[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64344-64345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30853]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. ER96-3112-000]


Burlington Resources Trading Inc; Notice of Issuance of Order

November 29, 1996.
    Burlington Resources Trading Inc. (Burlington Resources) submitted 
for

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filing a rate schedule under which Burlington Resources will engage in 
wholesale electric power and energy transactions as a marketer. 
Burlington Resources also requested waiver of various Commission 
regulations. In particular, Burlington Resources requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Burlington 
Resources.
    On November 14, 1996, pursuant to delegated authority, the 
Director, Division of Applications, Office of Electric Power 
Regulation, granted requests for blanket approval under Part 34, 
subject to the following:
    Within thirty days of the date of the order, any person desiring to 
be heard or to protest the blanket approval of issuances of securities 
or assumptions of liability by Burlington Resources should file a 
motion to intervene or protests with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214).
    Absent a request for hearing within this period, Burlington 
Resources is authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or 
liabilities as a guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect 
of any security of another person; provided that such issuance or 
assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of 
the applicant, and compatible with the public interest, and is 
reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that 
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by 
continued approval of Burlington Resources' issuances of securities or 
assumptions of liability.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests, as set forth above, is December 16, 1996.
    Copies of the full text of the order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E. 
Washington, D.C. 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30853 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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