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the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: January 29, 2025. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02114 Filed 1–31–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend 

Collection 3038–0075: Protection of 

Collateral of Counterparties to 

Uncleared Swaps; Treatment of 

Securities in a Portfolio Margining 

Account in a Commodity Broker 

Bankruptcy 

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 

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 each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. This notice solicits 

comments on the Commission’s burden 

estimates associated with the 

requirements for swap dealers (‘‘SDs’’) 

and major swap participants (‘‘MSPs’’) 

to notify counterparties of their right to 

require segregation of initial margin, 

and to allow the counterparty to change 

that election by written notice to the SD 

or MSP, and to report quarterly to the 

counterparty that the back office 

procedures of the SD or MSP relating to 

margin and collateral requirements are 

in compliance with the agreement of the 

counterparties. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 4, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038– 

0075’’ 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Brescia, Attorney Advisor, 

Market Participants Division, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581; (202) 418–6236; email: cbrescia@

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 Commission is 

publishing notice of the proposed 

extension of the existing 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: Protection of Collateral of 

Counterparties to Uncleared Swaps; 

Treatment of Securities in a Portfolio 

Margining Account in a Commodity 

Broker Bankruptcy (OMB Control No. 

3038–0075). This is a request for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Section 4s(l) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act requires SDs 

and MSPs to notify uncleared swap 

counterparties that they have the right 

to require that any initial margin the 

counterparty provides in connection 

with such transaction be segregated, and 

to report quarterly to counterparties 

who have not requested segregated 

accounts that the back office procedures 

of the SD or MSP relating to margin and 

collateral comply with the agreement of 

the counterparties. 

Regulations 23.701 and 23.704 

establish reporting requirements that are 

mandated by Section 4s(l) and, thus, are 

necessary to implement the objectives of 

Section 4s(l). Regulation 23.701 requires 

that the SD or MSP notify the 

counterparty at the beginning of the 

swap trading relationship of the 

counterparty’s right to require 

segregation of initial margin, and to 

permit the counterparty to change that 

election by written notice to the SD or 

MSP. Regulation 23.704 requires that, in 

certain circumstances, an SD or MSP 

must report to the counterparty, on a 

quarterly basis, that the back office 

procedures of the SD or MSP relating to 

margin and collateral requirements are 

in compliance with the agreement of the 

counterparties. The data required to be 

compiled and maintained pursuant to 

Regulations 23.701 and 23.704 would be 

used by uncleared swap counterparties 

(and, in some instances, the CFTC and 

self-regulatory organizations). 

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 https://

www.cftc.gov/. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. If you wish for 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 


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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

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 https://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 Commission 

is revising its estimate of the burden for 

this collection for 106 SDs. There are 

currently no registered MSPs. The 

respondents’ burden for this collection 

is estimated to be as follows: 

• Regulation 23.701: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

106. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 600 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 63,600 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: Beginning of 

the swap trading relationship with a 

counterparty. 

• Regulation 23.704: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

106. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 806 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 85,436 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: Quarterly (4 

times per year). 

• Total Annual Burden for the 

Collection: 149,036 hours. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: January 29, 2025. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

U.S. Army Science Board Partially 

Closed Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the U.S. Army 

Science Board (ASB) Winter Plenary. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 

08:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Yulista Conference Center, 

8600 Advanced Gateway SW, Huntsville 

AL 35808. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Army Science Board, Designated 

Federal Officer, 2530 Crystal Drive, 

Suite, 7098, Arlington, VA 22202; Ms. 

Heather J. Gerard, the ASB ‘s Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), at (703) 545–8652 

or email: heather.j.gerard.civ@army.mil 

and Mr. Vinson L. Bullard, the ASB’s 

Alternate Designated Federal Official at 

(703) 545–8647 or email: 

vinson.l.bullard.civ@army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

Designated Federal Officer for the U.S. 

Army Science Board and the 

Department of Defense, the U.S. Army 

Science Board was unable to provide 

public notification required by 41 CFR 

102–3.150(a) concerning its January 30, 

2025, meeting. Accordingly, the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Officer for the Department of Defense, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), 

waives the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

The meeting will be held Pursuant to 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. 1001–1014), the Government in 

the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 

552b, as amended) and Title 41, Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 102–3.140 

through 160. 

Purpose of Meeting: The purpose of 

the meeting is for ASB members to 

review, deliberate, and vote on the 

findings and recommendations 

presented for one Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 

study and one FY 2025 study. 

Agenda: The board will present 

findings and recommendations for 

deliberation and vote on the following 

studies: 

‘‘Data-Centric Command and Control 

(C2)’’. The purpose of this FY2024 study 

is to assess the Army’s implementation 

of a dynamic data-centric C2 framework 

in multi-domain operations. This 

briefing will include Controlled 

Unclassified Information (CUI) that 

contains trade secrets information 

exempted under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 

therefore will be presented in a closed 

session from 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. 

‘‘An Assessment of the Army’s 

Capability to provide Combat-Ready 

Forces’’. The purpose of this study is to 

evaluate the U.S. Army’s current 

organization and capability to provide 

combat-ready medical forces following 

the reorganization of the Department of 

Defense (DoD) medical enterprise under 

the Defense Health Agency (DHA). This 

FY25 study is unclassified and will be 

presented in an open session from 9:30 

a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, 

and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102– 

3.165, and subject to the availability of 

space, this meeting is open to the 

public. Registration of members of the 

public who wish to attend the meeting 

will begin at 07:45 a.m. on the day of 

the meeting. Seating is limited and is on 

a first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be 

asked to provide their name, title, 

affiliation, and contact information to 

include email address and daytime 

telephone number at registration. Any 

interested person may attend the 

meeting, file written comments or 

statements with the committee, or make 

verbal comments from the floor during 

the public meeting, at the times, and in 

the manner, permitted by the 

committee, as set forth below. 

Special Accommodations: The 

meeting venue is fully handicap 

accessible, with wheelchair access. 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations to access the public 

meeting or seeking additional 

information about public access 

procedures, should contact Mr. Vinson 

Bullard, the Alternate Designated 

Federal Official (ADFO) for the ASB, at 

the email addresses or telephone 

numbers listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section, at least 

five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Written Comments or Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140(c) and 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3), 

the public or interested organizations 

may submit written comments or 

statements to the ASB about its mission 

and/or the topics to be addressed in this 

public meeting. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Mr. 

Vinson Bullard, the ADFO of the ASB, 

via electronic mail, the preferred mode 

of submission, at the addresses listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section in the following formats: Adobe 

Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The 

comment or statement must include the 

author’s name, title, affiliation, address, 

and daytime telephone number. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the ADFO at least five (5) business days 

prior to the meeting so that they may be 

made available to the ASB for its 

consideration prior to the meeting. 

Written comments or statements 


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