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1 17 CFR 145.9, 74 FR 17395, (Apr. 15, 2009). 

2 46 FR 63035 (dec. 30, 1981). 

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. 

Burden Statement: Registered entities 

must comply with certification and 

approval requirements which include 

an explanation and analysis when 

seeking to implement new products, 

rules, and rule amendments, including 

changes to product terms and 

conditions. The Commission’s 

regulations §§ 40.2, 40.3, 40.5, 40.6 and 

40.10 provide procedures for the 

submission of rules and rule 

amendments by designated contract 

markets, swap execution facilities, 

derivatives clearing organizations, and 

swap data repositories. They establish 

the procedures for submitting the 

‘‘written certification’’ required by 

Section 5c of the Act. In connection 

with a product or rule certification, the 

registered entity must provide a concise 

explanation and analysis of the 

submission and its compliance with 

statutory provisions of the Act. 

Accordingly, new rules or rule 

amendments must be accompanied by 

concise explanations and analyses of the 

purposes, operations, and effects of the 

submissions. This information may be 

submitted as part of the same 

submission containing the required 

‘‘written certification.’’ The Commission 

estimates the average burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

• Rules 40.2, 40.3, 40.5, and 40.6 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

70. 

Annual Responses by each 

Respondent: 100. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 2. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 

14,000. 

• Rule 40.10 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3. 

Annual Responses by each 

Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 5. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 30. 

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

Dated: June 4, 2018. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection Number 3038–0007, 

Regulation of Domestic ExchangeTraded Options 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; Extension of an Existing 

Collection. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC) is 

announcing an opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed extension of 

a collection of certain information by 

the agency. Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal 

agencies are required to publish notice 

in the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. This notice 

solicits comments on rules related to 

risk disclosure concerning exchangetraded commodity options. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control No. 3038– 

0007 by any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, via its 

Comments Online process: http://

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• Mail: Chris Kirkpatrick, Secretary of 

the Commission, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581. 

• Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail 

above. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method and identify that it is 

for the renewal of Collection Number 

3038–0007. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to http://

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.1

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 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 ICR 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581; Jacob Chachkin, Division of 

Swap Dealer and Intermediary 

Oversight, telephone: (202) 418–5496 

and email: jchachkin@cftc.gov. 

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(c) 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 collection 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. The OMB control numbers for 

the Commission’s regulations were 

published on December 30, 1981.2

Title: Rules Relating to Regulation of 

Domestic Exchange-Traded Options, 

OMB Control Number 3038–0007— 

Extension. 

Abstract: The rules require futures 

commission merchants and introducing 


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brokers: (1) To provide their customers 

with standard risk disclosure statements 

concerning the risk of trading 

commodity interests; and (2) to retain 

all promotional material and the source 

of authority for information contained 

therein. The purpose of these rules is to 

ensure that customers are advised of the 

risks of trading commodity interests and 

to avoid fraud and misrepresentation. 

This information collection contains the 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements needed to ensure 

regulatory compliance with Commission 

rules relating to this issue. The 

disclosure and recordkeeping 

requirements are necessary to monitor 

and to verify compliance by futures 

commission merchants (FCMs) and 

introducing brokers (IBs) with their 

obligations concerning disclosure and 

promotional material. 

With respect to the above 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. 

Burden Statement: The Commission 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

Regulation 

Estimated number of respondents or recordkeepers per year Reports 

annually 

by each 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated average number of 

hours per 

response 

Estimated total 

number of hours 

of annual burden 

in fiscal year 

Reporting: 

33.7—(Risk disclosure) ............................. 1,272.00 115.00 146,280.00 0.08 11,702.40 

Recordkeeping: 

33.8—(Retention of promotional material) 1,272.00 1.00 1,272.00 25.00 31,800.00 

Grand total (reporting and recordkeeping) ......................................... ............................ ............................ 147,552.00 ............................ 43,502.40 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: June 4, 2018 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (Partnership 

Grants) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 

for the Gaining Early Awareness and 

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs 

(GEAR UP) Partnership Grants, Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number 84.334A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: June 7, 2018. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 13, 2018. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 11, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Registeron February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003) and available at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ 

pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karmon Simms-Coates, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, room 278–54, Washington, DC 

20202–6450. Telephone: (202) 453– 

7917. Email: Karmon.Simms-Coates@

ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP 

program is a discretionary grant 

program that encourages eligible entities 

to provide support, and maintain a 

commitment, to eligible low-income 

students, including students with 

disabilities, to assist the students in 

obtaining a secondary school diploma 

(or its recognized equivalent) and to 

prepare for and succeed in 

postsecondary education. Under the 

GEAR UP program, the Department 

awards grants to two types of entities: 

(1) States and (2) partnerships 

consisting of at least one institution of 

higher education (IHE) and at least one 

local educational agency (LEA). 

In this notice, the Department invites 

applications for partnership grants only. 

We will invite applications for State 

grants in another notice published in 

the Federal Register. Required services 

under the GEAR UP program are 

specified in sections 404D(a) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1070a–24(a)), 

and permissible services under the 

GEAR UP program are specified in 

section 404D(b) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1070a–24(b)). For partnership grantees, 

activities must include providing 

financial aid information for 

postsecondary education, encouraging 

enrollment in rigorous and challenging 

coursework in order to reduce the need 

for remediation at the postsecondary 

level, implementing activities to 

improve the number of participating 

students who obtain a secondary school 

diploma and who complete applications 

for and enroll in a program of 

postsecondary education. Activities may 

also include mentoring, tutoring, 

supporting dual or concurrent 

enrollment programs that support 

participating students in science, 

technology, engineering, or mathematics 

(STEM), academic and career 

counseling, financial and economic 


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