29980 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 105 /Tuesday, June 2, 1998 / Notices

Inventor: Christopher C. Smyth.

Patent Number: 5,726,916.

Issued Date: March 10, 1998.

Title: Method for Detecting

Nitrocompounds Using Excimer Laser

Radiation.

Inventor: Rosario C. Sausa.

Patent Number: 5,728,584.

Issued Date: March 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Mike Rausa, Technology Transfer

Office, AMSRL–CS–TT, U.S. Army

Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Maryland 21005–5055, tel:

(401) 278–5028; fax: (410) 278–5820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–14559 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availabilty of a Pop-up Target System

for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or

Partially Exclusive Licensing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the general availability of

exclusive, partially exclusive or nonexclusive licenses relative to a novel

pop-up target system as described in the

U.S. Army Research Laboratory patent

docket #ARL 98–16 and a subsequent

patent application to the U.S. Patent and

Trademark Office. A licensing meeting

is scheduled for Wednesday, 15 July

1998 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Visit http://www.fedlabs.org/flc/ma/pl

for technical and registration

information. A non-disclosure

agreement must be signed prior to

attending the licensing meeting.

Licenses shall comply with 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR 404.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael D. Rausa, U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, Office of Research and

Technology Applications, ATTN:

AMSRL–CS–TT/Bldg. 434, Aberdeen

Proving Ground, Maryland 21005–5425,

Telephone: (410) 278–5028.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–14558 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. EC96–19–026 and ER96–1663–

027]

California Power Exchange

Corporation; Notice of Filing

May 27, 1998.

Take notice that on May 22, 1998, the

California Power Exchange Corporation

(PX), filed a Notice of Change in Start

of the Hour-Ahead Market. The filing

amends the PX’s proposed Tariff

Amendment No. 2, filed on April 10,

1998 in the above-referenced dockets,

by changing the requested effective date

to introduce the Hour-Ahead Market to

June 27, 1998. The PX states that it is

doing so in order to conduct further

market testing and training.

The PX states that it is serving copies

of its filing on all parties designated on

the official service list and will

promptly post it on the PX’s web site.

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, NE, Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18

CFR 385.214). All such motions and

protests should be filed on or before

June 2, 1998. Protests will be considered

by the Commission to determine 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 are

available for public inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14580 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–406–000]

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice

of Informal Settlement Conference

May 27, 1998.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on Tuesday, June 9,

1998, at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, for the purpose of exploring the

possible settlement of the abovereferenced docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervener status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact William J. Collins at (202) 208–

0248.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14483 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–545–000]

Colorado Engineering Experiment

Station, Inc.; Notice of Petition for

Declaratory Order

May 27, 1998.

Take notice that on May 13, 1998,

Colorado Engineering Experiment

Station, Inc. (CEESI), 54043 WCR 37,

Nunn, Colorado 80648, filed in Docket

No. CP98–545–000, a petition pursuant

to Rule 207 of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.207), requesting the Commission to

determine and declare that it lacks

jurisdiction pursuant to the Natural Gas

Act (NGA), other statutes including the

Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), and any

regulations promulgated thereunder,

over the construction, maintenance and

operation of CEESI’s proposed natural

gas meter calibration facilities and

appurtenances; all as more fully set

forth in the petition which is on file

with the Commission and open for

public inspection.

CEESI plans to develop a natural gas

meter calibration facility at Northern

Border Pipeline Company’s (Northern

Border) Ventura Measurement Station

(Ventura Station) located near Ventura,

Iowa, for the primary purpose of

calibrating large volume flowmeters.

The meter calibration facility to be

operated by CEESI will consist of

reference meters, meter testing facilities

and instrumentation, 30-inch piping

and buildings. CEESI states that the

Ventura Station provide the following

essential elements for calibrating large

volume meters: (i) A consistent year

around daily flow of a large volume of

natural gas; (ii) a high pressure system;

and (iii) cold winter conditions.
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 105 /Tuesday, June 2, 1998 / Notices 29981

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

rehearing 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).

