| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **98--016** | 10/27/99        06:39 PM |
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|  | **Applications of the New York Mercantile Exchange for Designation as        a** |
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|  | **Contract        Market in Central Appalachian Coal Futures and Options,** |
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|  | **Submited        Under 45-Day Fast Track Procedures** |
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| FR        CITE: | 63 FR 16768        (April 6, 1998) |
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| CLOSES: | 4/21/98 |
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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 |
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| electronic        request form. Electronic distribution of the documents is possible,        depending on the |
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| requester's        ability to receive them. Paper copies of documents are available within        the Washington, D.C., |
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| area        through the Commission's Public Reading Room and outside the area        through use of the |
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| electronic        request form. Fees of 15 cents per page apply to paper        copies. |
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|  | **REQUEST FORM** |
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| DOCUMENT: | **FR** | **1** |
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|  | **Notice        of availability of proposed terms and conditions for applications for        contract market** |
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|  | **designation** |
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| DATE: | 4/6/98 | FR        PAGE: | 16768 | PAGES: | 2 | PDF        SIZE: | 21        KB | PDF        LINK: | /foia/fedreg98 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Letter        of Approval** |
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| DATE: | 5/12/98 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 1 | PDF        SIZE: | 42        KB | PDF        LINK: | cf9816b002.p |
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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: | 40 | PDF        SIZE: | 1366        KB | PDF        LINK: |
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