60-Day Federal Register Notice

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proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before December 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
xxxx in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Peter
Rogers, Warning Coordination
Meteorologist, National Weather Service
Sioux Falls Weather Forecast Office, 26
Weather Lane, Sioux Falls, SD 57104,
605–330–4247, [email protected]
or Dr. Julie Demuth, Project Scientist,
National Center for Atmospheric
Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder,
CO 80301, 303–497–8112, jdemuth@
ucar.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for a new collection
of information.
For decades, the National Weather
Service (NWS) has provided
deterministic (i.e., single-value)
snowfall forecasts or snowfall
uncertainty forecasts with set, narrow
ranges (i.e., 2–4, 4–6 inches). More
recent advancements in model
ensembles have allowed for the
calculation of probabilistic snowfall
information. This forecast information
can be messaged in a number of ways,
for example, as the probability a
location will receive some amount of
snowfall, or as the probability the
snowfall will be within a certain range.
While statistically more accurate, it is
unknown if probabilistic snowfall
forecasts are understood or helpful to
the end user in their decision making
process.
The NWS and National Center for
Atmospheric Research will work
together to conduct a survey across the
NWS Central Region to determine
different core partners’ needs,
preferences, understanding, and
usefulness regarding probabilistic snow
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this effort are emergency managers,
school officials, and transportation
officials. The survey will be hosted as a
web-based survey through QuestionPro
and will be electronically distributed to
core partners by local NWS forecast
offices across the Central Region in early
2022.
Results from this survey will be used
to determine how probabilistic snowfall
information will be used in future NWS
products and services with the ultimate
goal of providing information in a way
that improves core partners’ ability to
make informed decisions for the
protection of life and property.
II. Method of Collection
We will program and field the survey
as web-based, using QuestionPro. All
NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs)
in the Central Region will be invited to
send the survey via email to their
emergency management, transportation,
and school partners. A short invitation
script will be provided to all WFO
Warning Coordination Meteorologists to
send the survey. The survey will remain
open for three weeks, and we will ask
WCMs to send one reminder halfway
through that period (i.e., after 10 days).
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
[new information collection].
Affected Public: Local (city or
county), state, tribal, federal, and
college/university emergency managers,
local school principals,
superintendents, transportation
directors, and maintenance officials,
and city, regional, or state transportation
officials.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300.
Estimated Time per Response: 10–12
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 60 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: None.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
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be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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 Renew
Collection, Rules Relating to Review of
National Futures Association
Decisions in Disciplinary, Membership
Denial, Registration, and Member
Responsibility Actions
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice.

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) is announcing an
opportunity for public comments 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 rules relating to review of
National Futures Association decisions
in disciplinary, membership denial,
registration, and member responsibility
actions.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before December 27, 2021.

DATES:

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You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–
0043’’ 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 J. 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:
Melissa Chiang, Senior Assistant
General Counsel, Office of General
Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5578; email:
[email protected].
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: Rules Relating to Review of
National Futures Association Decisions
in Disciplinary, Membership Denial,
Registration, and Member
Responsibility Actions (OMB Control
No. 3038–0043). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: 17 CFR part 171 rules
require a registered futures association
to provide fair and orderly procedures
for membership and disciplinary

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ADDRESSES:

1 The

OMB control numbers for the CFTC’s
regulations were published on December 30, 1981.
See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981).

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actions. The Commission’s review of
decisions of registered futures
associations in disciplinary,
membership denial, registration, and
member responsibility actions is
governed by Section 17(h)(2) of the
Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C.
21(h)(2). The rules establish procedures
and standards for Commission review of
such actions, and the reporting
requirements included in the procedural
rules are either directly required by
Section 17 of the Commodity Exchange
Act or are necessary to the type of
appellate review role Congress intended
the Commission to undertake when it
adopted that provision.
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
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.
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Burden Statement: The estimated
annual respondent burden for this
collection is set forth below.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Individuals or entities filing appeals
from disciplinary and membership
decisions by National Futures
Association.
Estimated number of respondents per
year: 1.
Estimated average burden hour(s) per
response: 1 hour.3
Estimated number of annual
responses per respondent: 3.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondent(s): 3 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: October 22, 2021.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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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 November 29, 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
SUMMARY:

3 This estimate includes the time needed to
transmit decisions of disciplinary, membership
denial, registration, and member responsibility
actions to the Commission for review.

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