[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7851]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-53-000]


Kansas Petroleum, Inc.; Notice of Petition for Adjustment

March 20, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 9, 1998, Kansas Petroleum, Inc. (Kansas 
Petroleum), care of 200 West Douglas--Fourth Floor, Wichita, Kansas 
67202-3084, 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 grant them relief from any further refund liability not 
heretofore paid for the Kansas ad valorem tax reimbursements set forth 
in the Statement of Refunds Due (SRD) \3\ submitted to Kansas Petroleum 
by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 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. 3142(c) (1982).
    \2\ First Sellers are identified as: E.N. Diderich Trust, Howard 
M. Gillespie Living Trust, Gail P. Popovich, James E. Rhude, James 
Tasheff, Arthur O. Wilkonson, and Lester Wilkonson Trust.
    \3\ Kansas Petroleum states that Northern's SRD claims 
$84,976.18 for the principal and $156,844.71 in interest accrued 
through March 9, 1998, for a total of $241,820.89.
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    Kansas Petroleum also requests that the Commission, pending 
resolution of this proceeding, permit Kansas Petroleum to place in an 
escrow account the amount of interest on the refund liability as 
calculated.
    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. 98-7851 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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