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required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable
laws, and may be accessible under the
Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Charnisky, Market Analyst,
Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (312) 596–0630; email:
acharnisky@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: ‘‘Copies of Crop and Market
Information Reports,’’ OMB Control No.
3038–0015. This is a request for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The information collected
pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR 1.40, is in
the public interest and is necessary for
market surveillance. Manipulation of
commodity futures prices is a violation
of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).
Section 9(a)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C.
13(a)(2)) prohibits the dissemination of
false or misleading or knowingly
inaccurate reports that affect or tend to
affect the prices of commodities. In
order to facilitate the enforcement of
this provision, Commission regulation
1.40 requires that members of an
exchange and FCMs provide upon
request copies of any report published
or given general circulation which
concerns crop or market information
that affects or tends to affect the price
of any commodity.
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 On November 27,
2020, the Commission published in the
Federal Register notice of the proposed
extension of this information collection
and provided 60 days for public
comment on the proposed extension, 76
FR 60810 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The
Commission did not receive any
comments on the 60-Day Notice.
Burden Statement: The respondents’
burden for this collection is estimated to
be as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Respondent: 0.17.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1.7 hours.3
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
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estimated total annual burden hours remain
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Dated: January 22, 2021.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of this
notice’s publication to OIRA, at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the website’s
search function. Comments can be
entered electronically by clicking on the
‘‘comment’’ button next to the
information collection on the ‘‘OIRA
Information Collections Under Review’’
page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency
Submission’’ page. A copy of the
supporting statement for the collection
of information discussed herein may be
obtained by visiting https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of
comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments
submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking
on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to
the descriptive entry for OMB Control
No. 3038–0026, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/
PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
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1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
All comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments
submitted to the Commission should
include 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, prescreen, 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
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Bretscher, Market Participants
Division, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (312) 596–0529; email:
mbretscher@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0026.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Gross Collection of ExchangeSet Margins for Omnibus Accounts
(OMB Control No. 3038–0026). This is
a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: Commission Regulation 1.58
requires futures commission merchants
to collect exchange-set margin for
omnibus accounts on a gross, rather
than a net, basis. The regulation
provides that the carrying FCM need not
collect margin for positions traded by a
person through an omnibus account in
excess of the amount that would be
required if the same person, instead of
trading through an omnibus account,
maintained its own account with the
carrying FCM. To prevent abuse of this
exception to the regulation, a carrying
FCM must maintain a written
representation from the originating FCM
or foreign broker that the particular
positions held in the omnibus account
are part of a hedge or spread transaction.
This collection of information is
necessary in order to provide
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documentation that can be inspected
with regard to questions of proper
compliance with gross margining
requirements. This rule is promulgated
pursuant to the Commission’s
rulemaking authority contained in
Sections 4c, 4d, 4f, 4g and 8a of the
Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 6c,
6d, 6f, 6g and 12a.
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. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on
November 27, 2020 (85 FR 76037) (‘‘60Day Notice’’). The Commission did not
receive any relevant comments on the
60-Day Notice.
Burden Statement: The Commission
is revising its estimate of the burden due
to the reduced number of futures
commission merchants in the industry.
The respondent burden for this
collection is estimated to be as follows:
Respondents/Affected Entities: 53.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
212.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: January 25, 2021.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021–01911 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351–01–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Renew
Collection 3038–0082, Whistleblower
Provision
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 1, 2021.
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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of this
notice’s publication to OIRA, at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the website’s
search function. Comments can be
entered electronically by clicking on the
‘‘comment’’ button next to the
information collection on the ‘‘OIRA
Information Collections Under Review’’
page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency
Submission’’ page. A copy of the
supporting statement for the collection
of information discussed herein may be
obtained by visiting https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of
comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments
submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking
on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to
the descriptive entry for OMB Control
No. 3038–0082, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/
PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
• 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.
All comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments
submitted to the Commission should
include 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, prescreen, 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
ICR will be retained in the public
comment file and will be considered as
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required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable
laws, and may be accessible under the
Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Ehrman, Director,
Whistleblower Office, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, (202)
418–7650; email: cehrman@cftc.gov,
and refer to OMB Control No. 3038–
0082.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: The Whistleblower Provision of
Section 23 of the Commodity Exchange
Act (OMB Control No. 3038–0082). This
is a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: 17 CFR 165.3(a) requires the
submission of information to the
Commission on a Form TCR. The Form
TCR, ‘‘Tip, Complaint, or Referral,’’ and
the instructions thereto, are designed to
capture basic identifying information
about a complainant and elicit sufficient
information to determine whether the
conduct alleged suggests a violation of
the Commodity Exchange Act. 17 CFR
165.7(b)(1) requires the submission of
information to the Commission on a
Form WB–APP. The Form WB–APP,
‘‘Application for Award for Original
Information Provided Pursuant to
Section 23 of the Commodity Exchange
Act,’’ and the instructions thereto, are
designed to elicit sufficient information
to determine whether and to what
extent a claimant qualifies for a
whistleblower award.
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 On November 24,
2020, the Commission published in the
Federal Register notice of the proposed
extension of this information collection
and provided 60 days for public
comment on the proposed extension, 85
FR 74995 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The
Commission received no relevant
comments.
Burden Statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
be as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
900 per year.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Respondent: 0.5 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 450 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
2 See

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