[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP98-40-000]


Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company; Notice of Informal Settlement 
Conference

:April 28, 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 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 
Company docket also reached a consensus that the informal settlement 
conference agreed upon should be notices by the Secretary of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) and that the 
Commission's settlement regulations apply to the informal settlement 
process. Consistent with the previous two settlement conferences, the 
Director of the Commission's Dispute Resolution Service and the KCC 
will attend the conference and facilitate the settlement negotiations.
    The informal settlement conference will be held on May 24, 2000, at 
the offices of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 1 Kansas City Place, 1200 Main 
Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The conference will begin at 10:00 a.m. 
To insure that the facilities are adequately sized all parties that 
plan to attend the settlement conference are requested to contact John 
McNish at 785 271-3218 or by email at [email protected], or 
Cynthia King at [email protected] by May 11, 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].

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10994 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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