Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 23, 2022 / Notices 10175 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 

742a et seq.) 

Dated: February 17, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03834 Filed 2–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB823] 

Pacific Bluefin Tuna United States 

Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting 

Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public 

meeting to discuss a Pacific bluefin tuna 

(PBF) long-term harvest strategy. This 

meeting is intended to prepare for 

potential discussions at the 2022 

meeting of the Joint Inter-American 

Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)— 

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission (WCPFC) Northern 

Committee (NC) Working Group on a 

long-term harvest strategy for PBF 

fisheries across the Pacific Ocean. The 

meeting topics are described under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held 

on April 1, 2022, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

PST (or until business is concluded). 

You must complete the registration 

process by March 23, 2022, if you plan 

to attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES). 

Members of the public may submit 

written comments on meeting topics or 

materials to Celia Barroso at 

celia.barroso@noaa.gov by March 23, 

2022, and may also provide oral 

comments during the virtual meeting. 

ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the 

meeting, which will be held by webinar, 

please register at https://forms.gle/ 

qQZzdp6LVXn2K9KD6. Instructions for 

attending the meeting will be emailed to 

meeting participants before the meeting 

occurs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Celia Barroso, NMFS West Coast Region 

at celia.barroso@noaa.gov, 562–432– 

1850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

6th Meeting of the Joint IATTC–WCPFC 

NC Working Group (JWG) meeting (July 

27–29, 2021, Japan Time), the 

International Scientific Committee on 

Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the 

North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recommended 

that, in order to proceed with the 

development of a long-term harvest 

strategy for PBF, the JWG consider 

management objectives and metrics by 

which to measure whether a proposed 

harvest strategy will meet those 

management objectives. This April 1 

meeting is to prepare for anticipated 

discussions at the 2022 meeting of the 

JWG regarding the process and 

information needed to evaluate the 

effectiveness of potential harvest 

strategies. 

PBF U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic 

The agenda for this meeting will be 

distributed to participants in advance of 

the meeting. The meeting agenda will 

include a discussion on management 

objectives and metrics to measure how 

potential future harvest strategies for 

PBF meet those objectives. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be indicated when registering for 

the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by March 

23, 2022. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 

1801 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 

Dated: February 17, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03853 Filed 2–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection Numbers 3038–0068, 3038– 

0083, and 3038–0088: Confirmation, 

Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio 

Compression, and Swap Trading 

Relationship Documentation 

Requirements for Swap Dealers and 

Major Swap Participants 

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 three collections 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 the collections of 

information mandated by certain 

Commission regulations (Confirmation, 

Portfolio Reconciliation, Portfolio 

Compression, and Swap Trading 

Relationship Documentation 

Requirements for Swap Dealers and 

Major Swap Participants). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Confirmation, Portfolio 

Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression, 

and Swap Trading Relationship 

Documentation Requirements for Swap 

Dealers and Major Swap Participants,’’ 

and Collection Numbers 3038–0068, 

3038–0083, and 3038–0088 by any of 

the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at https://

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 

www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benjamin DeMaria, Special Counsel, 

Market Participants Division, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission at (202) 418–5988 or 

bdemaria@cftc.gov. 

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 CFTC is publishing 


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1An 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 conrol number. See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 

1981). 

2Historically, PRA Collections 3038–0068, 3038– 

0083, and 3038–0088 were renewed as a 

consolidated collection. See 82 FR 6241 (Feb. 5, 

2016). However, on April 1, 2019, the CFTC 

published an interim final rule (‘‘IFR’’), which 

allowed uncleared swaps to retain legacy status 

when transferred in connection with what was, at 

the time, a potential no-deal Brexit. See 84 FR 

12065 (Apr. 1, 2019). As the IFR only affected the 

burdens calculations in PRA collection 3038–0088, 

collection 3038–0088 was considered separately 

from collections 3038–0068 and 3038–0083 for 

purposes of incorporating the burdens related to the 

IFR. Id. Since there is no need now to separate 

collection 3038–0088 for purposes of renewing 

these three collections, this proposed renewal once 

again will treat PRA collections 3038–0068, 3038– 

0083, and 3038–0088 as a consolidated collection. 

3 17 CFR 23.500–23.505. 

4 7 U.S.C. 6s(f), (g) & (i). 

