public. One purpose

of the meeting is to meet with the labor

unions representing federal employees

in DoD. In addition, time will be set

aside for anyone who wishes to address

the Task Force with ideas about

streamlining, restructuring, and

reengineering OSD and other

components or elements of the

Department of Defense.

The Task Force on Defense Reform

was established to make

recommendations to the Secretary of

Defense and Deputy Secretary of

Defense on alternatives for

organizational reforms, reductions in

management overhead, and streamlined

business practices in the Department of

Defense, with emphasis on the Office of

the Secretary of Defense, the Defense

Agencies and the DoD Field Activities,

and the Military Departments.

DATES: Tuesday, October 21, 1997, at

3:30 P.M.

ADDRESSES: Room 3E869, the Pentagon,

Washington, DC. Seating is limited.

Must call Ms. Lynn Cline at the number

listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

section below to arrange for access to

Pentagon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Ms. Lynn Cline, Task Force on

Defense Reform, Room 3C965, Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301. Telephone:

(703) 614–7522. Interested parties

should call Ms. Cline before 1:00 p.m.,

Tuesday, October 21, 1997.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–26891 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–500]

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

October 3, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under provisions of

Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–

13). Any interested person may file

comments on the collection of

information directly with OMB and

should address a copy of those

comments to the Commission as

explained below. The Commission

received no comments in response to an

earlier Federal Register notice of May