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surrounding the respective island(s). For
each FMP, the actions considered would
incorporate existing management
measures such as seasonal and area
closures and revise other measures such
as the species to be managed, stock/
stock complex composition,
management reference points,
accountability measures, description of
essential fish habitat for stocks new to
Federal management, and updated
framework procedures, as deemed
necessary by the Council.
NMFS has reassessed the actions in
each FMP relative to NEPA and its
requirements and has preliminarily
determined that the proposed actions
would not significantly affect the
quality of the human environment and
that draft EISs were not required. As a
result of this determination, NMFS, in
collaboration with the Council, will
develop a draft EA for each new FMP
rather than proceeding with the
development of draft EISs. The Council
held public hearings to discuss the
actions included in each FMP in Puerto
Rico on April 1–3, 2019, in St. Thomas
on April 3, 2019, and in St. Croix on
April 4, 2019 (84 FR 9099, March 13,
2019), and will also take public
comment on the document at the April
2019 Council meeting in San Juan,
Puerto Rico. Exact dates, times, and
locations of any future public hearings
will be announced by the Council and
will be posted to their website at:
https://www.caribbeanfmc.com/
meeting-documents.
NMFS will announce, through a
document published in the Federal
Register, all public comment periods on
the final FMPs, their proposed
implementing regulations, and the
availability of the associated EAs. NMFS
will consider all public comments
received, whether they are on the final
FMP, the proposed regulations, or the
EA, prior to final agency action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 3, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection 3038–0009, Large Trader
Reports
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

Notice.

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed collection of
certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (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 in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on large trader
reports and related forms.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control No. 3038–
0009 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
http://www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Lave, Associate Director,
Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5983; email:
jlave@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(c) 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 CFTC is publishing
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notice of the proposed collection of
information listed below.
Title: Large Trader Reports (OMB
Control No. 3038–0009). This is a
request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: The reporting rules covered
by OMB control number 3038–0009
(‘‘the Collection’’) are structured to
ensure that the Commission receives
adequate information to carry out its
market and financial surveillance
programs. The market surveillance
programs analyze market information to
detect and prevent market disruptions
and enforce speculative position limits.
The financial surveillance programs
combine market information with
financial data to assess the financial
risks presented by large customer
positions to Commission registrants and
clearing organizations.
The reporting rules are implemented
by the Commission partly pursuant to
the authority of Sections 4a, 4c(b), 4g,
and 4i of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Section 4a of the Act permits the
Commission to set, approve exchangeset, and enforce speculative position
limits. Section 4c(b) of the Act gives the
Commission plenary authority to
regulate transactions that involve
commodity options. Section 4g of the
Act imposes reporting and
recordkeeping obligations on registered
entities and registrants (including
futures commission merchants (FCMs),
introducing brokers, floor brokers, or
floor traders), and requires each
registrant to file such reports as the
Commission may require on proprietary
and customer positions executed on any
board of trade in the United States or
elsewhere. Lastly, section 4i of the Act
requires the filing of such reports as the
Commission may require when
positions made or obtained on
designated contract markets or
derivatives transaction execution
facilities equal or exceed Commissionset levels.
With respect to the following
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

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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.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 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 ICR 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 0.26 hour per response, on average.
These estimates include the time to
locate the information related to the
exemptions and to file necessary
exemption paperwork. There are
approximately 74,418 responses
annually, thus the estimated total
annual burden on respondents is 19,676
hours.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Large
Traders, Clearing Members, Contract
Markets, and other entities affected by
Commission regulations 16.00 and 17.00
as well as Parts 19 and 21.
Estimated number of respondents:
480.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 19,676 hours.
Frequency of collection: Periodically.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.

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(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: April 3, 2019.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection Number 3038–0078,
Conflicts of Interest Policies and
Procedures by Futures Commission
Merchants and Introducing Brokers
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice.

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or
‘‘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 Commission
regulation 1.71 (Conflicts of interest
policies and procedures by futures
commission merchants and introducing
brokers).

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before June 10, 2019.

DATES:

You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘Conflicts of Interest
Policies and Procedures by Futures
Commission Merchants and Introducing
Brokers,’’ and OMB Control No. 3038–
0078 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 http://
www.cftc.gov.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacob Chachkin, Special Counsel,
Division of Swap Dealer and
Intermediary Oversight, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, (202)
418–5496; email: jchachkin@cftc.gov.

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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 CFTC is publishing
notice of the proposed collection of
information listed below.
Title: Conflicts of Interest Policies and
Procedures by Futures Commission
Merchants and Introducing Brokers
(OMB Control No. 3038–0078). This is
a request for an extension of a 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) 2 pursuant to section 4d(c) 3 of
the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’).
Commission regulation 1.71 requires
generally that, among other things,
futures commission merchants
(‘‘FCM’’) 4 and introducing brokers
(‘‘IB’’) 5 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.6 The
Commission believes that the
information collection obligations
imposed by Commission Regulation
1.71 are essential (i) to 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) to
the effective evaluation of these
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
CFR 1.71.
3 7 U.S.C. 6d(c).
4 For the definition of FCM, see section 1a(28) of
the CEA and Commission regulation 1.3. 7 U.S.C.
1a(28) and 17 CFR 1.3.
5 For the definition of IB, see section 1a(31) of the
CEA and Commission regulation 1.3. 7 U.S.C.
1a(31) and 17 CFR 1.3.
6 See 17 CFR 1.71.
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