Brief of the Shippers Regarding the Scope of this Proceeding and Opposition to any Stay or Abeyance of this Case.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION SFPP, L.P. ) Docket No. IS11-444-001 BRIEF OF THE SHIPPERS REGARDING THE SCOPE OF THIS PROCEEDING AND OPPOSITION TO ANY STAY OR ABEYANCE OF THIS CASE Melvin Goldstein Marcus W. Sisk, Jr. Matthew A. Corcoran Frederick G. Jauss, IV GOLDSTEIN & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Dorsey & Whitney LLP 1757 P Street, NW 1801 K Street, NW, Suite 750 Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, D.C. 20006 Telephone: (202) 872-8740 Telephone: (202) 442-3000 mgoldstein@goldstein-law.com sisk.marcus@dorsey.com mcorcoran@goldstein-law.com jauss.fred@dorsey.com Counsel for Tesoro Refining and Counsel for ConocoPhillips Company Marketing Company Thomas J. Eastment Richard E. Powers, Jr. Gregory S. Wagner Venable LLP Baker Botts L.L.P. 575 7th Street, NW 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 344-4360 Telephone: (202) 639-7717 repowers@venable.com tom.eastment@bakerbotts.com gregory.wagner@bakerbots.com Counsel for Continental Airlines, Inc.; Northwest Airlines, Inc.; Southwest Counsel for BP West Coast Products LLC; Airlines Co.; and US Airways, Inc. ExxonMobil Oil Corporation; HollyFrontier Refining and Marketing Company; Navajo Refining George L. Weber Company, L.L.C.; and Western Refining Company, Weber & Associates, P.C. LP 1800 Pillory Drive Vienna, VA 22182 Steven Adducci GLWeber44@aol.com Venable LLP 575 7th Street, NW Counsel for Chevron Products Company Washington, D.C. 20004 saadducci@venable.com Dated: October 19, 2011 Counsel for Valero Marketing and Supply Company BRIEF OF THE SHIPPERS REGARDING THE SCOPE OF THIS PROCEEDING AND OPPOSITION TO ANY STAY OR ABEYANCE OF THIS CASE At the pre-hearing conference held on October 4, 2011, the Presiding Administrative Law Judge established a schedule for briefs by the shippers in this proceeding (Shippers) and SFPP, L.P. (SFPP) regarding: (a) The scope of the issues to be litigated in this case; and (b) Whether this case should be held in abeyance as SFPP has requested. As we discuss in greater detail below, the Shippers believe that: (1) The only issue to be litigated in this case is whether the index rate increase that SFPP filed on May 27, 2011 is just and reasonable in view of the Form No. 6 cost and revenue information that SFPP filed with the Commission on June 17, 2011. (2) Therefore, SFPP should not be permitted to file any new cost-of-service data in this case. To the contrary, SFPP must justify the index rate increase it implemented solely on the basis of cost and revenue information contained in its Form No. 6. If SFPP fails to ...