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1 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 

(b)(3)(vi). 

2 18 U.S.C. 202(a). 

of an anomaly in a system; and (4) the 

financial insolvency of the licensee. The 

existing IC already allows for the 

collection of this information, the 

collection of which is required by 

statute and regulations. The LNF will 

ease the burden on licensees when 

reporting this already-required 

information. The LNF may be submitted 

electronically through the NOAA 

website throughout the term of a 

license. The LNF information received 

is used to record events in the lifecycle 

of the system and to help determine if 

modifications to a license are required. 

The LNF ensures that only required 

information is submitted, thereby 

reducing unnecessary paperwork and/or 

follow-up correspondence. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Once per year. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Land Remote Sensing 

Policy Act of 1992, 51 U.S.C. 60101 et 

seq; and 15 CFR part 960—Licensing of 

Private Remote Sensing Space Systems. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0174. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Request 

a New Collection: Qualification 

Information for Candidates to Advisory 

Committees and Subcommittees 

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 qualification information 

for advisory committee and 

subcommittee candidates 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, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by subject matter 

‘‘Qualification Information for 

Candidates to Advisory Committees and 

Subcommittees,’’ and by any of the 

following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at http://

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 

https://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Ghim, Legal Division, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1151 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581; (202) 418–5667; email: FACA@

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 

obtain or report information. 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, 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

notice of the proposed 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.1

Title: ‘‘Qualification Information for 

Candidates to Advisory Committees and 

Subcommittees.’’ This is a request for a 

new OMB control number. 

Abstract: The CFTC’s advisory 

committees were created to provide 

input and make recommendations to the 

Commission on a variety of regulatory 

and market issues that affect the 

integrity and competitiveness of U.S. 

derivatives markets. The committees 

facilitate communication between the 

Commission and U.S. derivatives 

markets, trading firms, market 

participants, and end users. The CFTC 

currently has five advisory committees. 

The Energy and Environmental Markets 

Advisory Committee was established by 

the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

Consumer Protection Act, Public Law 

111–203, and subsequently codified in 

the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 

1 et seq., at 7 U.S.C. 2(a)(15), and is not 

subject to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92– 

463 codified as 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The 

Agricultural Advisory Committee, 

Global Markets Advisory Committee, 

Market Risk Advisory Committee, and 

the Technology Advisory Committee are 

discretionary committees under the 

FACA. The Commission also establishes 

subcommittees that report to advisory 

committees as needed. Advisory 

committee and subcommittee members 

are generally representatives, but 

depending on the issues to be 

addressed, the Commission will appoint 

special government employees and 

officials from other federal agencies 

from time to time. Representatives 

provide the viewpoints of entities or 

recognizable groups, and they are 

expected to represent a particular and 

known bias. On the other hand, special 

government employees are expected to 

provide their own independent 

judgment in committee deliberations 

and are expected to discuss and 

deliberate in a manner that is free from 

conflicts of interest.2 Advisory 

committee and subcommittee members 

generally serve 2, 3 or 4-year terms, and 

appointments are made following the 

establishment of a new subcommittee or 

as committee or subcommittee 

vacancies arise. 

The CFTC identifies candidates for 

advisory committee and subcommittee 

membership through a variety of 

methods, including public requests for 

nominations; recommendations from 

existing advisory committee members; 


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3Appendix A to Subpart C of 41 CFR 102–3, the 

Federal Advisory Committee Management Final 

Rule notes that the FACA (5 U.S.C. App. 2) does 

not specify the manner in which advisory 

committee members and staff must be appointed. 

4See, OGE DO–04X9, DO–04–022, and DO–05– 

012. 5 17 CFR 145.9. 

consultations with knowledgeable 

persons outside the CFTC (industry, 

consumer groups, other state or federal 

government agencies, academia, etc.); 

requests to be represented received from 

individuals and organizations; and 

Commissioners’ and CFTC staff’s 

professional knowledge of those 

experienced in the derivatives and 

underlying commodities markets. 

Following the identification process, the 

CFTC develops a list of proposed 

members with the relevant points of 

view needed to ensure membership 

balance. The Commission then votes to 

appoint individuals, or specified 

organizations, to serve.3

The collection of information is 

necessary to support the CFTC Advisory 

Committee Program which includes 

committees, most of which are governed 

by the FACA, and subcommittees that 

report directly to the CFTC FACA 

committees, as noted above. Pursuant to 

the FACA, an agency must ensure that 

a committee is balanced with respect to 

the viewpoints represented and the 

functions to be performed by that 

committee. Consistent with this, in 

order to select individuals for potential 

membership on an advisory committee, 

the CFTC must determine that potential 

members are qualified to serve on an 

advisory committee and that the 

viewpoints are properly balanced on the 

committee. The CFTC is also required to 

ensure that committee members are 

properly designated as special 

government employees or 

representatives.4 While CFTC 

subcommittees are not subject to the 

FACA, the selection process for 

subcommittee members who are not 

already serving on the parent committee 

is similar to that of new committee 

members. Additionally, the agency 

follows similar member selection 

procedures for the agency’s non-FACA 

committee. 

CFTC staff would use the information 

collected to determine the experience 

and expertise of potential advisory 

committee and subcommittee members, 

ensure that the membership on a 

committee or subcommittee is balanced, 

and ensure that committee and 

subcommittee members are properly 

designated as representatives or special 

government employees. 

The CFTC seeks to collect the 

following information: Information that 

supports an individual’s experience and 

expertise to serve on an advisory 

committee or subcommittee, including 

letters of interest, recommendation 

letters, nomination letters (including 

self-nominations), resumes, curriculum 

vitae or other similar biographical 

information document. Additionally, 

information that ensures membership 

balance (e.g., represented viewpoint 

category) and appropriate designation of 

an individual as either a representative 

or special government employee. 

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. 

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.5

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 as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

91. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per 

Respondent: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 91 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: As needed. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: May 12, 2022. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services (DACOWITS) 

will take place. 

DATES: Day 1—Open to the public 

Thursday, June 23, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

videoconference. Participant access 

information will be provided after 

registering. (Pre-meeting registration is 

required. See guidance in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, ‘‘Meeting 

Accessibility’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COL 

Seana Jardin, (571) 232–7415 (voice), 

seana.m.jardin.mil@mail.mil (email). 

Website: https://dacowits.defense.gov. 

The most up-to-date changes to the 

meeting agenda can be found on the 

website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting: Additional information, 

including the agenda or any updates to 

the agenda, is available at the 

DACOWITS website, https://

dacowits.defense.gov/. Materials 


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