June 8, 2006
Via E-Mail

Office of the Acting Secretary
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20581

Re: Rule Certification. NYMEX Submission 06.67: Notification of
Amendments to NYMEX Rule 6.90, Trading Card Procedures,

Dear Ms. Eileen A. Donovan:

The New York Mercantile Exchange ("NYMEX" or the "Exchange") is notifying the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or ‘“Commission”) of amendments to
NYMEX Rule 6.90, Trading Card Procedures.

Effective June 12, 2006, Rule 6.90 is being amended to add Exchange of Futures for
Minis (EFM) and Exchange of Futures for “Bigs” (EFB) to the list of non-competitive
transactions permissible under NY MEX Rules that may be submitted to the Exchange on behalf
of a Member by a clerk using a specially-designated pit card. Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the
Commodity Exchange Act (“Act”) and CFTC Rule 40.6, the Exchange hereby certifies that the
attached rule amendments comply with the Act, including regulations under the Act.

Should you have any questions, please direct them to Russell P. Cloughen, Senior
Director, Trade Practice Surveillance at 212-299-2880, or Adam E. Wernow, Compliance
Counsel at 212-299-2851.

Very truly yours,

Nancy Minett
Vice President, Compliance
ce: Thomas LaSala
Brian Regan


Rule 6.90, Trading Card Procedures

(A) A Floor Member shall regularly and promptly record all transactions that he executes on a
sequentially numbered trading card pre-printed and issued by the Exchange. The Exchange shall
maintain a record of all trading cards issued to such Floor Member. Each member shall be
accountable for maintaining the original soft ply of all trading cards issued to such member in
exact numerical sequence, including soft plies which are not used by the Floor Member or
collected by the Exchange. Where the transaction is an EFP, EFS, EFM, EFB or IXA, not
executed by the Floor Member, the Floor Member's clerk may record the transaction on a
separate trading card, provided that the trading card is clearly marked "EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA
only."

(B) All trading cards shall show the Member's symbol, the date, price differential or premium,
quantity, commodity, delivery month or expiration date, the opposite Floor Member, and, for
options, the strike price, and whether the transaction involved a put or a call. With the exception
of trades executed during the opening or closing ranges, members shall record the exact time of
execution to the minute of the first trade made on each trading card. Members shall identify on
their trading cards all trades executed during the opening and closing ranges by marking a line
across the card below all transactions executed during the opening and above all transactions
executed during the closing range. All transactions must be recorded in exact chronological order
of execution on sequential lines of the trading card without skipping lines between trades. If any
lines remain after the final transaction has been recorded on a trading card, they shall be marked
through by the Floor Member. EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA transactions may be recorded on a
separate non-sequentially numbered trading card.

(C) Trading Cards may be collected by the Exchange, at such times and pursuant to such
procedures as may be adopted by the Board.

(D) The hard ply of the trading card shall be used to report the sale of futures and options
contracts within 1 minute of execution in accordance with Exchange Rule 6.10. Additionally, if
any hard ply contains only purchases of futures or options contracts, the Floor Member must
submit the hard copy ply of the trading card to the Exchange prior to using the next sequentially
numbered trading card. EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA transactions must be promptly submitted to the
Exchange and may be submitted by a clerk provided however, that submission by a clerk must be
made to the corrections area only. No transaction other than an EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA may be
recorded or submitted by a clerk.

(E) Members (or for EFS/EFP/EFM/EFB/IXA transactions, their clerks) shall use non-erasable
ink when recording transactions on trading cards. Errors on trading cards may be corrected by
placing a single line through the erroneous information such that the erroneous information
remains plainly readable, or by rewriting the trading card; provided, however, that Members shall
be required to maintain all trading cards, including trading cards containing
EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA transactions recorded by clerks and those that have been rewritten.
Floor Members may be exempt from personally retaining their trading cards if written notice,
from their FCM or Member Firm employer, is given to the Compliance Department
acknowledging that it is the custodian of a Floor Member's daily trading records (i.e. trading
cards, and customer order memoranda).


(F) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Exchange may approve for use
by a Floor Member a handheld electronic trading pad ("Approved Handheld") to regularly and
promptly record all transactions that he executes, which produces a sequential, unalterable record
of trades executed by the Floor Member and which complies with the information and record
retention rules and requirements of the Exchange.

(G) If the Compliance Department determines that Members or their clerks have failed to comply
with any subdivision of Rule 6.90 it may summarily implement the following disciplinary
procedures:

1, A Warning Letter may be issued for a first infraction, informing the Member that there was a
tule violation.

2. A Second infraction in a 12 month period may subject the Member to a $100.00 summary fine.
3. A third infraction in an 18 month period may subject the Member to a $500.00 summary fine.

4. A fourth infraction in a 24 month period will be sufficient basis for a Compliance Department
referral to the Business Conduct Committee for formal Disciplinary Action.

5. Subdivisions 1-4 will not apply when the Compliance Department determines that a Member
has committed a substantive violation of Exchange rules in addition to a trading card infraction.

(H) Any fine imposed in accordance with Rule 6.90(D) may be appealed to a subcommittee of
the Compliance Review Committee ("Subcommittee"), The Subcommittee shall consist of a
Chairman, two additional Subcommittee members and two alternates. The Subcommittee
members and alternates shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Compliance Review
Committee. To appeal a fine, a Member shall file a typewritten request with the Exchange's
Compliance Counsel within five (5) business days after receipt of the notice of such fine. The
letter of appeal should set forth the reason for the requested appeal and attach any relevant
documents. The Subcommittee shall meet at such times as it deems appropriate, and shall reach
its decision based upon the letter of appeal and any other documents furnished by the Member
subject to the fine with the appeal letter or by the Compliance Department. The Subcommittee in
its sole discretion may permit or require personal appearances by the Member and/or the
Compliance Department. The Subcommittee shall affirm, modify or reverse the fine appealed
and shall issue its Decision in writing within thirty (30) days of meeting to consider the appeal.