[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7783]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-41-000]


Hummon Corporation; Notice of Petition for Adjustment

March 19, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 9, 1998, Hummon Corporation (Hummon), 950 
N. Tyler Road, Wichita, Kansas 6721-3240, filed a petition for 
adjustment under section 502(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 
(NGPA),\1\ requesting, on behalf of first sellers (First Sellers) \2\ 
for whom it operated, that the Commission, inter alia, grant Hummon a 
90-day extension for making refunds so First Sellers and Panhandle 
Eastern Pipe Line Company (Panhandle) could resolve any dispute as to 
the proper amount of First Sellers' refund liability for the Kansas ad 
valorem tax reimbursements set forth in the Statement of Refunds Due 
(SRD) \3\ and to make refunds or to submit such dispute to the 
Commission for resolution if the parties cannot resolve it within such 
time, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is open to the 
public for inspection.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 3143(c) (1982).
    \2\ First Sellers are identified as: George C. Berryman, Donald 
M. Brod, Phyllis E. Brod Trust, Robert A. Clark, Floyd D. Crockett, 
Roy B. Henderson, George C. Hill, Bryon E. Hummon, Jr., John L. 
Kiser, Willard J. Kiser, William Mowery Trust, Anne B. Porter 
Berryman, Alan Sturm, and Arthur Vara, Jr.
    \3\ Hummon states that Panhandle's SRD claims $11,440.19 for 100 
percent of the tax reimbursements, including interest through March 
9, 1998.
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    Hummon also requests that the Commission grant an adjustment to its 
procedures to allow First Sellers to defer payment of principal and 
interest attributable to royalties for one year. Hummon further 
requests that the Commission, in order to stop the accrual of interest 
pending resolution of disputes and legal issues, grant an adjustment to 
the Commission's procedures to allow First Sellers to place into an 
escrow account not only any disputed amount of the refund, but also (1) 
principal and interest attributable to royalty refunds which have not 
been collected from royalty owners; (2) principal and interest on 
amounts attributable to production prior to October 4, 1983; and (3) 
interest on all other principal amounts claimed to be due under the 
SRD.
    Hummon also requests that the Commission determine that Hummon was 
not a working interest owner or first seller of any of the production 
with respect to which the tax reimbursements were made and that it 
therefore has no liability under the SRD.
    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, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 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. 98-7783 Filed 3-21-98; 8:45 am]
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