2019-07-25 | 2019-15810

Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements; Extension of Comment Period

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is extending the comment period for its proposed rulemaking regarding swap data repository and data reporting requirements by 90 days. This extension, requested by market participants, moves the deadline from July 29, 2019, to October 28, 2019, to allow interested persons additional time to analyze the proposal. The original notice proposed amendments to update verification, error correction, and operational governance requirements for swap data repositories.

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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 143 / Thursday, July 25, 2019 / Proposed Rules 35847 information only to service providers and third parties who are capable of maintaining the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal information, and who provide assurances that they will do so. a. Have operators implemented sufficient safeguards to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected from a child? b. Is § 312.8 of the Rule clear and adequate? If not, how could it be improved, consistent with the Act’s requirements? Should the Rule include more specific information security requirements, for example to require encryption of certain personal information? I. Safe Harbors 29. Section 312.11(g) of the Rule provides that an operator will be deemed in compliance with the Rule’s requirements if the operator complies with Commission-approved self￾regulatory guidelines (the ‘‘safe harbor’’ process). a. Has the safe harbor process been effective in enhancing compliance with the Rule? b. Should the criteria for Commission approval of a safe harbor program currently enumerated in § 312.11(b) be modified in any way? To what extent should the Commission consider the financial structure and incentives of organizations operating safe harbors? Is there any evidence that the corporate structure of a safe harbor program impacts its effectiveness? Should the Commission consider applying any restrictions on the types of organizations that may operate safe harbors? c. Should § 312.11(g) of the Rule, regarding the Commission’s discretion to initiate an investigation or bring an enforcement action against an operator participating in a safe harbor program, be clarified or modified in any way? d. Should any other changes be made to the criteria for approval of self￾regulatory guidelines, consistent with the Act’s requirements? e. Should the Commission consider any changes to the safe harbor monitoring process, including any changes to promote greater transparency? f. Should the Rule include factors for the Commission to consider in revoking approval for a safe harbor program? IV. Request for Comment You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to consider your comment, we must receive it on or before October 23, 2019. Write ‘‘COPPA Rule Review, 16 CFR part 312, Project No. P195404,’’ on the comment. Your comment, including your name and your state, will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, on the https:// www.regulations.gov website. Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit your comment online. To make sure that the Commission considers your online comment, you must file it at https:// www.regulations.gov by following the instructions on the web-based form. If you file your comment on paper, write ‘‘COPPA Rule Review, 16 CFR part 312, Project No. P195404,’’ on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex B), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex B), Washington, DC 20024. If possible, please submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service. Because your comments will be placed on the publicly accessible website, https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else’s Social Security number, date of birth, driver’s license number or other state identification number or foreign country equivalent, passport number, financial account number, or credit or debit card number. You are also solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment should not include any ‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or confidential’’—as provided in Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (‘‘FTC Act’’), 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)— including in particular competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names. Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). In particular, the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comments to be withheld from the public record. Your comment will be kept confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has been posted publicly at www.regulations.gov—as legally required by FTC Rule 4.9(c)—we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC website, unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel grants the request. Visit the FTC website to read this Notice and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that it receives on or before October 23, 2019. For information on the Commission’s privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ privacy-policy. By direction of the Commission. April J. Tabor, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2019–15754 Filed 7–24–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 17 CFR Parts 23, 43, 45, and 49 RIN 3038–AE32 Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements; Extension of Comment Period AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period. SUMMARY: On May 13, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements. The comment period for the NPRM closes on July 29, 2019. The Commission is extending the comment period for this NPRM by an additional 90 days. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:36 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\25JYP1.SGM 25JYP1 jspears on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS

35848 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 143 / Thursday, July 25, 2019 / Proposed Rules 1 17 CFR 145.9. 2Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements, 84 FR 21044 (May 13, 2019). 3See Letter from International Swaps and Derivatives Association and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (June 18, 2019), available at https://comments.cftc.gov/ PublicComments/ ViewComment.aspx?id=62139&SearchText=. DATES: The comment period for the NPRM titled Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements, published on May 13, 2019 (84 FR 21044), is extended through October 28, 2019. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ‘‘Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements’’ and RIN number 3038– AE32, by any of the following methods: • CFTC Comments Portal: https:// comments.cftc.gov. Select the ‘‘Submit Comments’’ link for this rulemaking and follow the instructions on the Public Comment Form. • Mail: Send to Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Follow the same instructions as for Mail, above. Please submit your comments using only one of these methods. To avoid possible delays with mail or in-person deliveries, submissions through the CFTC Comments Portal are encouraged. All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to https:// comments.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 (FOIA), 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 https://comments.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 rulemaking 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 FOIA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin DeMaria, Special Counsel, 202–418–5988, bdemaria@cftc.gov or Meghan Tente, Acting Associate Director, 202–418–5785, mtente@ cftc.gov; Division of Market Oversight, Data and Reporting Branch, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 13, 2019, the Commission published in the Federal Register an NPRM proposing amendments to certain regulations applicable to swap data repositories (SDRs), reporting counterparties, and other market participants.2 The proposed amendments would, among other things, update requirements for SDRs to verify swap data with reporting counterparties, update requirements to correct swap data errors and omissions, and update and clarify certain SDR operational and governance requirements. The comment period for the NPRM closes on July 29, 2019. As requested by market participants, the Commission is extending the comment period for this NPRM by an additional 90 days.3 This extension of the comment period will allow interested persons additional time to analyze the proposal and prepare their comments. Issued in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019, by the Commission. Robert Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. Appendix to Certain Swap Data Repository and Data Reporting Requirements—Commission Voting Summary On this matter, Chairman Tarbert and Commissioners Quintenz, Behnam, Stump, and Berkovitz voted in the affirmative. No Commissioner voted in the negative. [FR Doc. 2019–15810 Filed 7–24–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 100 [Docket No. USCG–2019–0629] Special Local Regulation; Charlevoix Venetian Night Boat Parade; Charlevoix, MI AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the Charlevoix Venetian Boat Parade on July 27, 2019, to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. During the enforcement period, the operator of any vessel in the Round Lake, Charlevoix, MI must comply with directions from the Patrol Commander. DATES: The regulations will be enforced from 7 a.m. through 11:30 p.m. on July 27, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this notice of enforcement, call or email LT Sean Murphy, Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 906–635– 3223, email Sean.V.Murphy@uscg.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulation 33 CFR 100.908 for the Charlevoix Venetian Night Boat Parade from 7 a.m. through 11:30 p.m. on July 27, 2019. This action is being taken to provide for the safety of life on navigable waterways during this event. The regulated area for this event is all navigable waters of Round Lake, Charlevoix, MI. During the enforcement period, as reflected in § 100.901(b), the Patrol Commander may direct the anchoring, mooring, or movement of any boat or vessel within the regatta area. This notice of enforcement is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.908 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice of enforcement in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard plans to provide notification of this enforcement period via marine information broadcasts. Dated: July 22, 2019. P.S. Nelson, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie. [FR Doc. 2019–15833 Filed 7–24–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:36 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\25JYP1.SGM 25JYP1 jspears on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS