| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **95--004** | 8/24/98        03:56 PM |
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|  | **Kansas        City Board of Trade Application for Designation as a        Contract** |
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|  | **Market        in Western Natural Gas Futures and Option Contracts** |
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| FR        CITE: | 60 FR 7169        (February 7, 1995) |
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| CLOSES: | 3/9/95 |
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| EXTENDED: |
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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 the terms and conditions of proposed commodity        futures and option** |
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|  | **contracts** |
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| DATE: | 2/7/95 | FR        PAGE: | 07169 | PAGES: | 2 |
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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: | 28 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Letter        of Approval** |
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| DATE: | 5/3/95 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 4 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **CL** | **1** |
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|  | **John,        Hengerer & Esposito for New York Mercantile Exchange (Page 2        Changed 03/13/95)** |
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| DATE: | 3/9/95 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 29 |
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