46490 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 170 / Wednesday, September 3, 1997 / Notices

ad valorem tax reimbursements on

production between October 4, 1983,

and June 28, 1988, and the Supreme

Court’s denial of cross-petitions for

certiorari, filed in connection with the

D.C. Circuit’s decision in Public Service

Company of Colorado v. FERC.

Plains requests that the Commission

adjust Plains’ potential liability for any

refunds of Kansas ad valorem tax

recoveries by: (i) waiving the payment

of interest on any refund principal for

which Plains is ultimately determined

to be liable; (ii) reducing any refund

obligation to account for sums taken by

royalty owners who are now deceased

or bankrupt or cannot be located, or

sums which fall below a de minimis

standard; (iii) granting relief where the

original consumer who pay any tax

reimbursements cannot be identified or

located; and (iv) reducing any refund

obligation by an amount equal to the

taxes Plains paid on the value of the ad

valorem tax reimbursements.

Plains states that copies of the filing

have been served upon persons listed on

the service list attached to the filing. Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.,

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed with the Commission within 15

days after publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. Protests 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.

Any person wishing to participate in

this proceeding must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23276 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–698–000]

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of

Request Under Blanket Authorization

August 27, 1997.

Take notice that on August 15, 1997,

Questar Pipeline Company (Questar), 79

South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

84111, filed in Docket No. CP97–698–

000 a request pursuant to Sections

157.205 and 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.216) for authorization to abandon

and remove its Colorado Interstate Gas

Company (CIG) Measuring and

Regulating (M&R) Station receipt point

located within a pipe storage yard in

Sweetwater County, Wyoming, under

Questar’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–491–000 pursuant to

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as

more fully set forth in the request that

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Questar states that the CIG M&R

Station was historically used as a gas

supply facility to receive natural gas

volumes purchased from CIG into

Questar’s Main Line Nos. 1 and 13 at

Crossover 19. Questar explains that the

receipt point facilities proposed to be

abandoned and removed are comprised

of: (1) an 8-inch-diameter Daniel Senior

meter run; (2) a 6-inch-diameter control

valve; (3) a 4-foot by 6-foot meter

building; (4) an 8-foot by 12-foot by 8-

foot fiberglass telemetry building; (5)

approximately 60 feet of buried 6-inchdiameter pipeline; and (6)

miscellaneous valves, fittings and other

appurtenances. Questar also states that

the 6-inch-diameter pipeline will be

disconnected from piping at Crossover

19, a 6-inch weld cap will be installed,

and all buried pipelines will be

removed as part of the abandonment

work.

Questar further explains that the CIG

M&R Station facilities have not been

utilized for more than 10 years and it is

anticipated that Questar will not resume

receiving natural gas volumes from CIG

at this site.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP95–197–031 and RP96–44–

007]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Compliance

Filing

August 27, 1997.

Take notice that on August 21, 1997,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing with the Commission the

calculation of its return allowance as

required by Opinion No. 414. Opinion

No. 414 addresses Transco’s capital

structure and return allowance for the

Docket No. RP95–197 rate period

beginning September 1, 1995 through

April 30, 1997.

Transco states that it has calculated

its return allowance in accordance with

the two-step DCF methodology specified

in Opinion No. 414. The calculation of

Transco’s return allowance and the

workpapers supporting those

calculations are attached in Appendix A

to the filing.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed as provided in Section 154.210 of

the Commission’s Regulations. Protests

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.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23274 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

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