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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Issuance of Decisions and Orders; Week of October 18 Through 
October 22, 1993

    During the week of October 18 through October 22, 1993, the 
decisions and orders summarized below were issued with respect to 
appeals and applications for exception or other relief filed with the 
Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of Energy. The 
following summary also contains a list of submissions that were 
dismissed by the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Appeal

R.L. Morse, 10/18/93, LFA-0322

    Mr. Richard L. Morse filed an Appeal from a denial by the Office of 
Intergovernmental and External Affairs (OIEA), Albuquerque Operations 
Office (AL), Department of Energy (DOE) of a Request for Information 
which he had submitted under the Freedom of Information Act. In 
considering the Appeal, the DOE found that the Los Alamos Area Office 
and the Albuquerque Field Office had conducted reasonable searches in 
response to Mr. Morse's request, and that all responsive documents had 
been released to him. The Appeal was, therefore, denied. Important 
issues that were considered in the Decision and Order were (i) how to 
determine the existence of a document about which Mr. Morse provided 
some evidence in the Appeal, and (ii) the documentation of verbal 
information provided to the Los Alamos Area Office in the course of a 
security clearance investigation.

Request for Exception

Texport Oil Company, 10/19/93, LEE-0047

    Texport Oil Company (Texport) filed an Application for Exception 
from the provisions of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) 
reporting requirements in which the firm sought relief from filing Form 
EIA-782B, entitled ``Reseller/Retailers' Monthly Petroleum Product 
Sales Report.'' In considering the request, the DOE found that Texport 
was not adversely affected by the reporting burden in a way that is 
significantly different from the burden borne by similar reporting 
firms, and because the firm is a ``certainty unit,'' it could not be 
granted relief from filing. Accordingly, exception relief was denied.

Refund Applications

Gulf Oil Corporation/S&L Auto Wash, 10/18/93, RF300-16848

    The DOE has issued a Decision and Order granting in part and 
denying in part an Application for Refund submitted in the Gulf Oil 
Corporation special refund proceeding on behalf of S&L Auto Wash (S&L). 
Throughout most of the consent order period the now defunct S&L was 
under joint ownership. However, this application was submitted on 
behalf of one partner, Mr. Steve Sopko. In this Application, Mr. Sopko 
has requested a refund for 100 percent of the Gulf products purchased 
by S&L during the consent order period. In considering his Application, 
the DOE found that his partner's ownership interest had ended with the 
appointment of a court ordered receiver on April 17, 1974. Accordingly, 
Mr. Sopko was granted a refund for 50 percent of the Gulf purchases 
made before that date and 100 percent of S&L's Gulf purchases made on 
or after that date.

Texaco Inc./Energy Refunds, Inc., 10/20/93, RF321-19876

    The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of 
Energy issued a Decision and Order concerning an Application that was 
filed in the Texaco refund proceeding by Energy Refunds, Inc. (ERI), a 
privately owned filing service. In that Decision, the DOE determined 
that ERI should be granted a payment of $1,879. This determination was 
based on the fact that, although a previous refund granted to an ERI 
client had been rescinded by the OHA and the refund ordered repaid, 
this repayment obligation was satisfied entirely by ERI, with no 
reimbursement from the client. A subsequent Application for Refund was 
filed by ERI on behalf of the client, and this application was also 
granted by the OHA. ERI requested that the payment on this refund claim 
be made to ERI, and not to the client. In view of the fact that the 
client had retained the original refund and the repayment obligation 
was satisfied solely by ERI, the DOE determined that ERI's request 
should be granted.

Refund Applications

    The Office of Hearings and Appeals issued the following Decisions 
and Orders concerning refund applications, which are not summarized. 
Copies of the full texts of the Decisions and Orders are available in 
the Public Reference Room of the Office of Hearings and Appeals. 

