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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-336

Organization: New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. ("NYMEX")

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 08/21/23 Filing Description: Amendments to the Listing Schedule 

of Three (3) Coal (ARGUS-McCloskey) Futures and Options Contracts

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Organization Rules and Rule Amendments

Certification § 40.6(a)

Approval § 40.5(a)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Advance Notice of SIDCO Rule Change § 40.10(a)

SIDCO Emergency Rule Change § 40.10(h)

Rule Numbers: 

New Product Please note only ONE product per Submission.

Certification § 40.2(a) 

Certification Security Futures § 41.23(a)

Certification Swap Class § 40.2(d)

Approval § 40.3(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.23(b)

Novel Derivative Product Notification § 40.12(a)

Swap Submission § 39.5

Product Terms and Conditions (product related Rules and Rule Amendments)

Certification § 40.6(a) 

Certification Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.6(a)

Certification Security Futures § 41.24(a)

Delisting (No Open Interest) § 40.6(a) 

Approval § 40.5(a)

Approval Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.5(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.24(c)

Approval Amendments to enumerated agricultural products § 40.4(a), § 40.5(a)

“Non-Material Agricultural Rule Change” § 40.4(b)(5)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Official Name(s) of Product(s) Affected: See filing.

Rule Numbers: See filing.
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Christopher Bowen 

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

August 21, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Mr. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(a) Certification. Amendments to the Listing Schedule of Three 

(3) Coal (ARGUS-McCloskey) Futures and Options Contracts.

NYMEX Submission No. 23-336

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX” or “Exchange”) is certifying to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”): (a) amending the listing schedule of three (3) coal 

(ARGUS-McCloskey) futures and options contracts (the “Contracts”) such that no new additional contract 

months shall be added; and (b) immediate delisting of certain previously-listed contract months of two (2) 

coal (ARGUS/McCloskey) futures contracts (collectively, the “Rule Amendments”) as more specifically 

described in Table 1. below. There is no open interest in delisted contract months.

 Table 1.

This submission shall become effective on September 6, 2023.

In a separate but related matter, the Exchange is concurrently delisting six (6) coal (ARGUS-McCloskey)

futures and options contracts (see NYMEX Submission No. 23-337 also dated August 21, 2023.

The Exchange reviewed the designated contract market core principles (“Core Principles”) as set forth in 

the Commodity Exchange Act (“Act” or “CEA”) and identified that the following Core Principles may be 

impacted by this initiative as follows:

Contract Title Rulebook 

Chapter

Commodity 

Code

Contract 

Months 

Delisted on 

August 21, 

2023

Contract Months

Remaining 

Available for 

Trading and 

Clearing

Coal (API2) CIF ARA (ARGUSMcCloskey) Futures 926 MTF

Jan-2026 

To 

Dec-2027

September 2023 

to 

December 2025

Coal (API 2) cif ARA (ARGUSMcCloskey) Future-Style 

Margined Option on Calendar 

Futures Strips

1116 F2C n/a

January 2024 

and 

January 2025

Coal (API4) FOB Richards Bay 

(ARGUS-McCloskey) Futures 928 MFF

Jan 2024 

to 

Dec 2027

Aug 2023 

To 

Dec-2023
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• Emergency Authority: There is no open interest in the impacted contract months of the 

Contracts, and therefore there will be no market disruption related to their delisting.

• Daily Publication of Trading Information: NYMEX will continue to publish contract trading 

volumes, open interest levels, and price information daily on its website until the permanent 

delisting of the Contracts.

• Availability of General Information: The Exchange will make publicly available the details of 

the initiative by publishing a Special Executive Report (“SER”) to the marketplace. The SER 

will be available on CME Group’s website.

Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Act and CFTC Regulations 40.6(a), the Exchange certifies that the Rule 

Amendments comply with the Act, including regulations under the Act. There were no substantive opposing 

views to the proposal.

The Exchange certifies that this submission has been concurrently posted on the CME Group website at 

http://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rule-filings.html. 

Should you have any questions concerning the above, please contact the undersigned at (212) 299-2200 

or via e-mail at CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com. 

Sincerely,

/s/ Christopher Bowen 

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel