[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14452-14453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7786]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-45-000]
Molz Oil Company; Notice of Petition for Adjustment and Request
for Extension of Time
March 19, 1998.
Take notice that on March 9, 1998, Molz Oil Company (Molz) and the
working interest owners (First Sellers) for whom it operated,\1\ filed
a petition for adjustment and a request for extension of time under
section 502(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), requesting
an adjustment to its obligation to make Kansas ad valorem tax reforms
to Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG), all as more fully set forth in
the petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
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\1\ First Sellers are Donald Albers, Darry Brown, Rick
Caruthers, Judy Courson, Donald E. Evans, Helen Evans, K.B. Evans,
Martha Evans, Beverly Molz, Jim Molz, Ben Rathgeber, Bob and Lometa
Rathgeber, Lamoine Shrock, R.K. Sweetman and Westmore Drilling Co.
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It is stated that Molz's petition is filed in response to the
Commission's September 10, 1997, order in Docket Nos. RP97-369-000,
GP97-3-000, GP97-5-000 \2\ on remand from the D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals,\3\ which directed first sellers under the NGPA to make Kansas
ad valorum tax refunds, with interest, for the period from 1983 to
1988.
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\2\ See 80 FERC para. 61,264 (1997); order denying reh'g issued
January 28, 1998, 82 FERC para. 61,058 (1998).
\3\ Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC, 91 F.3d 1478
(D.C. Cir. 1996), cert., denied, 65 U.S.L.W. 3751 and 3754 (May 12,
1997) (Nos. 96-954 and 96-1230).
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Molz requests that the Commission grant an adjustment to its
procedures to allow First Sellers to place into an escrow account the
disputed amount of the refund set forth in the Statement of Refunds Due
(SRD) from WNG,\4\ and, after resolution of the dispute, to retain in
the account (a) principal and interest on amounts attributable to
production prior to October 4, 1983, and (b) interest on all reimbursed
principal amount determined to be refundable as being in excess of
maximum lawful prices (excluding interest retained under (a) above. It
is stated that the SRD received from WNG was $93,447.06, including
interest accrued through December 31, 1997.
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\4\ See. Docket No. RP98-52-000.
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Molz also requests an extension of time to permit an additional 90
days beginning March 9, 1998, in which to obtain the necessary
documents and information to verify the correct amount of its actual
refund liability and to reach an agreement on the amount before
submitting the dispute to the Commission.
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
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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. 98-7786 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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