[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14966]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. SA98-76-000]
Edwin A. Cornell; Notice of Petition for Adjustment
June 1, 1998.
Take notice that on March 16, 1998, as supplemented on May 29,
1998, Edwin A. Cornell (Cornell), filed a petition, pursuant to Section
502(c) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), for relief from
making Kansas as valorem tax refunds, with interest, to Northern
Natural Gas Company (Northern), with respect to: (1) Cornell's 1.0
percent working interest in the Bouziden oil and gas lease, that
Cornell held from November 29, 1978 to August 27, 1984; and (2)
Cornell's 0.76563 percent working interest in the McMinimy lease, that
Cornell held from May 20, 1980 to August 27, 1984.\1\ Absent the relief
requested, Cornell will have to make the refunds, as required by the
Commission's September 10, 1997 order in Docket No. RP97-369-000 et
al,\2\ on remand from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.\3\ That order
directed First Sellers to make Kansas ad valorem tax refunds, with
interest, for the period from 1983 to 1988. Cornell's petition is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
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\1\ Cornell's May 29 supplement indicates that the wells on the
Bouziden and McMinimy leases were operated by Hummon Corporation
(Hummon).
\2\ See 80 FERC para. 61,264 (1997); order denying rehearing
issued January 28, 1998, 82 FERC para. 61,058 (1998).
\3\ Public Service Company of Colorado v. FERC, 91 F.3d 1478
(D.C. 1996), cert. denied, Nos. 96-954 and 96-1230 (65 U.S.L.W. 3751
and 3754, May 12, 1997).
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Cornell's March 16, petition consists of a March 10, 1998, letter
stating that Cornell filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on March 7, 1986,
and that such bankruptcy was discharged by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Kansas on September 23, 1986. Cornell's May 29,
supplement consists of a May 19, 1998 letter, in which Cornell explains
(a) that he seeks to be relieved from paying the Kansas ad valorem tax
refunds claimed by Hummon ($572.24 in all), (b) that the court, in
Cornell's August 27, 1984, divorce decree, entitled his ex-wife to all
royalties, profits, proceeds, and interest in any mineral, oil, and/or
gas leases, (c) that such divorce decree resulted in the loss of his
business and subsequent bankruptcy, and (d) that, due to extended
illness, he has been unable to work since 1992.
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. 98-14966 Filed 6-4-98; 8:45 am]
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