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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

Division of Market Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5492; email: 

dandresen@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 

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. 

Title: Registration of Foreign Boards 

of Trade (OMB Control No. 3038–0101). 

This is a request for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Section 738 of the DoddFrank Act amended section 4(b) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act to provide 

that the Commission may adopt rules 

and regulations requiring foreign boards 

of trade (FBOT) that wish to provide 

their members or other participants 

located in the United States with direct 

access to the FBOT’s electronic trading 

and order matching system to register 

with the Commission. Pursuant to this 

authorization, the CFTC adopted a final 

rule requiring FBOTs that wish to 

permit trading by direct access to 

provide certain information to the 

Commission in applications for 

registration and, once registered, to 

provide certain information to meet 

quarterly and annual reporting 

requirements. The rule establishes 

reporting and/or recordkeeping 

requirements that are required by Part 

48 of the Commission’s regulations and 

are necessary to ensure that FBOTs 

registered to provide for trading by 

direct access meet statutory and 

regulatory requirements on an initial 

and ongoing basis. 

With respect to the 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. 

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. 

Burden Statement 

• Collection 3038–0101—Registration 

of Foreign Boards of Trade (17 CFR part 

48) 

The Commission is revising its 

estimate of the burden for this collection 

for registered FBOTs, by reducing the 

number of FBOTs to which the burden 

applies. The respondent burden for this 

collection is estimated to range from 

two to eight hours per response for 

submission of required reports. These 

estimates include the time to locate, 

compile, validate, and verify and 

disclose and to ensure such information 

is maintained. The respondent burden 

for this collection is estimated to be as 

follows: 

Estimated number of respondents: 23. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per 

Respondent: 375.2 hours. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 8630 hours. 

Frequency of collection: When a 

reportable event occurs and quarterly 

and annually for required reports. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17336 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–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 of 1995 

(PRA), 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 September 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the 

burden estimate or any other aspect of 

the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, 

may be submitted directly to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIA) in OMB within 30 days of this 

notice’s publication by either of the 

following methods. Please identify the 

comments by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038– 

0007.’’ 

• By email addressed to: 

OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov or 

• By mail addressed to: the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention Desk Officer for the 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

A copy of all comments submitted to 

OIRA should be sent to the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) by either of the 

following methods. The copies should 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–0007.’’ 


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• Through the Commission’s website 

at http://comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• By mail addressed to: Christopher 

Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the 

Commission, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581; or 

• By Hand Delivery/Courier to the 

same address; or 

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 

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, prescreen, 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. 

A copy of the supporting statements 

for the collection of information 

discussed herein may be obtained by 

visiting http://RegInfo.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Chachkin, Special Counsel, 

Division of Swap Dealer and 

Intermediary Oversight, Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, (202) 

418–5496; email: jchachkin@cftc.gov, 

and refer to OMB Control No. 3038– 

0007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Regulation of Domestic 

Exchange-Traded Options (OMB Control 

No. 3038–0007). This is a request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The rules require futures 

commission merchants (FCMs) and 

introducing brokers (IBs): (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 FCMs and 

IBs with their obligations concerning 

disclosure and promotional material. 

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. On June 7, 2018, the 

Commission published in the Federal 

Register notice of the proposed 

extension of this information collection 

and provided 60 days for public 

comment on the proposed extension, 83 

FR 26437 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The 

Commission did not receive any 

comments on the 60-Day Notice. 

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: August 8, 2018. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17334 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend 

Collection 3038–0085: Rule 50.50 EndUser Notification of Non-Cleared Swap 

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 proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. This notice solicits 

comments on the renewal of the 

reporting requirement that is embedded 

in the final rule adopting the end-user 

exception to the Commission’s swap 

clearing requirement. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 12, 2018. 


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