[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 14266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6453]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP00-213-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Colorado Springs Utilities, 
Public Service Company of Colorado, and Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power 
Company v. Amoco Production Company, Antares Oil Corporation/Oxford 
Consolidated, Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company, Banks Oil Company, 
Beymer and Beymer, Inc., Calvin Exploration, Inc., Colony Energy 
Corporation, Edwin L. & Berry R. Cox, Ensource Inc., W.L. Hartman, W.L. 
Hartman Trust, Inter-American Energy Corp., K&E Drilling Company, Inc., 
Kimbark Oil & Gas Co., Jay Kornfeld, La Jolla Properties, Inc., R.W. 
Lange, Mapco Oil & Gas Company, Northern Pump Company, Osborn Heirs 
Company, Resource Tax Group, Shannon Energy Corporation, Sunburst 
Exploration Company, Thompson Cattle Co., Albert A. Thornbrough, Union 
Pacific Resources Company (formerly Champlin Petroleum Company), Walter 
Kuhn Drilling Company, White & Johnson, L.L.P., Edgar J. White, and 
Woods Petroleum Corporation; Notice of Complaint

March 10, 2000.
    Take notice that on March 8, 2000, Colorado Interstate Gas Company, 
Colorado Springs Utilities, Public Service Company of Colorado, and 
Cheyenne Light, Fuel, and Power Company (collectively Complainants) 
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a 
complaint against Amoco Production Company, et al. (Amoco et al.) 
pursuant to 18 CFR 385.206. According to Complainants, Amoco et al. 
were operators of natural gas wells to whom CIG paid reimbursements of 
the Kansas ad valorem tax after October 4, 1983, a tax that the 
Commission and the United States Court of Appeals have held not to be 
an eligible add-on under Section 110 of the Natural Gas Policy Act. 
Complainants allege that Amoco et al. have not complied with Commission 
orders requiring Amoco et al. to furnish CIG with working interest 
owner data necessary to allow CIG to prepare invoices for refunds of 
the Kansas ad valorem tax. Some of the operators that comprise Amoco et 
al. have provided no working interest owner data at all; others have 
provided only partial data. According to Complainants, efforts by the 
Commission and efforts by CIG have failed to prompt Amoco et al. to 
provide the necessary data. According to Complainants, the lack of the 
needed data has severely hindered CIG's ability to recover and flow 
back to its former sales customers the illegal collections.
    Complainants ask the Commission to use whatever enforcement tools 
are available to the Commission to ensure that Amoco et al. provide CIG 
with the necessary data. These tools include holding non-complying 
operators responsible for the full amount of the refund as reflected in 
CIG's November 1997 Statement of Refunds Due in Docket No. RP98-54.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). All such motions or 
protests must be filed on or before March 28, 2000. Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to 
intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and 
are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room. This 
filing may also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222) for assistance. Answers to the 
complaint shall also be due on or before March 28, 2000.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-6453 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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