SEC Company Response from Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) (CIK 0000778164) (ALTO) — Feb 9, 2012
Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO) (CIK 0000778164)
Date: Feb. 9, 2012 · CIK: 0000778164 · Accession: 0001019687-12-000405
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PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2060
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: (916) 403-2123
February 9, 2012
Via EDGAR Correspondence
Pamela A. Long
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Acceleration of Effective Date
Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
Form S-1/A (Amendment No. 1),
Filed February 1, 2012
File No. 333-178685
Dear Madam:
Pacific Ethanol, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”) hereby requests, pursuant to Rule 461(a) of Regulation C, that the above-referenced Registration Statement
be declared effective on February 13, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company acknowledges
that:
· should the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) or the staff,
acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of
the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding
initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.
By: /s/ CHRISTOPHER W. WRIGHT
Christopher W. Wright
Vice President and General Counsel