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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 3038-0023	ICR Reference No: 201210-3038-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201203-3038-004
Agency/Subagency: CFTC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors: Amendments to Compliance Obligations
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/18/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/15/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2015	03/31/2015	03/31/2015
Responses	78,109	0	78,109
Time Burden (Hours)	7,030	0	7,030
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	78,109	78,109
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,030	7,030
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission believes that the amendments to the exclusions and exemptions available to commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors under sections 4.5, 4.13, and 4.14 align with the intent and purpose of the Dodd-Frank Act. Requiring registration of entities engaged in more than a de minimis amount of commodity interest trading will result in greater transparency with respect to derivatives market participants.