[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8165]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-61-000]


Louis Welner and Bruce F. Welner; Notice of Petition for 
Adjustment

March 24, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 10, 1998, Bruce F. Welner on behalf of 
himself and his father Louis Welner filed a petition for adjustment 
under section 502(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA),\1\ 
requesting to be relieved of their obligation to make Kansas ad valorem 
tax refunds to Northern Natural Gas Company, with respect to their 
working interest in wells operated in Clark County, Kansas otherwise 
required by the Commission's September 10, 1997 order in Docket Nos. 
RP97-369-000, GP97-3-000, GP97-4-000, and GP97-5-000.\2\ The petition 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 3142(c) (1982).
    \2\ See 80 FERC para. 61,264 (1997); order denying reh'g issued 
January 28, 1998, 82 FERC para. 61,058 (1998).
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    The Commission's September 10 order on remand from the D.C. Circuit 
Court of Appeals \3\ directed first sellers under the NGPA to make 
Kansas ad valorem tax refunds, with interest, for the period from 1983 
to 1988.
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    \3\ Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC, 91 F.3d 1478 
(D.C. 1996), cert. denied, Nos. 96-954 and 96-1230 (65 U.S.L.W. 3751 
and 3754, May 12, 1997) (Public Service).
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    Bruce F. Welner seeks relief for his father regarding his interest 
in the Bouziden well based on the following grounds:
    1. Lewis Welner currently lives in a nursing home in Florida and is 
suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
    2. Lewis Welner has been on Medicaid for the last year because his 
assets are depleted.
    Bruce F. Welner seeks relief for himself regarding his interest in 
the McMinimy and Bouziden wells based on the following:
    1. In May of 1988 Bruce F. Welner and his wife filed for personal 
bankruptcy. The two wells were used as collateral to secure a loan.
    2. As a result of the bankruptcy a bank became owner of Bruce 
Welner's interest in the two wells.
    3. The remaining unsecured oil and gas assets were sold at auction, 
along with Bruce Welner's personal assets. The proceeds were 
distributed to unsecured creditors.
    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 according 
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. 98-8165 Filed 3-27-98; 8:45 am]
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