[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16487-16488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8711]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-40-001]


Hummon Corporation; Notice of Amendment to Petition for 
Adjustment and Request for Extension of Time

March 30, 1998.
    Take notice that, on March 13, 1998, Hummon Corporation (Hummon) 
filed a supplement, in Docket No. SA98-40-001, amending its March 9, 
1998 petition (in Docket No. SA98-40-000) for an adjustment the 
Commission's refund procedures (to defer payment of principal and 
interest for one year), an adjustment to its procedures to stop the 
accruing of interest, and a 90-day extension of time to make refunds to 
Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern). Hummon's March 9 petition was 
filed on behalf of Hummon and the working interest owners (First 
Sellers\1\) for whom Hummon operated. Hummon's March 13 amendment adds 
two First Sellers to the list of working interest owners covered by 
Hummon's March 9 petition--Bernard J. Alberts and Elinor B. Amstutz--
and deletes three First Sellers--Bernard J. Amstutz, Seymour Roth, and 
Alan Sturm--from that list. The March 13 amendment also revises the 
amount reported to be in dispute with Northern. Hummon's March 9 
petition and March 13 amendment to the March 9 petition are on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ The First Seller, working interest owners originally covered 
by Hummon's March 9 petition for adjustment included: A.L. 
Abercrombie, Bernard J. Amstutz, Wilber D. Berg, George C. Berryman, 
Ralph L. Bradley, Donald M. Brod, Robert A. Clark, E.A. Cook III, 
Jamie Coulter, Lowell D. Denniston, George C. Hill, Byron E. Hummon, 
Jr., John L. James, Willard J. Kiser, Enterprises, Jack W. Kowalski, 
James G. Neuner, Pat Petroleum Company, R.L. Robertson, Seymour 
Roth, Melva Stockstill, Dwight D. Sutherland, Jr., Dwight D. 
Sutherland, Sr., Arthur Vara, Kenneth S. White, Wanda L. Yinger, 
Trustee, and Alan Sturm.
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    Hummon's March 9 petition was filed in response to the Commission's 
September 10, 1997, order in Docket No. RP97-369-000 et al,\2\ on 
remand from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,\3\ which directed first 
sellers to make Kansas ad valorem tax refunds, with interest, for the 
period from 1983 to 1988. Hummon's March 9 petition stated that 
Northern had reduced the

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amount of its total refund claim, from $137,703.66 as set forth in 
Northern's Statement of Refunds Due filed in Docket No. RP98-39-000, to 
$86,105.54, including interest through March 9, 1998. Hummon's March 13 
amendment indicates that $32,764.60 of the $86,105.54 revised total 
refund due has been refunded to Northern, and that $35,340.58 has been 
placed into escrow.
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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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    Any person desiring to answer Hummon's March 13 amendment should 
file such answer with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, on or before April 20, 
1998, in accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.213, 385.215, 385.1101, and 385.1106).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-8711 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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