| COMMENT FILE          NUMBER: | **01--002** | 4/19/01 07:45 PM |
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|  | **Request of the Chicago          Mercantile Exchange (CME) for Approval of** |
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|  | **its Benzene Futures          Contract** |
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| FR | 66 FR 11006 (February 21          , 2001) |
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| CLOSES: | 3/23/01 |
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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 a commodity futures contract** |
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| DATE: |  | 2/21/01 | FR PAGE: |  | 11006 | PAGES: | 1 | PDF SIZE: | 34 KB | PDF LINK: | /files/foia/ |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Letter of          Approval** |
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| DATE: |  | 4/13/01 | FR PAGE: |  | N/A | PAGES: | 1 | PDF SIZE: | 28 KB | PDF LINK: | foicf0102 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **1** |
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|  | **Terms and Conditions          of the Proposed Contract** |
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| DATE: | FR PAGE: |  | N/A | PAGES: | 3 | PDF SIZE: | 61 KB | PDF LINK: | cf0102b0 |
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