[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10561]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RP97-369-000 and RP98-39-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Informal Settlement 
Conference

April 24, 2000.
    On March 13 and 28, 2000, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) 
sponsored two informal settlement conferences for the purpose of 
initiating settlement discussions potentially leading to a resolution 
of all the Kansas ad valorem proceedings. During the March 28 
conference, the participants agreed that settlement negotiations among 
all interested parties should be pursued separately for each pipeline 
involved with the Kansas ad valorem tax refund issues.
    The participants interested in the Northern Natural Gas Company 
docket also reached a consensus that the informal settlement conference 
agreed upon should be noticed by the Secretary of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) and that the Commission's settlement 
regulations apply to the informal settlement process. The participants 
also agreed that, as with the previous two settlement conferences, the 
Director of the Commission's Dispute Resolution Service and the KCC 
attend the conference and facilitate the settlement negotiations.
    The informal settlement conference will be held on May 9, 2000, at 
the Wyndham Garden Hotel located at 7000 West 108th, Overland Park, 
Kansas. The conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. To insure that the 
facilities are adequately sized all parties that plan to attend the 
settlement conference are requested to contact Sharon Solon by phone at 
(402) 398-7015 or via e-mail at [email protected] or 
[email protected] no later than May 3, 2000.
    All interested parties in the above dockets are requested to attend 
the informal settlement conference. If a party has any questions 
respecting the conference, please call Richard Miles, the Director of 
the Dispute Resolution Service. His telephone number is 1 877 FERC ADR 
(337-2237) or 202-208-0702 and his e-mail address is 
[email protected].

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10561 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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