(a) All requests for non-public records shall be made in writing and shall be addressed or otherwise directed to the Office of the General Counsel at the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, Attn: FOIA Request, or electronically via [email protected]. Requests for public records directed to a regional office of the Commission pursuant to § 145.2 should be sent to the Eastern Regional Office, Central Regional Office, or Southwestern Regional Office, as applicable.

(b)(1) The publicly available portions of Form 7-R (application for registration as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator or leverage transaction merchant), Form 8-R (application for registration as an associated person, floor broker, floor trader and biographical supplement to application on Form 7-R), Form 3-R (changes and corrections; multiple associations) Form 8-S (certificate of special registration), Form 8-T (notice of termination), Form 7-W (withdrawal from firm registration) and Form 8-W (withdrawal from floor broker or floor trader registration) will be available for public inspection and copying. Such registration forms will be available in the offices of the National Futures Association, 300 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60606. Telephone: (312) 781-1300.

(2) The fingerprint card and any supplementary attachments filed in response to:

(i) Items 6-9, 14-21, the “Personal Information,” or the “Disciplinary Information” sections on Form 8-R;

(ii) Item 3 on Form 8-S;

(iii) Items 3-5, 9-11, the “Withdrawal Reasons,” the “Disciplinary Information,” or the “Matter Information” sections on Form 8-T;

(iv) Items 9-10 on Form 7-R;

(v) Item 7 and the “Additional Customer Information” section on Form 7-W; and

(vi) Item 7 on Form 8-W generally will not be available for public inspection and copying unless such disclosure is required under the Freedom of Information Act. Changes or corrections to those items reported on Form 3-R will be treated similarly. When such fingerprint cards or supplementary attachments are on file, the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Acts compliance staff will decide any request for access in accordance with the procedures set forth in §§ 145.7 and 145.9.