[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57442-57443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27824]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Notice of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Agricultural Advisory 
Committee

    This is to give notice, pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Section 10(a)(2), and Section 
101-6. 1015(b) of the regulations promulgated thereunder, 41 CFR 101-
6.1015(b), that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agricultural 
Advisory Committee (``AAC'') will conduct a

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public meeting on November 9, 1999, in the first floor hearing room 
(Room 1000) of the Commission's Washington, D.C. headquarters, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581. The 
meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and last until 4:30 p.m. The agenda 
will consist of the following:

Agenda

1. Welcoming Remarks
2. Discussion on Deregulatory Initiatives
    a. Contract Market Designation
    b. Exchange Rule Changes
3. Discussion on CFTC Reauthorization Issues
4. Briefing on Agricultural Trade Options Final Rules
5. Briefing on Exchange Issues
6. Other Business

    The AAC was created by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for 
the purpose of receiving advice and recommendations on issues affecting 
agricultural producers, processors, lenders and others interested in or 
affected by the agricultural commodities markets, and to facilitate 
communications between the Commission and the diverse agricultural and 
agriculture-related organizations represented on the Committee. The 
purposes and objectives of the AAC are more fully set forth in its 
charter.
    The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the AAC, 
Commissioner David D. Spears, is empowered to conduct the meeting in a 
fashion that will, in his judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of 
business. Any member of the public who wishes to file a written 
statement with the AAC should mail a copy of the statement prior to the 
meeting to the attention of: The Agricultural Advisory Committee, c/o 
Commissioner David D. Spears, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581. 
Members of the public who wish to make oral statements should also 
inform Commissioner Spears in writing at the foregoing address at least 
three business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be 
made, if time permits, for an oral presentation of no more than five 
minutes each in duration.
    For further information contact Jennifer A. Roe, Administrative 
Assistant to Commissioner Spears, at 202-418-5043, or Marcia K. Blase, 
Committee Management Officer, at 202-418-5138.

    Issued by the Commission in Washington, D.C. on October 20, 
1999.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-27824 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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