CEESI states that the planned

calibration facility will provide

manufacturers and users of large volume

flow meters in the United States access

to a calibration facility in the United

States, resulting in reduced expense and

time required to test and transport such

meters. In addition, CEESI avers that the

facility will provide the opportunity to

further develop the ultrasonic flowmeter

technology and to develop United States

standards for ultrasonic flowmeters.

CEESI further states that Northern

Border will install about 900 feet of 30-

inch pipe and a tie-over between

Ventura to Harper, Iowa and the outlet

of the CEESI facility all located in the

Ventura Station yard to accommodate

CEESI’s calibration facility. The 30-inch

pipe will connect the meter calibration

facility and Northern Border’s system.

Northern Border will also construct two

buildings for CEESI, one to house

instrumentation and one for the testing

of meters. CEESI will reimburse

Northern Border for any operating or

maintenance costs. CEESI will also pay

Northern Border a fee related to the 30-

inch pipe, the tie-over, buildings and

appurtenances installed by Northern

Border. CEESI will replace in kind any

natural gas volume lost during the meter

calibration process. The gas loss during

the meter calibration process will be

minimis. Operation of the CEESI

facilities will not result in costs or

charges to Northern Border’s customers.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 17,

1998, 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 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). 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 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.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Section 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein

and if the Commission on its own

review of the matter finds that a grant

of the certificate is required by the

public convenience and necessity. If a

motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for the CEESI to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GP98–33–000]

Graham-Michaelis Corporation; Notice

of Petition for Dispute Resolution

May 27, 1998.

Take notice that, on May 19, 1998,

Graham-Michaelis Corporation (GMC)

filed a petition requesting the

Commission to resolve any dispute

between GMC and Williams Gas

Pipelines Central, Inc., formerly:

Williams Natural Gas Company

(Williams), regarding GMC’s refund

liability for Kansas ad valorem tax

reimbursements that Amoco made to

GMC and that GMC forwarded to certain

third-party working interest owners.

GMC asks the Commission to find that

GMC has no such refund liability, to

Williams, because GMC only served as

the operator for those third-party

working interest owners, and did not

hold an interest in those leases and

wells. GMC’s petition is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

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).

GMC states that it received a copy of

a letter that Amoco Production

Company (Amoco) sent to Williams (in

response to the Statement of Refunds

Due that Williams sent to Amoco) that

detailed Amoco’s analysis of its Kansas

ad valorem tax refund liability. GMC

notes that Amoco stated therein that it

is not responsible for refunds

attributable to third-party working

interests, and listed ‘‘GrahamMichaelis’’ as having received these

reimbursements during the applicable

period (1983–1988). GMC states that,

with interest computed through March

9, 1998, these refunds total $42,004.68.

While GMC agrees that Amoco has no

refund liability for the third-party

reimbursements, GMC contends that it

also has no such refund liability,

because GMC only operated the leases

and the eight wells involved (Bowker 2,

Lowe, Long Wood, Wheatley 2–33,

Weber B, Weber A, Dennis, and Steen)

on behalf of the working interest

owners, and GMC did not retain the

Kansas ad valorem tax reimbursements.

GMC adds that: 1) the subject working

interest owners sold the leases and

wells a number of years ago; 2) many of

the corresponding files and records

were turned over to the purchaser; 3) it

has been unable to determine whether,

and to what extent these

reimbursements exceeded the maximum

lawful prices; and 4) it has been unable

to determine the principal and interest

owed by each working interest owner.

GMC states that it has not received a

Statement of Refunds Due from

Williams with respect to these refunds;

thus, no refund claim has been leveled

at GMC. GMC further states that it does

not know, at this time, whether any

dispute with Williams exists.

Nevertheless, GMC asks the

Commission to find that GMC has no

refund liability to Williams, with regard

to the Kansas ad valorem tax

reimbursements that GMC passed

through to the working interest owners.

Meanwhile, GMC states that it will: 1)

continue to assemble the information to

determine what Kansas ad valorem tax

reimbursement distributions it made to

each working interest owner; 2)

continue its efforts to determine

whether those reimbursements

exceeded the applicable maximum

lawful prices; and 3) notify the working

interest owners of their refund liability

once GMC completes its determinations,

and furnish its findings to Williams,