[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40518-40519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20207]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. SA98-96-000, SA98-97-000, SA98-98-000, SA98-99-000, SA98-
100-000 (Not Consolidated)]


IMC Global, Inc.; Notice of Petitions for Dispute Resolution and 
Adjustment

July 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on July 15, 1998, IMC Global, Inc. (IMC) filed the 
above-referenced petitions, pursuant to section 502(c) of the Natural 
Gas Policy Act of 1978. IMC's petitions, for various reasons, reject 
(in whole or in part) the Kansas ad valorem tax refund claims made by 
the pipelines listed below.

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                Pipeline                            Docket No.          
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Colorado Interstate Gas Company.........  SA98-96-000                   
Northern Natural Gas Company............  SA98-97-000                   
Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.....  SA98-98-000                   

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K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company.  SA98-99-000                   
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company.....  SA98-100-000                  
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    If adjustment relief becomes necessary (i.e., if the Commission 
determines that IMC owes Kansas ad valorem tax refunds to one or more 
of the subject pipelines), IMC requests to be relieved from making the 
refunds attributable to royalties, on the ground that such refunds are 
now uncollectible, owing to the enactment of section 7 of House Bill 
No. 2419, by the State of Kansas. IMC's petitions are on file with the 
Commission and they are open to public inspection.
    The Commission, by order issued September 10, 1997, in Docket No. 
RP97-369-000 et al.,\1\ on remand from the D.C. Circuit Court of 
Appeals,\2\ directed First Sellers to make Kansas ad valorem tax 
refunds, with interest, to the appropriate pipelines, for the period 
from 1983 to 1988. In its January 28, 1998 Order Clarifying Procedures 
[82 FERC para. 61,059 (1998)], the Commission stated that producers 
(i.e., First Sellers) could file dispute resolution requests with the 
Commission, asking the Commission to resolve the dispute with the 
pipeline over the amount of Kansas ad valorem tax refunds owed.
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    \1\ See: 80 FERC para. 61,264 (1997); rehearing denied January 
28, 1998, 82 FERC para. 61,058 (1998).
    \2\ 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).
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to any of these petitions 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. 98-20207 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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