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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 versus

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).

the working interest owners for whom

H&P operated. Therein, H&P requests

that the Commission grant an

adjustment of its Kansas ad valorem tax

refund procedures to Ivy, with respect

to Ivy’s refund liability to Colorado

Interstate Gas Company (CIG) and

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern). H&P’s petition is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

The Commission, in an 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

directed first sellers to make Kansas ad

valorem tax refunds, with interest, for

the period from 1983 to 1988. The

Commission clarified the refund

procedures in its Order Clarifying

Procedures [82 FERC ¶ 61,059 (1998)],

stating therein that producers [first

sellers] could request additional time to

establish the uncollectability of royalty

refunds, and that first sellers may file

requests for NGPA section 502(c)

adjustment relief from the refund

requirement and the timing and

procedures for implementing the

refunds, based on their individual

circumstances.

H&P states that Ivy seeks an

adjustment of the Commission’s refund

procedures that:

(1) permits Ivy to defer, for one year,

the payment of the royalty amounts that

it owes Northern and CIG; and

(2) permits Ivy to escrow (a) the

principal and interest on royalty refunds

(during the 1-year deferral period), (b)

the principal and interest on refunds

attributable to production prior to

October 3, 1983, and (c) the interest on

principal refunds, other than the

amounts listed in (a) and (b) above.

H&P proposes, under the terms of the

adjustment relief requested, that Ivy be

permitted to pay $50,231.89 into

escrow, representing (a) principal and

interest on royalties, (b) principal and

interest on pre-October 3, 1983

production. H&P further proposes that

Ivy be permitted to pay CIG and

Northern $9,633.77 and $4,148.46,

respectively ($13,782.23 in all),

representing Ivy’s principal refunds on

post-October 3, 1983 production.

H&P asserts that it would be an unfair

distribution of burden, if the adjustment

relief it requests on behalf of Ivy is not

granted by the Commission.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11464 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–351–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

April 24, 1998.

Take notice that on April 14, 1998,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NorAm), 1111 Louisiana Street,

Houston, Texas, filed in Docket No.

CP98–351–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

157.208(b)) for authorization to

construct, install, and operate a 1-inch

tap and first-cut regulator on Line LT–

1, in Lafayette County, Arkansas to

provide service to rural customers

served by Arkla, a division of NorAm

Energy Corp., under the blanket

certificate issued and amended in

Docket Nos. CP82–384–000 and Cp82–

384–001, all as more fully set forth in

the request which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

NorAm states that the estimated peak

day and annual deliveries are 196

MMBtu and 1,360 MMBtu respectively.

NorAm states that the proposed

delivered volumes are within Arkla’s

certificated entitlement and that it has

sufficient capacity to accomplish the

deliveries without detriment or

disadvantage to its other customers.

NorAm estimates that the cost of the

construction will be $2,414, or which

Arkla will reimburse NorAm $1,833 of

this cost.

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 therefore,

the proposed activity shall be deemed

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11456 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–362–000]

Northern Border Pipeline Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

April 24, 1998.

Take notice that on April 17, 1998,

Northern Border Pipeline Company

(Northern Border), 1111 South 103rd

Street, Nebraska 68134–1000, filed in

Docket No. CP98–362–000, a request

pursuant to Section 157.205 and

157.212 of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.212) for

authorization to construct and operate

three tie-over lines on its pipeline

system for the existing delivery points

of Beaman, Tama and Amana in Iowa,

under Northern Border’s blanket

certificate issued in docket No. CP84–

420–000, pursuant to 18 CFR Part 157,

Subpart F of the Natural Gas Act, all as

more fully set forth in the request which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Northern Border proposes to construct

and operate three tie-over lines on its

pipeline system for the existing delivery

points of Beaman, Tama and Amana. It

is stated that at Beaman a 2-inch tap

would be installed on the 36-inch

pipeline and approximately twenty feet