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7 7 U.S.C. 19(a). 

B. Cost-Benefit Analysis 

Section 15(a) of the CEA 7 requires the 

Commission to consider the costs and 

benefits of its actions before issuing an 

order under the Act. By its terms, 

section 15(a) does not require the 

Commission to quantify the costs and 

benefits of such an order or to determine 

whether the benefits of such an order 

outweigh its costs; rather, it requires 

that the Commission ‘‘consider’’ the 

costs and benefits of its action. Section 

15(a) further specifies that the costs and 

benefits shall be evaluated in light of 

five broad areas of market and public 

concern: (1) Protection of market 

participants and the public; (2) 

efficiency, competitiveness, and 

financial integrity of futures markets; (3) 

price discovery; (4) sound risk 

management practices; and (5) other 

public interest considerations. 

The bulk of the costs imposed by the 

requirements of Commission Rule 36.3 

relate to significant and increased 

information-submission and reporting 

requirements adopted in response to the 

Reauthorization Act’s directive that the 

Commission take an active role in 

determining whether contracts listed by 

ECMs qualify as SPDCs. The enhanced 

requirements for ECMs will permit the 

Commission to acquire the information 

it needs to discharge its newlymandated responsibilities and to ensure 

that ECMs with SPDCs are identified as 

entities with the elevated status of 

registered entity under the CEA and are 

in compliance with the statutory terms 

of the core principles of section 

2(h)(7)(C) of the Act. The primary 

benefit to the public is to enable the 

Commission to discharge its statutory 

obligation to monitor for the presence of 

SPDCs and extend its oversight to the 

trading of SPDCs. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 5, 

2009 by the Commission. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–24390 Filed 10–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Tuesday, 

October 27, 2009. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Rule 

Enforcement Review Meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Assistant Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–24560 Filed 10–7–09; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Dallas Floodway Project, 

a Multipurpose Project Containing 

Levee Remediation, Flood Risk 

Management, Ecosystem Restoration, 

Recreation Enhancement, and Other 

Proposed Projects Along the Trinity 

River Within and Adjacent to the 

Existing Dallas Floodway in Dallas 

County, Dallas TX 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, 

in partnership with the City of Dallas, 

intends to prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), 

pursuant to Section 102 of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as 

implemented by the regulations 

promulgated by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 Code of 

Federal Regulations Parts 1500–1508 

and USACE Engineering Regulation 

200–2–2) to analyze the potential 

comprehensive environmental 

consequences resulting from the 

implementation of proposed levee 

remediation, flood risk management, 

ecosystem restoration, recreation 

enhancement, and other proposed 

projects in and around the Dallas 

Floodway, in Dallas, TX. 

The USACE is preparing the DEIS in 

response to the authority contained in 

the United States Senate Committee on 

Environment and Public Works 

Resolution dated April 22, 1988, and 

Section 5141 of the Water Resources 

Development Act WRDA of 2007. The 

USACE must determine the technical 

soundness and environmental 

acceptability of the authorized project, 

levee remediation plans and other 

projects that are being proposed within 

and adjacent to the Dallas Floodway. 

The study area is located in and 

adjacent to the Dallas Floodway along 

the Trinity River, in Dallas, TX. The 

study area includes the area bound by 

the Loop 12 crossing of the Elm Fork 

and the I–30 crossing of the West Fork 

(river mile 505.50) to the southeastern 

edge of the Central Wastewater 

Treatment Plant on the Trinity River 

(river mile 494.63), as well as areas to 

the east and west of the Dallas 

Floodway to incorporate drainage basins 

associated with the east and west levee 

interior drainage systems. The study 

area encompasses approximately 36,292 

acres. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding the Dallas Floodway 

Projects EIS, please contact Mr. Jeffry 

Tripe, Regional Technical Specialist, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort 

Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, Fort 

Worth, TX, 76102–0300, (817) 886– 

1716, or via e-mail at 

Jeffry.A.Tripe@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dallas 

County Levee Improvement District 

(DCLID) constructed the original Dallas 

Floodway levees between 1928 and 

1931. The DCLID rerouted the Trinity 

River by constructing a channel within 

the leveed floodway and filled the 

original river channel or used it for 

sump storage. In the mid-forties, major 

floods, compounded by continued 

urbanization in the watershed, resulted 

in increased drainage into the Dallas 

Floodway and severe flooding. To 

reduce flooding within the Dallas 

Floodway project area, Congress 

authorized the Dallas Floodway flood 

control project in 1945 and 1950. This 

resulted in several USACE 

improvements to the Dallas Floodway, 

completed in 1958. 

The existing Upper Trinity River 

Feasibility Study (UTRFS) serves as an 

umbrella study to all USACE projects in 

the basin. The USACE initiated the 

UTRFS in response to the authority 

contained in the United States Senate 

Committee on Environment and Public 

Works Resolution dated April 22, 1988. 

This authorizing legislation for the 

overall study defines the area of 

investigations as the Upper Trinity 

River Basin, with specific emphasis on 

the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The 

UTRFS identified approximately 90 

potential projects addressing flood risk 

management, ecosystem restoration, and 

recreation within the study area. 

In May 1996, acting as the nonFederal sponsor on the on-going UTRFS, 

the North Central Texas Council of 

Governments coordinated with the 

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