[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45804-45805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22997]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. ES98-40-000]


American REF-FUEL Company of Hempstead; Notice of Issuance of 
Commission Letter Order and Comment Period

August 21, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 21, 1998, the Acting Director, Division 
of Electric and Hydropower Operations, pursuant to delegated authority, 
issued a Letter Order to American REF-FUEL Company of Hempstead (ARC 
Hempstead) conditionally granting blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 
of all future issuances of securities and assumption of liabilities by 
ARC Hempstead.
    The ordering paragraphs of the August 21 Letter Order read, in 
part, as follows:

    Within 30 days of the date of this letter order, any person 
desiring to be heard or protest this blanket approval of the 
issuances of securities or assumptions of liabilities by ARC 
Hempstead should file a motion to intervene or protest 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 Sec. 385.211 
and Sec. 385.214).
    Absent a request for hearing within the period set forth above, 
ARC Hempstead is authorized to issue securities and assume

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obligations of liabilities as a guarantor, endorser, surety, or 
otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided 
that such issue 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 Commission approval or ARC Hempstead's issuances of 
securities or assumptions of liabilities.

    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing a motion to 
intervene or protest, as set forth above, is September 21, 1998.
    Copies of the full text of the Letter Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-22997 Filed 8-26-98 8:45 am]
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