Washington, 1 August 2009 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the participants for the third of three hearings to address the current application of position limits and exemptions from position limits in energy markets. The hearing is scheduled to be held between 9:00 a.m. EDT and 1:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 5, 2009. 

Panel One:

John Hyland, U.S. Commodity Funds

Paul Cicio, Industrial Energy Consumers of America

Steven Graham, Schneider National Inc., American Trucking Association

Panel Two:

John Arnold, Centaurus

Elliot Chambers, Chesapeake Energy

Phil Verlager, University of Calgary

Panel Three:

Mike Masters, Masters Capitol

Mark Young, Kirkland & Ellis, Futures Industry Association

Michael Greenberger, University of Maryland, AFL-CIO

For details of the Commission?s first two hearings see CFTC Press Releases 5681-09 and 5682-09.

The hearing will be open to the public and will be webcast via the internet. In addition, audio of the hearings will be available via a listen-only conference call.

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Watch a live broadcast of the hearing via webcast on:

www.cftc.gov