63238 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 205 / Monday, October 23, 2000 / Notices

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[FR Doc. 00–27110 Filed 10–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–54–032]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Settlement Agreement

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 12, 2000,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

Public Service Company of Colorado

(PSCo), Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power

Company (Cheyenne), Colorado Springs

Utilities (CSU), Union Pacific Resources

Company (UPR), Helmerich & Payne

Inc. (Helmerich), Pioneer Natural

Resources USA, Inc. (PNR), OXY USA

Inc. (OXY), Eastman Dillon Oil & Gas

Associates (Eastman), Amoco

Production Company (Amoco), Coastal

Oil and Gas Corporation (Coastal),

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron), Atlantic

Richfield Company (ARCO), Mobil Oil

Corporation (Mobil), Anadarko

Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko),

Broadhurst Operating LP (Broadhurst),

Ivy League, Inc. (IVY), Ralph H.

Howard, Inc. (RHH), and Texaco

Exploration and Production Inc.

(Texaco) (collectively referred to as the

‘‘Signatory Parties’’) filed for the

approval of the Commission a

Settlement Agreement (Settlement)

under Rule 602 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure in the

captioned docket. Signatory Parties state

that the Settlement has the support of

the Public Utilities Commission of the

State of Colorado, the Wyoming Public

Service Commission, the Colorado

Office of Consumer Counsel, the

Colorado Energy Assistance Foundation,

Citizens Utilities Company, and Greeley

Gas Company, a division of Atmos

Energy Corporation. The purpose of the

Settlement is to extinguish the refund

liability of 351 working interest owners

currently subject to refund claims by

CIG of less than $25,000 (with interest

calculated through August 31, 2000)

associated with the collection of Kansas

ad valorem tax reimbursements in

excess of maximum lawful prices (MLP)

under the Natural Gas Policy Act. The

Signatory Parties urge the Commission

to approve the Settlement no later than

November 28, 2000, to enable refunds to

be paid to CIG no later than December

13, 2000 under terms of said agreement.

A copy of the Settlement Agreement is

on file with the Commission and is

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room. The Settlement

Agreement may be viewed on the web

at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Other than the Signatory Parties, the

remaining 64 working interest owners,

who are subject to claims by CIG of

$25,000 or more, may voluntarily

participate in the Settlement by agreeing

to pay specified refunds. Acquiescence

in the terms of the Settlement by these

working interest owners and payments

under the terms of the Settlement would

relieve those working interest owners of

all further liability associated with the

collection of Kansas ad valorem tax

reimbursements in excess of the MLP,

except where otherwise specifically

agreed to in writing by the working

interest owner. In addition, any claims

against royalty owners for royaltyrelated on the CIG system by working

interest owners participating in the

Settlement, as well as royalty claims

associated with the extinguished

liability of the 351 working interest

owners whose individual liabilities

have been calculated at less than

$25,000, are eliminated. Nonparticipating working interest owners

whose individual refund liability is

$25,000 or more retain their legal

challenges to CIG’s refund claims.

In accordance with Section 385.602(f),

comments on the Settlement Agreement

are due October 31, 2000, and any reply

comments are due November 10, 2000.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–40–000]

Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership;

Notice of Compliance Filing

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 11, 2000,

Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership

(Cove Point) filed in compliance with

Order No. 587–L.

Cove Point states that it is a natural

gas storage facility and has no

imbalance provisions. Cove Point states

that pursuant to Order Granting

Clarification, issued September 28,

2000, in Docket No. RM96–1–016, Cove

Point is not required to implement

imbalance trading on its system.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Sections 385.214 or

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such motions or

protests must be filed in accordance

with 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–43–000]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

October 17, 2000.

Take notice that on October 12, 2000,

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

(Eastern Shore) tendered for filing as

part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second

Revised Volume No. 1, certain revised

tariff sheets, proposed to be effective on

November 1, 2000.

Eastern Shore states that the purpose

of this filing is to make the necessary

modifications to its tariff to permit

imbalance trading in order to comply

with the requirements of FERC Order

No. 587–L.

Eastern Shore states that copies of its

filing has been mailed to its customers

and interested state commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the