[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7783]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-41-000]
Hummon Corporation; Notice of Petition for Adjustment
March 19, 1998.
Take notice that on March 9, 1998, Hummon Corporation (Hummon), 950
N. Tyler Road, Wichita, Kansas 6721-3240, filed a petition for
adjustment under section 502(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978
(NGPA),\1\ requesting, on behalf of first sellers (First Sellers) \2\
for whom it operated, that the Commission, inter alia, grant Hummon a
90-day extension for making refunds so First Sellers and Panhandle
Eastern Pipe Line Company (Panhandle) could resolve any dispute as to
the proper amount of First Sellers' refund liability for the Kansas ad
valorem tax reimbursements set forth in the Statement of Refunds Due
(SRD) \3\ and to make refunds or to submit such dispute to the
Commission for resolution if the parties cannot resolve it within such
time, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is open to the
public for inspection.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 3143(c) (1982).
\2\ First Sellers are identified as: George C. Berryman, Donald
M. Brod, Phyllis E. Brod Trust, Robert A. Clark, Floyd D. Crockett,
Roy B. Henderson, George C. Hill, Bryon E. Hummon, Jr., John L.
Kiser, Willard J. Kiser, William Mowery Trust, Anne B. Porter
Berryman, Alan Sturm, and Arthur Vara, Jr.
\3\ Hummon states that Panhandle's SRD claims $11,440.19 for 100
percent of the tax reimbursements, including interest through March
9, 1998.
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Hummon also requests that the Commission grant an adjustment to its
procedures to allow First Sellers to defer payment of principal and
interest attributable to royalties for one year. Hummon further
requests that the Commission, in order to stop the accrual of interest
pending resolution of disputes and legal issues, grant an adjustment to
the Commission's procedures to allow First Sellers to place into an
escrow account not only any disputed amount of the refund, but also (1)
principal and interest attributable to royalty refunds which have not
been collected from royalty owners; (2) principal and interest on
amounts attributable to production prior to October 4, 1983; and (3)
interest on all other principal amounts claimed to be due under the
SRD.
Hummon also requests that the Commission determine that Hummon was
not a working interest owner or first seller of any of the production
with respect to which the tax reimbursements were made and that it
therefore has no liability under the SRD.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said petition should on or before 15 days after the date
of publication in the Federal Register of this notice, file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214, 385.211, 385.1105, and 385.1106). 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 a proceeding or to participate as a party in any
hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7783 Filed 3-21-98; 8:45 am]
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