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1Section 125 of the CFMA. Persons required to

register under the Act include futures commission

merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool

operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors

(CTAs), associated persons of any of the foregoing,

floor brokers and floor traders. Those terms are

defined in Section 1a(20), 1a(23), 1a(5), 1a(6), 4k,

1a(16) and 1a(17), respectively, of the Act, as

amended by the CFMA.

2The definition of term ‘‘registered entities’’ was

added to the Act by the CFMA as new Section

1a(29) and includes designated contract markets,

registered derivatives transaction execution

facilities, and registered derivatives clearing

organizations. Designated contracts markets may

include registered national securities exchanges,

registered national securities associations, and

alternative trading systems whose only futuresrelated activity involves security futures product.

See Section 252(a) of the CFMA, adding a new

Section 5f to the Act.

3 66 FR 14262, 14267–68 (March 9, 2001); see also

65 FR 77993 (Dec. 13, 2000).

comments received be included in the

report of the results of the study to the

Commission’s Congressional oversight

committees.

DATES: Comments must be received by

August 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary of the

Commission, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to (202) 418–5521, or by

electronic mail to secretary@cftc.gov.

Reference should be made to

‘‘Intermediaries Study.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence B. Patent, Associate Chief

Counsel, or Barbara S. Gold, Assistant

Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and

Markets, Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Layfayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC

20581. Mr. Patent may be reached by

telephone at (202) 418–5439 or by

electronic mail at lpatent@cftc.gov and

Ms. Gold may be reached by telephone

at (202) 418–5450 or by electronic mail

at bgold@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

CFMA, enacted last December as part of

the Consolidated Appropriations Act,

2001 (Public Law No. 106–554, 114 Stat.

2763), requires the Commission to

conduct a study of the Act and the

Commission’s rules and orders

governing the conduct of persons

required to register under the Act.1 The

study must address: (1) The core

principles and interpretations of

acceptable business practices that the

Commission has adopted or intends to

adopt to replace provisions of the Act

and rules thereunder, and the extent to

which these changes have been or may

be made pursuant to the Commission’s

exemptive authority under Section 4(c)

of the Act; (2) the rules that the

Commission has determined must be

retained and the reasons therefor; and

(3) the regulatory functions that the

Commission performs that can be

delegated to a registered futures

association and the regulatory functions

that the Commission has determined

must be retained and the reasons

therefor. In conducting the study, the

Commission must solicit the views of

the public as well as Commission

registrants, registered entitles,2 and

registered futures associations. The

study must be completed by December

21, 2001 (which is one year from the

date of enactment of the CFMA) and a

report of the results of the study,

including an analysis of comments

received, must be transmitted to the

Commission’s Congressional oversight

committees, the Committee on

Agriculture of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of

the Senate. The Commission is

publishing this notice of solicitation of

comments to assist it in conducting the

study.

Persons wishing to comment should

organize their comments as follows: (1)

Identify by section number, rule

number, or Federal Register citation the

particular provision of the Act, the

Commission’s rules, or the

Commission’s orders, respectively, upon

which comment is being provided; (2)

indicate whether that provision should

be (a) amended, (b) revoked without

replacement, (c) revoked and replaced

with a core principle and statement of

acceptable business practices, or (d)

retained; (3) include the proposed text

of any suggested amendment or core

principle and statement of acceptable

business practices; (4) include a brief

discussion in support of the suggested

action and describe any problems

encountered in complying with the

existing relevant statutory and

regulatory framework; (5) indicate, if

applicable, whether the suggested

change may be made pursuant to the

Commission’s exemptive authority in

Section 4(c) of the Act; and (6) identify

any regulatory functions that the

Commission performs that can be

delegated to a registered futures

association and include a brief

discussion to support such a delegation.

Because of the potential for

conflicting comments, it would aid the

Commission’s analysis if commenters

also indicated the relative importance of

proposed changes. This can be done by

ranking them in priority order or, at

least, by categorizing them in some

fashion, e.g., high priority, medium

priority, and low priority.

