| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **96--050** | 8/24/98        05:06 PM |
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|  | **17 CFR        Parts 145 and 147 Commission Records and Information; Open** |
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|  | **Commission Meetings** |
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| FR        CITE: | 61 FR 66949        (December 19, 1996) |
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| CLOSES: | 2/18/97 |
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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 proposed rulemaking** |
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| DATE: | 12/19/96 | FR        PAGE: | 66949 | PAGES: | 5 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **CL** | **1** |
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|  | **New York        Mercantile Exchange** |
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| DATE: | 2/14/97 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 2 |
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