Notice to Members

Notice No. 165
03/27/2008

Large Trader Reporting Requirements, Accountability Levels and Expiration Month Position Limits for New Ethanol Contract

Effective for trade date March 31, 2008, please note below the corresponding accountability levels (Rule 9.26), position limits (Rule 9.27) and reportable levels (Rule 9.34) for the Exchange’s new physically-delivered New York Harbor Ethanol Futures Contract.

For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, Exchange commodity codes are provided below.

(Bold/strikethrough indicates deletions; bold/italics indicate additions):


Contract Name	Rule Chapter	Commodity Code	All Month Accountability Level	Any One Month Accountability Level	Expiration Month Limit	Reporting Level	Aggregate Into (1)
			Rule 9.26	Rule 9.26	Rule 9.27	Rule 9.34
NYMEX New York Harbor Ethanol Contract	192	QE	1,000	750	150	25	QE

Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com