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• Burden Statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
be 0.5 hours per response.
• Respondents/Affected Entities:
Individuals.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
600 per year.
• Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 300 hours.
• Frequency of Collection: Once.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: February 6, 2018.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018–02615 Filed 2–8–18; 8:45 am]

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend
Collection 3038–0095; Large Trader
Reporting for Physical Commodity
Swaps
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed extension 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
information collection requirements set
out in part 20 of the Commission’s
regulations concerning large trader
reporting for physical commodity
swaps.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘3038–0095’’ 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.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov/. Follow the

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Owen J. Kopon, Special Counsel,
Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5360; email:
[email protected].
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. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid
OMB control number. To comply with
this requirement, the CFTC is
publishing notice of the proposed
collection of information listed below.
Title: Large Trader Reporting for
Physical Commodity Swaps, (OMB
Control No. 3038–0095). This is a
request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: Part 20 of the Commission’s
regulations (‘‘Reporting Rules’’) requires
clearing organizations and any persons
that are ‘‘reporting entities’’ to file
swaps position data with the
Commission. The Reporting Rules
collect clearing member reports from
clearing organizations. The Reporting
Rules also require position reports from
reporting entities for principal and
counterparty positions in cleared and
uncleared physical commodity swaps.
Reporting entities are those persons that
are either ‘‘clearing members’’ or ‘‘swap
dealers’’ that are otherwise not clearing
members. For purposes of part 20,
reporting parties are required to submit
data on positions on a futures
equivalent basis so as to allow the
Commission to assess a trader’s market
impact across differently structured but
linked derivatives instruments and
markets. This renewal updates the total

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instructions for submitting comments
through the Portal.
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
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requested burden based on available
reported data.
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.
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. 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 annual respondent burden for
this collection during the renewal
period is estimated to be as follows:
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,824.
• Estimated Average Annual Burden
Hours per Respondent: 1.55.
• Estimated Total Annual Number of
Responses: 56,088.
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• Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 86,902.
• Type of Respondents: Respondents
may include clearing organizations,
persons that are clearing members or
swap dealers that are reporting entities,
and large swap counterparties.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: February 5, 2018.
Robert N. Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018–02572 Filed 2–8–18; 8:45 am]
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Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket DARS–2018–0005]

Opportunity for Public Comment on
Proposed Definition of ‘‘Procurement
Administrative Lead Time’’ or ‘‘PALT’’
and the Plan for Measuring and
Publically Reporting Data on PALT for
Department of Defense Contracts and
Task Orders Above the Simplified
Acquisition Threshold
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System (DARS), Department
of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with section
886 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018,
DoD is requesting public comments on
a proposed definition of ‘‘Procurement
Administrative Lead Time’’ or ‘‘PALT’’,
that will be applied DoD-wide, and
DoD’s plan for measuring and publicly
reporting data on PALT for DoD
contracts and task orders above the
simplified acquisition threshold.
DATES: Interested parties should submit
written comments to the address shown
below on or before March 12, 2018, to
be considered.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by ‘‘DARS–2018–0005’’ using
any of the following methods:
Æ Regulations.gov: http://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
entering ‘‘DARS–2018–0005’’ under the
heading ‘‘Enter keyword or ID’’ and
selecting ‘‘Search.’’ Select the link
‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds
with ‘‘DARS–2018–0005.’’ Follow the
instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ screen. Please include your
name, company name (if any), and
‘‘DARS–2018–0005’’ on your attached
document.

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Mr.

Greg Snyder, Senior Procurement
Analyst, Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)), Defense
Procurement and Acquisition Policy,
Contract Policy and International
Contracting; telephone 703–614–0719.
Section
886 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
(Pub. L. 115–91), requires DoD to
develop and make available for public
comment a definition of the term
‘‘Procurement Administrative Lead
Time’’ or ‘‘PALT’’ and a plan for
measuring and publicly reporting data
on PALT for DoD contracts and task
orders above the simplified acquisition
threshold. DoD is proposing to define
PALT as ‘‘the time between the date on
which the initial solicitation for a
contract or task order of the Department
of Defense is issued and the date of the
award of the contract or task order.’’ The
Department plans to use Federal
Procurement Data System—Next
Generation (FPDS–NG), the
authoritative source for
Governmentwide contract award data,
to measure PALT and make PALT data
available to the public. The Department
plans to submit a Change Control Board
request to the General Services
Administration to update FPDS–NG by
adding a new data field that reflects
when the solicitation for a contract or
task order valued above the simplified
acquisition threshold is issued. Once
the FPDS–NG system is updated
(estimated to be completed in fiscal year
2019), the public will be able to utilize
FPDS–NG to obtain the PALT
information for any contract or task
order issued by the DoD that is valued
above the simplified acquisition
threshold. The public is invited to
submit comments on this proposed
definition and the plan as instructed in
the addresses section of this notice.

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Æ Mail: Defense Procurement and
Acquisition Policy, Attn: Mr. Greg
Snyder, 3060 Defense Pentagon, Room
5E621, Washington, DC 20301–3060.

Jennifer L. Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2018–02599 Filed 2–8–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Charter Amendment of Department of
Defense Federal Advisory Committees
AGENCY:

Department of Defense.

Amendment of Federal
Advisory Committee.

ACTION:

The Department of Defense
(DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that it is amending the charter
for the Defense Acquisition University
Board of Visitors, the Defense Science
Board, the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program
Scientific Advisory Board, and the
Threat Reduction Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY:

Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Each
committee’s charter is being amended in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102–3.50(d). Pursuant to statutory
changes that took effect on February 1,
2018, the DoD disestablished the Office
of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
(OUSD(AT&L)), and established the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Sustainment
(OUSD(A&S)) and the Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). The DoD
is amending the charters for each of
these advisory committees to reflect a
change in the committee’s DoD Sponsor.
The USD(A&S) will be the DoD Sponsor
for the Defense Acquisition University
Board of Visitors, and the Threat
Reduction Advisory Committee. The
USD(R&E) will be the DoD Sponsor for
the Defense Science Board, and the
Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program Scientific
Advisory Board. The amended charter
and contact information for the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) can be
obtained at http://
www.facadatabase.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: February 6, 2018.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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