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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection 3038–0097, Process for 

Review of Swaps for Mandatory 

Clearing 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity 

for public comment on the proposed 

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 each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment. 

This notice solicits comments on 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements relating to information 

management requirements for 

derivatives clearing organizations. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Process for Review of 

Swaps for Mandatory Clearing,’’ by any 

of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s Web site, at http://

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• 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. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Portal. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Chotiner, Division of Clearing 

and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581, (202) 418–5467; email: 

echotiner@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0097. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 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 Commission is 

publishing notice of the proposed 

extension of the collection of 

information listed below. 

Title: Process for Review of Swaps for 

Mandatory Clearing (OMB Control No. 

3038–0097). This is a request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Commodity Exchange 

Act and Commission regulations require 

a derivatives clearing organization 

(‘‘DCO’’) that wishes to accept a swap 

for clearing to be eligible to clear the 

swap and to submit the swap to the 

Commission for a determination as to 

whether the swap is required to be 

cleared. Commission Regulation 39.5 

sets forth the process for these 

submissions. The Commission will use 

the information in this collection to 

determine whether a DCO that wishes to 

accept a swap for clearing is eligible to 

clear the swap and whether the swap 

should be required to be cleared. 

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. 

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 section 

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 Information Collection 

Request 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 respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be 40 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Derivatives clearing organizations. 

Estimated number of respondents: 14. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 560. 

Frequency of collection: Daily, 

annual, and on occasion. 

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

Dated: April 24, 2015. 

Robert N. Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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