[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45695-45696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1686]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER04-925-000]


Notice of Issuance of Order; Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.

July 26, 2004.
    Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (MLCI) filed an application for 
market-based rate authority, with an accompanying tariff. The proposed 
tariff provides for wholesale sales of capacity, energy, and ancillary 
services at market-based rates. MLCI also requested waiver of various 
Commission regulations. In particular, MLCI requested that the 
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future 
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by MLCI.
    On July 20, 2004, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, 
Division of Tariffs and Market Development--South, granted the

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request 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 MLCI 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).
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to 
intervene or protests is August 19, 2004.
    Absent a request to be heard in opposition by the deadline above, 
MLCI 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 
MLCI, 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 MLCI's issuances of securities or assumptions of 
liability.
    Copies of the full text of the Director's Order are available from 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the document. 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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.

Magalie R. Salas,
 Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1686 Filed 7-29-04; 8:45 am]
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