[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4707-4708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2289]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER02-501-000]


Great Northern Paper, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order

January 25, 2002.
    Great Northern Paper, Inc. (Great Northern) submitted for filing a 
rate schedule that provides for the sale of capacity, energy, and/or 
ancillary services at market-based rates and for the reassignment of 
transmission capacity. Great Northern also requested waiver of various 
Commission regulations. In particular, Great Northern requested that 
the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all 
future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Great 
Northern.
    On January 22, 2002, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, 
Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates-Central, granted requests for 
blanket approval under Part 34, subject to the following:
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket approval 
of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by Great 
Northern 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 385.211 and 385.214).
    Absent a request to be heard in opposition within this period, 
Great Northern is authorized to issue securities and assume obligations 
or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, 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 Great Northern, 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 
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approval of Great Northern'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 February 21, 2002.
    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. The Order may also be viewed on the Internet at
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance). Comments, protests, and interventions may be filed 
electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at
http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

C.B. Spencer,
 Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2289 Filed 1-30-02; 8:45 am]
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