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1See 80 FERC ¶61,264 (1997); order denying

reh’g issued January 28, 1998, 82 FERC ¶ 61,058

(1998).

2Public 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).

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 proceedings.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11058 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM98–7–23–002]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC

Gas Tariff

April 21, 1998.

Take notice that on April 16, 1998,

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

(ESNG) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume

No. 1, certain revised tariff sheets in the

above captioned docket bear a proposed

effective date of April 1, 1998. As directed by the March 31, 1998,

Commission Order in Docket No.

TM98–7–23–000, et al. ESNG is refiling

its Storage Tracker rates, previously

filed on March 10, 1998 (as

subsequently corrected on April 14,

1998). The first purpose of this filing is

to track rate changes attributable to the

annual electric power cost adjustment

submitted by Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (Columbia) in

Docket No. RP98–152–000. The changes

are reflected in the rates applicable to

storage service rendered by ESNG under

its Rate Schedule CFSS.

ESNG states that the second purpose

of this filing is to track recent storage

rate changes by Transcontinental Gas

Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) to be

effective April 1, 1998 under Fransco’s

Rate Schedules GSS and LSS. The

changes are reflected in the rates

applicable to storage service rendered

by ESNG under its Rate Schedules GSS

and LSS.

ESNG states that copies of the filing

have been served upon its jurisdictional

customers and interested State

Commissions.

Any person desiring to protest this

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 proceedings.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11062 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GP98–31–000]

Great Eastern Energy and

Development Corporation; Notice of

Petition for Dispute Resolution

April 21, 1998.

Take notice that, on March 23, 1998,

Great Eastern Energy and Development

Corporation (Great Eastern) filed a

petition requesting the Commission to

resolve a dispute between Great Eastern

and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company (Panhandle) as to whether

Great Eastern has any Kansas ad

valorem tax refund liability to

Panhandle on behalf of Patton Oil

Company (Patton). The Commission, by

order issued September 10, 1997, in

Docket No. RP97–369–000 et al,1 on

remand from the D.C. Circuit Court of

Appeals,2 required first sellers to refund

the Kansas ad valorem tax

reimbursements to the pipelines, with

interest, for the period from 1983 to

1988. In its January 28, 1998 Order

Clarifying Procedures, the Commission

stated that producers (i.e., first sellers)

could file dispute resolution requests

with the Commission, asking the

Commission to resolve the dispute with

the pipeline over the amount of Kansas

ad valorem tax refunds owed, see 82

FERC ¶ 61,059 (1998). Great Eastern’s

petition is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection. Great Eastern contends that it has no

Kansas ad valorem tax refund liability to

Panhandle for the following reasons: (1)

Great Eastern acquired Patton in 1985

and kept it as a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Great Eastern, because

Patton owed $4,000,000 to Northern

Trust of Chicago (Northern Trust); (2) in

1986; Great Eastern negotiated a

purchase of the note from Northern

Trust, whereupon Great Eastern became

the holder of that note; (3) Patton was

never merged into Great Eastern; and (4)

in 1991, Great Eastern foreclosed on all

of the properties that Patton had given

to Northern Trust as security for the

note, but took title to those properties in

lieu of foreclosing, leaving Patton with

no assets. Great Eastern adds that Patton

no longer operates in the State of

Kansas. In view of the above, Great

Eastern contends that it should not be

held liable for any Kansas ad valorem

tax refunds owed by Patton.

Any person desiring to comment on

or make any protest with respect to any

of the above-referenced petitions

should, on or before May 12, 1998, file

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to

intervene or protest in accordance with

the requirements of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214 or 385.211). 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 the proceeding, or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein, must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11049 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. R97–301–002]

Overthrust Pipeline Company; Notice

of Tariff Filing

April 21, 1998.

Take notice that on April 16, 1998,

Overthrust Pipeline Company

(Overthrust), tendered for filing as part

of its FERC Gas Tariff, the following

tariff sheets to become effective October

1, 1997:

Original Volume No. 1

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 2

Substitute Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 6

Third Revised Sheet No. 7

First Revised Sheet No. 7A

Third Revised Sheet No. 16

First Revised Volume No. 1–A

First Revised Second Revised Sheet No. 1