[Federal Register: April 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 68)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. GP98-23-000]

 
La Jolla Properties, Inc.; Notice of Petition for Dispute 
Resolution

April 3, 1998.
    Take notice that, on March 9, 1998, the certified public accounting 
firm of Gutschenritter & Johnson, L.L.C., filed a petition for dispute 
resolution on behalf of La Jolla Properties, Inc. (La Jolla), 
requesting the Commission to resolve La Jolla's dispute with Colorado 
Interstate Gas Company (CIG) over La Jolla's Kansas ad valorem tax 
refund liability to

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CIG. 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.\3\ La Jolla's petition is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ See 80 FERC para. 61,264 (1997); order denying reh'g issued 
January 28,1998, 82 FERC para.61,058 (1998).
    \2\ Public 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).
    \3\ 82 FERC para. 61,059 (1998).
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    La Jolla's accountants state that the Kansas ad valorem tax refunds 
that CIG is seeking from La Jolla pertain to production in 1980, 1981, 
and 1982. La Jolla's accountants state that they sent two letters to 
CIG (dated December 8, 1997 and February 25, 1998), and have not 
received any response from CIG. In view of the above, La Jolla's 
accountant's on behalf of La Jolla, request the Commission's attention 
to this matter, i.e., that the Commission resolve this dispute.
    Any person desiring to comment on or make any protest with respect 
to said petition should, on or before April 24, 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. 98-9296 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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