[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55017-55018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23297]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER00-3315-000]


Westcoast Gas Service Delaware (America) Inc.; Notice of Issuance 
of Order

September 6, 2000.
    Westcoast Gas Services Delaware (America) Inc. (Westcoast) 
submitted for filing a rate schedule under which Westcoast electric 
power and energy transactions at market-based rates. Westcoast also 
requested waiver of various Commission regulations. In particular, 
Westcoast requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 
CFR Part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of 
liability by Westcoast.
    On August 03, 2000, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, 
Division of Corporate Applications, Office of Markets, Tariffs and 
Rates, 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 Westcoast should file a motion to 
intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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, Westcoast is 
authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or liabilities as 
a guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of any

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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 Westcoast's 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 September 29, 2000.
    Copies of the full text of the Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Internet at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistnace).

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23297 Filed 9-11-00; 8:45 am]
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