| COMMENT FILE NUMBER: | **01--022** | 2/15/02 12:17 PM |
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| **Request of the Merchants Exchange     (ME) for Approval of Six** |
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| **Cash-Settled Energy Futures     Contracts** |
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|  | FR CITE: | 66 FR 66404 (December 26, 2001) |
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|  | CLOSES: | 1/10/02 |
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|  | **FILE CONTENTS** |
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|  | **(FR = Federal Register; NC = Non Comment or     Background Material; CL = Comment Letter)** |
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|  | Documents which do not have PDF links are availabe on     request to [email protected] by using the electronic |
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|  | request form. Electronic distribution of the documents     is possible, depending on the requester's ability to receive |
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|  | them. Paper copies of documents are available within the     Washington, D.C., area through the Commission's |
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|  | Public Reading Room and outside the area through use of     the electronic request form. Fees of 15 cents per page |
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|  | apply to paper copies. |
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|  | **REQUEST     FORM** | **If you are     unfamiliar with PDF files, click here for help** |
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| DOCUMENT: | **FR** | **1** |
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|  | **Notice of availability of terms and     conditions of commodity futures contracts** |
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| DATE: |  | 12/26/01 | FR PAGE: |  | 66404 | PAGES: | 2 | PDF SIZE: | 43 KB | PDF LINK: | /files/foia/ |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Letter of Approval** |
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| DATE: |  | 1/28/02 | FR PAGE: |  | N/A | PAGES: | 2 | PDF SIZE: | 55 KB | PDF LINK: | /files/foia/ |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **1** |
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|  | **Terms and Conditions of the Proposed     Contracts** |
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| DATE: | FR PAGE: |  | N/A | PAGES: | 22 | PDF SIZE: | 446 KB | PDF LINK: | /files/foia/ |
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| DOCUMENT: | **CL** | **1** |
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|  | **New York Mercantile Exchange     (NYME)** |
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| DATE: |  | 1/11/02 | FR PAGE: |  | N/A | PAGES: | 2 | PDF SIZE: | 62 KB | PDF LINK: | /files/foia/ |
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