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1 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

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

(b)(3)(vi). 

3 17 CFR 1.71. 

4 7 U.S.C. 6d(c). 

5 77 FR 20198. 

6For the definition of FCM, see section 1a(28) of 

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

1a(49) and 17 CFR 1.3. 

7For the definitions of IB, see section 1a(31) of 

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

1a(33) and 17 CFR 1.3. 

8See 17 CFR 1.71. 

closely related entities) has a financial 

interest. 18 U.S.C. 208. 

• Representation of foreign interests 

may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) 

and 18 U.S.C. 219. 

Meetings of the PPAC and TPAC 

Meetings of each Public Advisory 

Committee will take place at the call of 

the respective Committee Chair to 

consider an agenda set by that Chair. 

Meetings may be conducted in person, 

telephonically, online, or by other 

appropriate means. The meetings of 

each Public Advisory Committee will be 

open to the public, except each Public 

Advisory Committee may, by majority 

vote, meet in an executive session when 

considering personnel, privileged, or 

other confidential information. 

Nominees must have the ability to 

participate in Public Advisory 

Committee business through the 

internet. 

Katherine K. Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11200 Filed 5–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend 

Collection 3038–0078: Conflicts of 

Interest Policies and Procedures by 

Futures Commission Merchants and 

Introducing Brokers 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 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 

collections of information mandated by 

a Commission regulation dealing with 

conflicts of interest policies and 

procedures by futures commission 

merchants and introducing brokers. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘OMB Control Number 

3038–0078’’ 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 

https://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Chapin, Associate Chief 

Counsel, Market Participants Division, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5465, email: 

achapin@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA,1 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 

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.2

Title: Conflicts of Interest Policies and 

Procedures by Futures Commission 

Merchants and Introducing Brokers 

(OMB Control Nos. 3038–0078). This is 

a request for an extension of currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: On April 3, 2012, the 

Commission adopted Commission 

regulation 1.71 (Conflicts of interest 

policies and procedures by futures 

commission merchants and introducing 

brokers) 3 pursuant to sections 4d(c) 4 of 

the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’).5

Commission regulation 1.71 generally 

requires that, among other things, 

generally that, among other things, 

futures commission merchants 

(‘‘FCM’’) 6 and introducing brokers 

(‘‘IB’’) 7 develop conflicts of interest 

procedures and disclosures, adopt and 

implement written policies and 

procedures reasonably designed to 

ensure compliance with their conflicts 

of interest and disclosure obligations, 

and maintain specified records related 

to those requirements.8 The 

Commission believes that the 

information collection obligations 

imposed by Commission regulation 1.71 

are essential to (i) ensuring that FCMs 

and IBs develop and maintain the 

conflicts of interest systems, procedures 

and disclosures required by the CEA, 

and Commission regulations, and (ii) 

the effective evaluation of these 

registrants’ actual compliance with the 

CEA and Commission regulations. 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. 

With respect to the collection of 

information, the Commission 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 

whoare 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 


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9 17 CFR 145.9. 

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

(b)(3)(vi). 

2 17 CFR 145.9. 

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.9

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 to reflect the current 

number of respondents. The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,065. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 44.5. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 47,392. 

Frequency of Collection: As 

applicable. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: May 20, 2022. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11253 Filed 5–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew 

Collection 3038–0012, Futures Volume, 

Open Interest, Price, Deliveries, and 

Exchanges of Futures 

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 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 futures volume, open 

interest, price, deliveries, and 

purchases/sales of futures for 

commodities or for derivatives 

positions. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Futures Volume & Open 

Interest Collection,’’ 3038–0012, 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: 

Adam Charnisky, Market Analyst, 

Division of Market Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (312) 596–0630; email: 

acharnisky@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 

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: Futures Volume, Open Interest, 

Price, Deliveries and Exchanges of 

Futures (OMB Control No. 3038–0012). 

This is a request for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Commission Regulation 

16.01 requires the U.S. futures 

exchanges to publish daily information 

on the items listed in the title of the 

collection. The information required by 

this rule is in the public interest and is 

necessary for market surveillance and 

analysis. This rule is promulgated 

pursuant to the Commission’s 

rulemaking authority contained in 

Section 5 of the Commodity Exchange 

Act, 7 U.S.C. 7 (2010). 

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.2

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 


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