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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

• 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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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038– 

0085’’ by any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at http://

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 

http://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa D’Arcy, Special Counsel, 

Division of Clearing and Risk, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5086; email: 

mdarcy@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 

this notice of the proposed extension of 

the currently approved 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: Rule 50.50 End-User 

Notification of Non-Cleared Swap (OMB 

Control No. 3038–0085). This is a 

request for an extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Rule 50.50 specifies the 

requirements for eligible end-users who 

elect the end-user exception from the 

Commission’s swap clearing 

requirement, as provided under section 

2(h)(7) of the Commodity Exchange Act 

(‘‘CEA’’). Rule 50.50 requires the 

counterparties to report certain 

information to a swap data repository 

registered with the Commission, or to 

the Commission directly, if one or more 

counterparties elects the end-user 

exception. The rule establishes a 

reporting requirement that is required in 

order to ensure compliance with the 

Commission’s clearing requirement 

under section 2(h)(1) of the CEA and is 

necessary in order for Commission staff 

to prevent abuse of the end-user 

exception under section 2(h)(1) of the 

CEA and pursuant to Rule 50.50. 

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 3038–0085—Rule 50.50 

End-User Notification of Non-Cleared 

Swap (17 CFR 50.50: Exceptions to the 

Clearing Requirement) 

The Commission is revising its 

estimate of the burden for this collection 

for eligible end-users electing the enduser exception. The Commission is 

increasing the estimated number of 

respondents from 1,092 to 1,815 based 

on an observed increase in the number 

of entities electing the exception. The 

respondent burden for this collection is 

estimated to be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,815. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 0.58. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,053. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion; 

annually. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Air Force Reserve Command F– 

35A Operational Beddown 

AGENCY: Department of the United 

States Air Force, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Amended notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Air Force issued a Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Air Force 

Reserve Command F–35A Operational 

Beddown Environmental Impact 

Statement (Vol. 83, No. 56 Federal 

Register, 12568, March 22, 2018) and is 

now being amended to correct the 

address for courier delivered public 

scoping comments. 

DATES: The 10-working day resubmittal 

period begins on the date of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The address for courier 

delivered (e.g., Federal Express or 

United Parcel Service) public scoping 

comments is: AFCEC/CZN, (ATTN: Mr. 

Hamid Kamalpour), 3515 S. General 

McMullen Drive, Suite 155, San 

Antonio, Texas 78226–1710. 

The address for U.S. Postal Service 

mail delivery is the same as initially 

published on March 22, 2018: AFCEC/ 

CZN, (ATTN: Mr. Hamid Kamalpour), 

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