[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1190-1191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-344]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Mountain Petroleum Corporation; Notice of Petition for Dispute 
Resolution

January 4, 1999.
    Take notice that, on December 23, 1998, Mountain Petroleum 
Corporation (Mountain) filed a letter disputing the amount Mountain 
owes K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company (KNI) in Kansas ad valorem 
tax reforms, i.e., a petition for dispute resolution regarding KNI's 
refund claim. On January 28, 1998, the Commission issued an Order 
Clarifying Procedures [82 FERC para. 61,059 (1998)]. In that order, the 
Commission stated that producers (i.e., First Sellers) could file 
dispute resolution requests from the Commission, asking the Commission 
to resolve the dispute with the pipeline over the amount of Kansas ad 
valorem tax refunds the producer owes. Mountain's petition is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    The Commission issued an order on September 10, 1997, in Docket No. 
RP97-369-000 et al., [80 FERC para. 61,264 (1997); rehearing denied 82 
FERC para. 61,058 (1998)] directing First Sellers to refund Kansas ad 
valorem tax reimbursements, with interest, to the appropriate 
pipeline(s), for the period from 1983-1988. The September 10 order also 
directed the pipelines to serve each First Seller with a Statement of 
Refunds Due.
    KNI served Mountain with a $15,848.52 refund claim ($5,583.75 of 
principal and $10,264.77 of interest). KNI's May 18, 1998 Refund Report 
to the Commission shows that Mountain paid KNI $5,778,61, leaving a 
balance due KNI of $10,069.91.
    In its December 23 letter disputing KNI's refund claim, Mountain 
states that it calculated and paid KNI $5,778.61 ($1,713.02 in 
principal and $4,065.59 in interest), and that this sum is the correct 
Kansas ad valorem tax refund amount Mountain owed KNI. With respect to 
the $10,069.91 remainder of KNI's refund claim, Mountain contends that 
it must be demonstrated that the amount Mountain received (inclusive of 
tax reimbursements) exceeded the applicable maximum lawful price, 
before refunds may be ordered.
    Any person desiring to comment on or make any protest with respect 
to the above-referenced petition should, on or before January 25, 1999, 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211). 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 the 
proceeding, or to participate as a party in any hearing therein, must 
file a

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motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-344 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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