| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **96--013** | 8/24/98        04:46 PM |
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|  | **Minneapolis Grain Exchange: Application for Designation as a        Contract** |
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|  | **Market        in Options on the Barley Futures Contract, and Proposals To** |
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|  | **Amend        and To Recommence Trading in the Dormant Barley Futures** |
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|  | **Contract** |
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| FR        CITE: | 61 FR 10992        (March 18, 1996) |
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| CLOSES: | 4/17/96 |
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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 a proposed commodity        option contract** |
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|  | **and        amendments to the underlying futures contract** |
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| DATE: | 3/18/96 | FR        PAGE: | 10992 | PAGES: | 2 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **1** |
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|  | **Terms        and Conditions of the Proposed Contract and MGE Proposed        Amendments** |
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| DATE: | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 19 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Staff        Document, Division of Economic Analysis** |
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| DATE: | 7/10/96 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 34 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **3** |
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|  | **Letter        of Approval** |
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| DATE: | 7/18/96 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 4 |
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