Notice to Members
Notice No. 171
04/20/2005
Sixteen New Natural Gas Futures Contracts; Large Trader Reporting Requirements; Expiration Position Limits; All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch 16 new natural gas futures contracts starting on Monday, April 25, 2005.

For these products, the quantity fixed for filing reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 (Position Reporting) is 25 contracts. If a person controls or holds a position equal to, or greater than, 25 long or short in any one month in any of these contracts, then all the contracts, whether above the reportable level or not, shall be deemed reportable positions.

For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the Exchange commodity codes for these additional products are as follows:

Contract Name
Commodity Code
San Juan Swing
SJ
Sumas Swing
SU
Kern Opal Swing
SR
SoCal Swing
SF
TETCO M-3 Swing
SX
Transco Zone 6 Swing
ST
PG&E Citygate Swing
SK
Dominion, South Point Swing
SH
San Juan Index
IJ
Sumas Index
IU
Rockies Index
IR
SoCal Index
IF
TETCO M-3 Index
IX
Transco Zone 6 Index
IT
PG&E Citygate Index
IK
Dominion Index
IH


Additionally, the accountability levels, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.26 (All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability), and expiration position limits, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.27, for the above contracts are as follows:

All Month/Any One Month Net Futures or Futures-  
   Equivalent Position Accountability Levels
= 10,000 Contract


Contract Name
Expiration Position Limit
San Juan Swing
2,000
Sumas Swing
1,000
Kern Opal Swing
2,000
SoCal Swing
2,000
TETCO M-3 Swing
1,500
Transco Zone 6 Swing
1,500
PG&E Citygate Swing
2,000
Dominion, South Point Swing
2,000
San Juan Index
2,000
Sumas Index
1,000
Rockies Index
2,000
SoCal Index
2,000
TETCO M-3 Index
1,500
Transco Zone 6 Index
1,500
PG&E Citygate Index
2,000
Dominion Index
2,000
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com