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[Federal Register: January 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 20)]

[Notices]

[Page 4626]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION





Public information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget for Review



AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.



ACTION: Notice of submission of information collection #3038-0047--

Contract market transactions.



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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted

Information Collection 3038-0047, Contract Market Transactions, to the

Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13). On October 2, 1995,

pursuant to section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act ("Act"), 7

U.S.C. Sec. 6(c)(1994), the Commission published final rules in the

Federal Register which exempted certain contract market transactions

from specified requirements of the Act and Commission regulations

thereunder (60 FR 51323). The information collected pursuant to this

rule is required in order to assist the Commission in its determination

that the exempted transaction will not have a material adverse effect

on the ability of the Commission or any contract market to discharge

its regulatory or self-regulatory duties under the Act, and that the

exemption would be consistent with the public interest and the purposes

of the Act.



DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 2, 1998.



ADDRESS: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection

should contact the Desk Officer, CFTC, Office of Management and Budget,

Room 3228, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7340. Copies of the

submission are available from the Agency Clearance Officer, (202) 418-

5160.

    Title: Contract Market Transactions.

    Control Number: 3038-0047.

    Action: Extension.

    Respondents: Contract Markets.

    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,033.



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                                                                                                      Estimated

                                                               Regulation   Estimated      Annual      average

                         Respondents                            (17 CFR)      no. of     responses    hours per

                                                                           respondents                 response

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Contract....................................................         36.5          100          100         0.33

Markets.....................................................         36.7          200        2,000         2.50

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 26, 1998.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98-2338 Filed 1-29-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351-01-M
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