SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-514

Organization: The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (“CBOT”)

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 12/12/23 Filing Description: Weekly Notification of Amendments 

Related to Product Terms and Conditions (Week of December 4, 2023)

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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

Official Product Name: 

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. 
20 S Wacker Dr Chicago, IL 60606 T 312 466 7478 tim.elliott@cmegroup.com cmegroup.com

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Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

December 12, 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, D.C. 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(d) Notification. The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. 

(“CBOT” or “Exchange”) Weekly Notification of Amendments Related to Product 

Terms and Conditions.

CBOT Submission No. 23-514

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Pursuant to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) Regulation 40.6(d), the 

Exchange submits this weekly notification of the following amendments related to product terms and 

conditions made effective during the week of December 4, 2023.

On December 6, 2023, the Exchange approved the applications of Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC for a 

declaration of regularity in Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil at their location in Shell Rock, IA. The 

marketplace was alerted of the approval via MKR #12-06-23B, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

In accordance with the change above, the Exchange updated the CBOT Rulebook Chapter 7 “Facilities” 

spreadsheet (“Spreadsheet”) for “Soybean Oil” and “Soybean Meal.” The Spreadsheet is attached under 

separate cover, in blackline format, as Exhibit B.

If you require any additional information, please contact the undersigned at (312) 466-7478 or via e-mail at 

CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Attachments: Exhibit A – MKR #12-06-23B

Exhibit B – CBOT Rulebook Chapter 7 – Facilities (attached under separate cover) 

(blackline format)
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Exhibit A

DATE: December 6, 2023 

MKR#: 12-06-23B

SUBJECT: Approved Applications for Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil Regularity 

The Exchange has approved the applications of Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC for a declaration of 

regularity in Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil at their location in Shell Rock, IA. The approved daily rate of 

loading, maximum certificates, storage capacity and maximum warehouse receipts that could be issued 

are as follows:

Facility

Shell Rock, IA

Soybean Oil Storage Capacity

15,000,000 pounds

Maximum Soybean Oil Warehouse Receipts

250

Facility

Shell Rock, IA

Soybean Meal Daily Rate of Loading

1,400 tons

Maximum Soybean Meal Shipping Certificates

448

Shell Rock Soy Processing LLC has designated RJ O’Brien as its clearing agent. The warehouse code 

for the Shell Rock, IA facility is 2460.

Approval is effective immediately.

Market Surveillance

Kyle Miller Kyle.Miller@cmegroup.com (312) 341-3436

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be notified of this declaration of regularity 

during the week of December 11, 2023 via the weekly notification procedures set out in Part 40 of the 

CFTC Regulations.
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Exhibit B

CBOT Rulebook

Chapter 7

“Facilities”

(additions underlined, deletions overstruck)

(attached under separate cover)