[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 35848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17421]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

Agency Holding the Meeting: Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(Commission).

Dates and Time: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 and 
Wednesday, August 5, 2009, commencing each day at 9 a.m. and ending at 
1 p.m.

Place: Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, DC, 
Lobby Level Hearing Room (Room 1000).

Status: Open.

Matters To Be Considered: Public hearings to examine Federal position 
limits, particularly as related to the energy markets, and hedge 
exemptions on regulated futures exchanges, derivatives transaction 
execution facilities and electronic trading facilities with respect to 
a significant price discovery contract.

Contact Persons and Addresses: Written materials should be mailed to 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 1155 
21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, attention Office of the 
Secretariat; transmitted by facsimile at 202-418-5521; or transmitted 
electronically to [[email protected]].
    Reference should be made to ``position limits and hedge 
exemptions.'' For substantive questions, please contact Sauntia 
Warfield, 202-518-5084.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is undertaking a review of 
issues related to Federal position limits and hedge exemptions on 
regulated futures exchanges, derivatives transaction execution 
facilities and electronic trading facilities with respect to a 
significant price discovery contract. In furtherance of that review, 
the Commission hereby announces that it will hold public hearings on 
Tuesday, July 28, 2009, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 and Wednesday, August 
5, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day, at the Commission headquarters 
in Washington, DC. At these hearings the Commission will have oral 
presentations by panels of witnesses representing segments of the 
futures market participants and academics. Members of Congress also are 
expected to present their views.
    These hearings will generally focus on a number of issues, 
including: the application of federal speculative position limits to 
address the burdens of excessive speculation; how such limits should be 
structured; how such limits should be set; the aggregation of positions 
across different markets; and the types of exemptions, if any, that 
should be permitted.
    A transcript of the hearing will be made and entered into the 
Commission's public comment files, which will remain open for the 
receipt of written comments until August 12, 2009.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2009, by the Commission.
David Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-17421 Filed 7-17-09; 4:15 pm]
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