Commenters should be aware that the

Commission intends, as it has stated

previously, to repropose and readopt

those provisions of the New Regulatory

Framework relating to intermediaries

that were adopted and then withdrawn

last year that are not affected by the

CFMA, with any necessary technical,

conforming changes. These new rules

and rule amendments address, among

other things, the definition of the term

‘‘principal,’’ the addition of a principal,

certified financial reports, ethics

training, disclosure, account opening

procedures, trading standards, reporting

requirements, and offsetting positions.3

Commenters should also be aware that

the Commission has already delegated

to a registered futures association

certain functions concerning registration

processing and statutory

disqualification, financial monitoring

and auditing, review of sales practices,

review of CPO and CTA Disclosure

Documents, and matters related to

foreign futures and options.

Commenters are reminded that all

comments will be available for public

inspection and copying and will be

posted on the Commission’s website,

www.cftc.gov. The Commission also

requests that any commenter that is a

Commission registrant identify itself as

such and include its registration

category. Following a review of

comments received, the Commission or

its staff may conduct follow-up

discussions with interested parties.

Issued by the Commission in Washington,

DC on June 13, 2001.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

(ROTC) Program Subcommittee

AGENCY: U.S. Army Cadet Command,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In Accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (U.S.C., App. 2)

announcement is made of the following

Committee meeting:

Name of Committee: Reserve Officers’

Training Corps (ROTC) Program

Subcommittee.

Place: Pentagon, Washington, DC.

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Date(s): July 15–17, 2001.

Time: 8 a.m.–5 p.m., July 16, 2001; 8

A.M.–Noon, July 17, 2001.

Proposed Agenda: Review and

discuss status of Army ROTC since the

February 2001 meeting held in

Hampton, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander, HQ U.S. Army Cadet

Command, ATTN: ATCC–TT (MAJ

Hewitt), Fort Monroe, VA 23651.

Telephone number is (757) 788–5456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting is open to the public. Any

interested person may attend, appear

before, or file statements with the

committee.

Luz D. Ortiz,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability for Non-Exclusive,

Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive

Licensing of U.S. Patent Concerning

Methods for Production of Antigens

Under Control of TemperatureRegulated Promoters in Enteric

Bacteria

AGENCY: U.S. Army Medical Research

and Materiel Command, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.6, announcement is made of the

availability for licensing of U.S. Patent

Serial No. 5,698,416 entitled ‘‘Methods

for Production of Antigens Under

Control of Temperature-Regulated

Promoters in Enteric Bacteria’’ issued

December 16, 1997. This patent

application has been assigned to the

United States Government as

represented by the Secretary of the

Army.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army

Medical Research and Materiel

Command, ATTN: Command Judge

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street,

Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702–5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth Arwine,

Patent Attorney, (301) 619–7808. For

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of

Research & Technology Assessment,

(301) 619–6664. Both at telefax (301)

619–5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Production of proteins in bacteria

containing DNA sequences encoding

proteins under the control of a

temperature-regulated promoter is

improved by growing the organisms at

temperatures of less than 35 °C until the

late logarithmic phase. Thereafter the

temperature may be raised to 36 °C to

39 °C. Antigens produced by the method

of invention may be used as vaccines, as

means for measuring efficacy of

vaccines, as probes to detect antigens

from clinical samples and for

biochemical characterizations of

antigens.

Luz D. Ortiz,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

(SEIS) in Conjunction With Proposed

Flood Control Measures (Levee 37) on

the Upper Des Plaines River at Mount

Prospect in Cook County, IL

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The project involves

proposed construction of flood control

measures along the Upper Des Plaines

River at Prospect Heights and Mount

Prospect in Cook County, Illinois.

Alternatives under consideration

include earthen levees, concrete

floodwalls, and temporary road

closures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Keith Ryder, (312) 353–6400 ext. 2020;

U.S. Corps of Engineers, Suite 600, 111

North Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60606–

7206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEIS

will document changes to the

recommended plan (pertinent to the

Levee 37 Project Area) originally

proposed in the 1999 environmental

impact statement.

Luz D. Ortiz,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August

21, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) Is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: June 18, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Office.

Office of Student Financial Assistance

Programs

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Title: Lender’s Request for Payment of

Interest and Special Allowance (JS)*.

Frequency: Quarterly, Annually.