Notice2026-08537
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
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Published
May 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23407-23408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08537]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 June 1, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this
notice's publication to OIRA, at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. In addition to the submission of comments to <a href="https://Reginfo.gov">https://Reginfo.gov</a> 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 any of the following methods:
<bullet> <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and
press the ``Search'' button, then proceed as follows:
1. Under Refine Documents Results--check the box to ``Only show
documents open for comment'';
2. Under Agency--select ``See More'' and check the box for
``Commodity Futures Trading Commission,'' then press the Apply button;
3. Identify this notice in the list of CFTC documents open for
comment, press the ``Comment'' button to open the submission form, and
follow the instructions on the form.
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Alternatively, if you are viewing this notice on
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov">www.federalregister.gov</a>, click the ``Submit A Public Comment'' button
at the top of the page to open the comment form. Follow the
instructions on the form to submit your comment to <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>.
<bullet> Mail: Send to--Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
<bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Address to--CFTC Comment
Submission, Attn: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
Please submit your comments using only one of these methods. To
avoid possible delays with mail or in-person deliveries, submissions
through <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> are encouraged.
All comments must be submitted in English or, if not, accompanied
by an English translation. Do not include in your comment text or
attachments any personal identifying information or business
information that you do not want published online. Comments (regardless
of submission method) will be published without review for, and without
removal of, any personal identifying information or information your
business may consider confidential.
If you wish to submit confidential information for the Commission's
consideration, please contact the CFTC personnel listed in this Notice
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT before making any submission.
Please also carefully review the Commission's procedures in 17 CFR
145.9 for requesting confidential treatment under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) of information submitted to the Commission.
The CFTC reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to
review, pre-screen, filter, or redact all or any part of your comment
submission. The CFTC also reserves the right, without further
notification, to refuse to publish or to remove from public view all or
any part of your submission to the extent it contains content
inappropriate for publication in a comment file, such as--without
limitation--obscene language, threats of violence, solicitations for
commercial sales or illegal activity, or obvious spam. If a submission
that is refused for or withdrawn from publication because of
inappropriate content also contains comments on the merits of this
notice, such submission will be retained in the record for the matter
and will be considered as required under the Administrative Procedure
Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and other applicable laws, and may be
accessible under the FOIA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Smith, Division of Market
Oversight, 202-418-5344, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e795948a8e938fa784819384c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7604051b1f021e361510021558111900">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Part 150, Position Limits, (OMB Control No. 3038-0013). This
is a request for extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') section 4a directs the
Commission to establish limits on speculative positions, as the
Commission determines to be necessary, to prevent the harms caused by
excessive speculation. This Position Limits collection of information
(OMB Control No. 3038-0013) includes collections of information
required under both the Final Rule and the Aggregation Rule (as each
Rule is defined below).
In 2021, the Commission issued a final rule on position limits that
implemented CEA section 4a and established the Commission's new
position limits regime found in part 150 of the Commission's
Regulations (``Final Rule'').\1\ The Final Rule, among other things,
included: new and amended Federal spot-month limits for the 25 core
referenced futures contracts; (2) amended Federal non-spot limits for
the nine legacy agricultural contracts subject to existing Federal
position limits; (3) amended rules governing exchange-set limit levels
and grants of exemptions therefrom; (4) an amended process for
requesting certain spread exemptions and non-enumerated bona fide hedge
recognitions for purposes of Federal position limits directly from the
Commission; (5) a new streamlined process for recognizing non-
enumerated bona fide hedge positions from Federal limit requirements;
and (6) amendments to part 19 of the Commission's Regulations and
related provisions that eliminated certain reporting obligations that
require traders to submit a Form 204 and Parts I and II of Form 304.
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\1\ See ``Position Limits for Derivatives,'' 86 FR 3236 (Jan.
24, 2021).
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Separately, in 2016 the Commission issued a final rule amending
Commission Regulation 150.4, which sets forth requirements regarding
the aggregation of positions subject to federal position limits (the
``Aggregation Rule'').\2\ Among other things, Regulation 150.4 includes
standards for the aggregation of accounts and procedures for seeking an
exemption from position aggregation requirements under the Commission's
federal position limits.
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\2\ See ``Aggregation of Positions,'' 81 FR 91454 (Dec. 16,
2016). The position aggregation requirements set forth in Regulation
150.4 are the subject of no-action letter 25-21 and have been the
subject of similar no-action positions since the rule's effective
date. As such, as of the date of this notice, market participants do
not submit the reports set forth in Regulation 150.4. Accordingly,
all collections of information and related burden estimates under
Regulation 150.4 are hypothetical.
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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.\3\ On February 2, 2026, 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, 91 FR 4507 (``60-Day
Notice''). The Commission did not receive any relevant comments on the
60-Day Notice.
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\3\ 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 (b)(3)(vi).
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Burden Statement: The Commission anticipates that there will
continue to be approximately 776 respondents and the hourly burden will
remain the same as provided in the 60-Day Notice. The respondent burden
for this collection is estimated to be as follows:
Estimated number of respondents: 776.
Estimated average burden hours per respondent: 15.14 hours.
Estimated total annual burden hours for all respondents: 11,748
hours.
Frequency of Collection: As needed.
There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: April 29, 2026.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2026-08537 Filed 4-30-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-P
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