5For the definition of SD, see Section 1a(49) of 

the CEA and Commission regulation 1.3; 7 U.S.C. 

1a(49) and 17 CFR 1.3. 

6For the definitions of MSP, see Section 1a(33) 

of the CEA and Commission regulation 1.3; 7 U.S.C. 

1a(33) and 17 CFR 1.3. 

7SDs and MSPs are required to maintain all 

records of policies and procedures in accordance 

with Commission regulations 23.203 and, by 

extension, 1.31, including policies, procedures, and 

models used for eligible master netting agreements 

and custody agreements that prohibit custodian of 

margin from re-hypothecating, repledging, reusing, 

or otherwise transferring the funds held by the 

custodian. See 17 CFR 1.31 and 23.203. 8 17 CFR 145.9. 

notice of the proposed collections of 

information—treated as a consolidated 

collection—listed below.1

Title: Confirmation, Portfolio 

Reconciliation, Portfolio Compression, 

and Swap Trading Relationship 

Documentation Requirements for Swap 

Dealers and Major Swap Participants 

(OMB Control Nos. 3038–0068, 3038– 

0083, 3038–0088).2 This is a request for 

an extension of currently approved 

information collections. 

Abstract: On September 11, 2012 the 

Commission adopted Commission 

Regulations 23.500–23.505 

(Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation, 

Portfolio Compression, and Swap 

Trading Relationship Documentation 

Requirements for Swap Dealers and 

Major Swap Participants) 3 under 

sections 4s(f), (g) and (i) 4 of the 

Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’). 

Commission regulations 23.500–23.505 

require, among other things, that swap 

dealers (‘‘SDs’’) 5 and major swap 

participants (‘‘MSPs’’) 6 develop and 

retain written swap trading relationship 

documentation. The regulations also 

establish requirements for SDs and 

MSPs regarding swap confirmation, 

portfolio reconciliation, and portfolio 

compression. Under the regulations, 

SDs and MSPs are obligated to maintain 

records of the policies and procedures 

required by the rules.7

Confirmation, portfolio reconciliation, 

and portfolio compression are important 

post-trade processing mechanisms for 

reducing risk and improving operational 

efficiency. The information collection 

obligations imposed by the regulations 

are necessary to ensure that each SD and 

MSP maintains the required records of 

their business activities and an audit 

trail sufficient to conduct 

comprehensive and accurate trade 

reconstruction. The information 

collections contained in the regulations 

are also essential to ensuring that SDs 

and MSPs document their swaps, 

reconcile their swap portfolios to 

resolve discrepancies and disputes, and 

wholly or partially terminate some or all 

of their outstanding swaps through 

regular portfolio compression exercises. 

The collections of information are 

mandatory. 

With respect to the collections of 

information, the CFTC invites 

comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collections of 

information are 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 burdens of the proposed 

collections 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 burdens 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.8

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, for reasons 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 Commission 

is revising its estimate of the burdens for 

the collections to reflect the current 

number of respondents and estimated 

burden hours. The respondent burdens 

for the collections are estimated to be as 

follows: 

• OMB Control No. 3038–0068 

(Confirmation, Portfolio Reconciliation, 

and Portfolio Compression 

Requirements for Swap Dealers and 

Major Swap Participants). 

Number of Registrants: 107. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Registrant: 1,274.5. 

Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours: 

136,371.5. 

Frequency of Recordkeeping: As 

applicable. 

• OMB Control No. 3038–0083 

(Orderly Liquidation Termination 

Provision in Swap Trading Relationship 

Documentation for Swap Dealers and 

Major Swap Participants). 

Number of Registrants: 107. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Registrant: 270. 

Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours: 

28,890. 

Frequency of Recordkeeping: As 

applicable. 

• OMB Control No. 3038–0088 (Swap 

Trading Relationship Documentation 

Requirements for Swap Dealers and 

Major Swap Participants). 

Number of Registrants: 107. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Registrant: 6284. 

Estimated Aggregate Burden Hours: 

672,388. 

Frequency of Recordkeeping: As 

applicable. 

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

Dated: February 17, 2022. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

[CEQ–2022–0002] 

Climate and Economic Justice 

Screening Tool Beta Version 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The Council on 

Environmental Quality is issuing this 


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