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Washington, DC 20581; telephone: (202)

418–5490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 4j(a)(3) of the Commodity

Exchange Act and Regulation 155.5

thereunder, a board of trade may submit

a petition to the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’) to

exempt any of its affected contract

markets (markets with an average daily

volume of over 8,000 contracts traded

for four consecutive quarters) from the

prohibition against dual trading.

Regulation 155.5(d)(6) authorizes the

Director of the Division of Trading and

Markets to publish notice of each

exemption petition deemed complete

under Regulation 155.5(d) and to make

the petition available to the public as

required by Section 4j(a)(5) of the Act.

NYCE originally submitted a petition

for dual trading exemption for its Cotton

2 futures contract on September 28,

1995, within 30 days after the contract

market became an affected market. After

the Commission requested additional

information, the Exchange submitted a

supplement on November 21, 1995.

The Commission is currently testing

the Exchange’s audit trail system to

determine its accuracy. In conjunction

with this test, the Exchange will be

given an opportunity to update its

petition.

Copies of the file and any future

updates, except to the extent the

Exchange has requested confidential

treatment in accordance with 17 CFR

145.9, are available for inspection at the

Commission’s Office of the Secretariat,

1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

20581, and may be obtained by mail at

that address or by telephone at (202)

418–5100.

Petition materials subject to NYCE’s

request for confidential treatment may

be available upon request pursuant to

the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder (17 CFR Part

145), except to the extent they are

entitled to confidential treatment as set

forth in 17 CFR 145.5 and 145.9.

Requests for copies of such materials

should be made to FOI, Privacy and

Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the

Office of the Secretariat at the above

address in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Application of the prohibition against

the contract market covered by the

petition has been suspended in

accordance with Commission

Regulation 155.5(d)(5) and will remain

suspended until the petition is acted

upon.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 12,

1997.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4162 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

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The Comex Division of the New York

Mercantile Exchange’s Update of

Petition for Exemption From the Dual

Trading Prohibition in Affected

Contract Markets

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of update of petition for

exemption from the prohibition on dual

trading in affected contract markets.

SUMMARY: The Comex Division of the

New York Mercantile Exchange

(‘‘Comex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) has submitted

an update of its October 21, 1993

petition for exemption from the

prohibition against dual trading in two

contract markets (which was submitted

by its predecessor Commodity

Exchange, Inc). The Exchange had

resubmitted a corrected petition on

November 30, 1993 and also submitted

a supplement on January 5, 1994.

Copies of the entire file are available to

the public upon request, except to the

extent the Exchange has requested

confidential treatment.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the file are

available from the Office of the

Secretariat, Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Reference

should be made to the Comex dual

trading exemption petition file.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Andresen, Special Counsel, or

Evan Davis, Staff Attorney, Division of

Trading and Markets, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st

Street NW, Washington, DC 20581;

telephone: (202) 418–5490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 4j(a)(3) of the Commodity

Exchange Act and Regulation 155.5

thereunder, a board of trade may submit

a petition to the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’) to

exempt any of its affected contract

markets (markets with an average daily

volume of over 8,000 contracts traded

for four consecutive quarters) from the

prohibition against dual trading.

Regulation 155.5(d)(6) authorizes the

Director of the Division of Trading and

Markets to publish notice of each

exemption petition deemed complete

under Regulation 155.5(d) and to make

the petition available to the public as

required by Section 4j(a)(5) of the Act.

Comex originally submitted a petition

for dual trading exemption on October

21, 1993. After the Commission

requested additional information, the

Exchange submitted a corrected petition

on November 30, 1993. That petition

was made available to the public by a

notice of availability published in the

Federal Register on December 22, 1993.

Thereafter, Comex submitted a January

5, 1994 supplement. Pursuant to a

request from the Commission, Comex

submitted a dual trading exemption

petition update dated January 17, 1997

for its contract markets in gold and

silver futures contracts.

Copies of the file containing all these

materials, except to the extent the

Exchange has requested confidential

treatment in accordance with 17 CFR

145.9, are available for inspection at the

Commission’s Office of the Secretariat,

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC

20581, and may be obtained by mail at

that address or by telephone at (202)

418–5100.

Petition materials subject to Comex’s

request for confidential treatment may

be available upon request pursuant to

the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder (17 CFR Part

145), except to the extent they are

entitled to confidential treatment as set

forth in 17 CFR 145.5 and 145.9.

Requests for copies of such materials

should be made to FOI, Privacy and

Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the

Office of the Secretariat at the above

address in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Comex timely submitted its original

petition before October 26, 1993, the

effective date of the dual trading

prohibition. Therefore, application of

the prohibition against the contract

markets covered by the petition has

been suspended in accordance with

Commission Regulation 155.5(d)(5) and

will remain suspended until the petition

is acted upon.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 12,

1997.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary.

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

March 7, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Fl. Conference Room.