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CFTC RIN: 3038-AC69 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●Concept Release on Whether To Eliminate the Bona Fide Hedge Exemption and Create a New Limited Risk Management Exemption From Speculative Position Limits for Certain Swap Dealers  
Abstract: The Commission will be reviewing the marketplace developments that relate to swap dealer bona fide hedge exemptions from Commission set speculative position limits. The Commission will also be requesting public comment on issues relevant to the September 2008, recommendation of the Staff Report on Commodity Swap Dealers and Index Traders with Commission Recommendations to eliminate the bona fide hedge exemption for swap dealers and replace it with a conditional and limited risk management exemption. 
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission(CFTC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 1 et seq, as amended by PL 110-246   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  03/24/2009  74 FR 12282   
ANPRM Comment Period End  05/26/2009    
NPRM  12/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Donald H. Heitman
Senior Special Counsel, Division of Market Oversight
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20581
Phone:202 418-5041
Fax:202 418-5507
Email: dheitman@cftc.gov