Atlantic Richfield Company/Mitschele Contracting Co. Inc. et al...........  RF304-14091                 10/20/93
Atlantic Richfield Company/Schwerman Trucking Company.....................  RF304-14058                 10/18/93
Baltic School Dist. No. 49-1 et al........................................  RF272-80633                 10/20/93
Beacon Oil Company/Gas-O-Teria............................................  RF238-70                    10/19/93
Bolivar Central Schools...................................................  RR272-116                   10/18/93
Butz Oil Company, Inc.....................................................  RF272-90784                 10/22/93
City of Adrian, Michigan et al............................................  RF272-88403                 10/20/93
City of Ypsilanti et al...................................................  RF272-91202                 10/18/93
Crescent Refining & Oil Co./Cargill, Inc..................................  RF347-8                     10/20/93
Cargill, Inc..............................................................  RF347-9                             
Dixie Beer Distributors, Inc..............................................  RF272-81377                 10/20/93
Elliot Company............................................................  RF272-73784                 10/20/93
Elliot Company............................................................  RD272-73784                         
Franklin County, PA et al.................................................  RF272-89049                 10/20/93
Gulf Oil Corporation/Massey's Gulf et al..................................  RF300-21066                 10/21/93
Gulf Oil Corporation/Neshaminy School District et al......................  RF300-20507                 10/20/93
Gulf Oil Corporation/Oil Products, Inc....................................  RF300-21296                 10/22/93
Gulf Oil Corporation/Speed Car Wash, Inc..................................  RF300-21064                 10/18/93
H-K Contractors, Inc......................................................  RF272-14150                 10/21/93
H-K Contractors, Inc......................................................  RD272-14150                         
Hamilton-Wenham Reg. Sch. Dist et al......................................  RF272-85276                 10/19/93
Hobart Sales & Service et al..............................................  RF272-09501                 10/21/93
Metropolitan Petroleum & Fuel/Denbe Corp..................................  RF349-5                     10/20/93
Bird Gas..................................................................  RF349-6                             
Shell Oil Company/Hill City Oil Co., Inc..................................  RF315-8202                  10/20/93
Shell Oil Company/Jim's Shell Service.....................................  RF315-8450                  10/18/93
Shell Oil Company/Smith's Shell Service...................................  RF315-8712                  10/18/93
Shell Oil Company/Whitaker Oil Co.........................................  RF315-8927                  10/20/93
Southwest Health Center, Inc..............................................  RF272-87691                 10/22/93
Texaco Inc./Briggs Transportation Co. et al...............................  RF321-13240                 10/20/93
Texaco Inc./Hayes Texaco..................................................  RF321-19936                 10/20/93
Texaco Inc./Mitchell's Texaco et al.......................................  RF321-19021                 10/22/93
Texaco Inc./Paul Jay Haight & Co., Inc. et al.............................  RF321-10528                 10/21/93
Texaco Inc./Stevenson Texaco et al........................................  RF321-17069                10/18/93 
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed: 

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                       Name                               Case No.      
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American Standard, Inc............................  RF272-92695         
Bourbon County....................................  RF272-85264         
Central Arkansas Transit Authority................  RF272-90193         
Chelsea School District...........................  RF272-81754         
City of Buchanan..................................  RF272-85280         
Columbus County Hospital..........................  RF272-90121         
Dalzell School District 98........................  RF272-80650         
Days Inn of America...............................  RF300-14697         
Downtown Shell & Tire Service.....................  RF315-10157         
Dulce School District.............................  RF272-80649         
Fairfield Home Oil Company........................  RF300-21265         
Francis & Market Texaco...........................  RF321-14494         
Gas Stop Pop Shoppe...............................  RF321-14493         
Giroux Brothers Transport, Inc....................  RF272-89451         
Hancock County....................................  RF272-85257         
Home Oil Company, Inc.............................  LEE-0046            
Honey Dew Truck Stop..............................  RR300-105           
Inmont Corporation................................  RF300-21602         
Jackson County, Kansas............................  RF272-86727         
L.E. Shifflet.....................................  RR300-234           
Mobil-Teria Catering Company......................  RF272-90116         
Putnam County RI..................................  RF272-80642         
R.F. White Company, Inc...........................  RR300-239           
River Dell Regional H.S. Dist.....................  RF272-89298         
Rolla School District.............................  RF272-89280         
Sketchley Services, Inc...........................  RF300-20653         
State Oil Service, Inc............................  RF309-1145          
The Blue Ox Coop..................................  RF272-88785         
Village of Northfield.............................  RF272-89292         
Warrenton-Hammond School District 30..............  RF272-82001         
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    Copies of the full text of these decisions and orders are available 
in the Public Reference Room of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 
room 1E-234, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 1 
p.m. and 5 p.m., except federal holidays. They are also available in 
Energy Management: Federal Energy Guidelines, a commercially published 
loose leaf reporter system.

    Dated: February 25, 1994.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
[FR Doc. 94-5135 Filed 3-4-94; 8:45 am]
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