[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14453-14454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7780]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-37-000]


Pickrell Drilling Company, Inc., Notice of Petition for 
Adjustment and Dispute Resolution Request

March 19, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 9, 1998, Pickrell Drilling Company, Inc. 
(Pickrell), filed a petition for an adjustment under Section 502(c) of 
the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA 15 U.S.C. 3412(c)) and Rules 
1101-1117 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.1101-385.1117), wherein Pickrell has requested, on behalf of first 
sellers (First Sellers) \1\ for whom it operated, that the Commission: 
(1) Resolve the pending dispute between First Sellers and ANR Pipeline 
Company as to the proper amount of the refund liability of First 
Sellers for the Kansas ad valorem tax reimbursements set forth in the 
Statement of Refunds Due (SRD) \2\ addressed to Pickrell; (2) waive any 
refund obligation attributable to the royalty interest of Richard M. 
Linehan, deceased; and (3) grant an adjustment to its procedures to 
allow First Sellers to place into an escrow account not only the 
disputed amount of the refund, but also (i) principal and interest on 
amounts attributable to production prior to October 4, 1983, and (ii) 
interest on all principal amounts claimed to be due under the SRD 
(excluding interest included in the disputed amount or (i) above). 
Pickrell also requested that it be determined that it was not a working 
interest owner or First Seller of any of the production with respect to 
which the tax reimbursements were made and

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that it therefore has no liability under the SRD.
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    \1\ First Sellers are C.W. Sebits, Barbara Oil Company, Vera J. 
Casado, Dane G. Hansen Trust, National Cooperative Refinery 
Association, and David H. Tripp.
    \2\ See Docket No. RP98-42-000.
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before 15 days after the date 
of publication in the Federal Register of this notice, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance 
with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214, 385.211, 385.1105, and 385.1106). All 
protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in 
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to 
make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to 
become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7780 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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