| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **97--029** | 8/24/98        06:00 PM |
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|  | **Applications of the Chicago Board of Trade for Designation as a        Contract** |
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|  | **Market        in PCS Catastrophe Single-Event Insurance Options for the        Entire** |
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|  | **U.S.        (National) Plus Eight Regional and State-Based Contracts        Covering** |
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|  | **the        Northeast, West, California, Texas, East, Southeast, Midwest,        and** |
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|  | **Florida** |
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| ______________________________________________________________________ |
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| FR        CITE: | 62 FR 59660        (November 4, 1997) |
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| CLOSES: | 11/19/97 |
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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        option contracts** |
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| DATE: | 11/4/97 | FR        PAGE: | 59660 | 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: | 21 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Letter        of Approval** |
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| DATE: | 12/12/97 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 2 |
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