E6-4251. Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Refund Report

March 16, 2006.

Take notice that on March 10, 2006, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), formerly Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., tendered for filing a refund report regarding collection of Kansas ad valorem taxes in Southern Star's Docket No. GT95-11-007.

Southern Star states that this filing is being made in compliance with a Commission order requiring Southern Star to continue to make refunds of ad valorem tax collections and to file refund reports.

Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail [e-mail], or call [phone] (toll free). For TTY, call [phone].

Protest Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on March 23, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.