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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Issuance of Decisions and Orders by the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals; Week of November 22 Through November 26, 1993

    During the week of November 22 through November 26, 1993, the 
decisions and orders summarized below were issued with respect to 
appeals and applications for 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.

Complaint of Discrimination

Complainant, 11/23/93, LDA-0001, LDA-0002

    The OHA investigated a Complaint of Discrimination filed against 
the DOE by an employee who was not selected for the position of 
Director of DOE's Office of Human Resources. The Complainant alleged 
discrimination on the basis of race, sex and age, and retaliation for 
filing a previous Complaint of Discrimination. In its determination, 
the OHA pointed out that the agency has the discretion to choose among 
qualified candidates so long as the decision is not premised on an 
unlawful factor. As a result of the investigation, the OHA found that 
the ultimate selectee for the position was chosen because the selecting 
official was familiar with her work and believed that she was the 
outstanding candidate. The OHA concluded that the selection was not 
based upon any improper factor. Accordingly, the OHA denied the claim 
for relief.

Refund Applications

State of Maine, 11/23/93, RF272-74169

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order granting an Application for 
Refund filed by the State of Maine (Maine) in the Subpart V crude oil 
refund proceeding. The state applied on behalf of all specified state 
agencies. The DOE rejected Objections filed by Phillip P. Kalodner, 
council for utilities, transporters, and manufacturers, in regard to 
this Application. In this Decision, Maine was granted a refund of 
$77,374.


Texaco Inc./Doc's Texaco Service, Texaco Inc./Baden Texaco, 11/22/93 
RF321-10696, RF321-10891

    The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of 
Energy issued a Decision and Order concerning Applications for Refund 
that were filed in the Texaco refund proceeding by Doc's Texaco (Doc's) 
and Baden Texaco (Baden). In that Decision, we stated that Doc's and 
Baden purchased their Texaco refined petroleum products on an indirect 
basis from suppliers who themselves had filed Applications for Refund 
in the Texaco proceeding and who had proved that they absorbed most of 
Texaco's overcharges. Therefore, Baden and Doc's were granted refunds 
to the extent that their respective suppliers passed through Texaco's 
overcharges. Baden was granted a refund of $3,010 and Doc's was granted 
a refund of $196.


Texaco Inc./Keith's Texaco, Keith's Texaco, 11/24/93, RF321-18823, 
RF321-18824

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order denying one Application for 
Refund and granting another Application for Refund filed by Keith 
Hughes in the Texaco Inc. Subpart V special refund proceeding on behalf 
of two Texaco outlets Mr. Hughes operated. Mr. Hughes' Application on 
behalf of Keith's Texaco on Marion Street (Case No. RF321-18824) lacked 
acceptable purchase volume information; rather, the purchase volume 
advanced in the Application was based solely on the applicant's memory 
with no supporting documentation. The DOE has previously decided that 
an applicant's memory is not an acceptable means of establishing a 
purchase volume. Thus, Mr. Hughes' Application for Refund for Keith's 
Texaco on Marion did not meet the criteria set forth in the Decision 
and Order implementing the Texaco Subpart V special refund proceeding 
and was denied accordingly. On the other hand, Mr. Hughes' Application 
for Refund for Keith's Texaco on Boston Street met (Case No. RF321-
18823) the criteria set forth in the Texaco Decision and Mr. Hughes was 
granted a refund of $1,068 (representing $778 principal and $290 
interest).

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/E-Z Serve, Inc  RF304-4878           11/24/93
E-Z serve of Calif., Inc.................  RF304-4880                   
Atlantic Richfield Company/Pete's Arco et  RF304-14007          11/23/93
 al.                                                                    
Atlantic Richfield Company/Wonder          RF304-14405          11/24/93
 Chemical Corporation et al.                                            
Blasig's Produce et al...................  RF272-91139          11/22/93
City of Texarkana, Arkansas..............  RF272-69192          11/23/93
Gulf Oil Corporation/87 Gulf.............  RF300-20071          11/22/93
Saunders Oil Company.....................  RF300-20072                  
Shell Oil Company/Bernie's Shell.........  RF315-10185          11/23/93
Superior Printing, Inc. et al............  RF272-81806          11/23/93
Texaco Inc./Joe C. Lovett et al..........  RF321-14227          11/24/93
Texaco Inc./Johnson's Texaco et al.......  RF321-1641           11/23/93
Texaco Inc./Lone Tree Texaco et al.......  RF321-19000          11/24/93
Texaco Inc./Meltonis Texaco et al........  RF321-14441          11/22/93
Texaco Inc./V & H Service et al..........  RF321-14091          11/23/93
Toombs County, Georgia et al.............  RF272-85088          11/24/93
United Parcel Service of America, Inc....  RF272-93086          11/23/93
Womeldorf Trucking, Inc..................  RF272-93134                  
                                                                        

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed:

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                        Name                               Case No.     
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Big Springs Service Center..........................  RF321-8514        
Bradford Community Unit School District 1...........  RF272-81476       
Chilton ISD.........................................  RF272-81416       
Culberson County ISD................................  RF272-81233       
Duncan Unified School District 2....................  RF272-81397       
Earl's Texaco Service...............................  RF321-8512        
Eastport Union Free School..........................  RF272-81585       
Forgione's Service Station..........................  RF321-8498        
Gas for Less Texaco.................................  RF321-8507        
Glen Hill Service Station...........................  RF321-8510        
Gooden & Son Texaco.................................  RF321-8517        
Grayslake CC. School District.......................  RF272-81614       
Ladysmith-Hawkins School District...................  RF272-82347       
Layton Davis Texaco Station.........................  RF321-8471        
M.S.A.D. 8..........................................  RF272-81367       
Majewski Texaco Service.............................  RF321-8497        
Merit Oil Co........................................  RF321-8464        
Mount Pleasant Community School.....................  RF272-81404       
New Hartford Community School.......................  RF272-81368       
Northeast Bradford School District..................  RF272-81323       
Paul's Service Station..............................  RF321-8449        
Pearson Auto Service................................  RF321-8506        
Pequot Filling Station..............................  RF321-8480        
R&S Self-Service....................................  RF321-8448        
Rodgers Arco........................................  RF304-14452       
Roybal's Texaco Service.............................  RF321-8455        
Rusty's Texaco......................................  RF321-8483        
Sabol's Service Station.............................  RF321-8468        
Tenafly School District.............................  RF272-81620       
Vallejo City Unified................................  RF272-81517       
Vogt's Texaco.......................................  RF321-8489        
Walnut Creek Elementary.............................  RF272-81607       
Wheeler County School District......................  RF272-81429       
Whitley's Texaco....................................  RF321-8534        
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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
a.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. 94-5137 Filed 3-4-94; 8:45 am]
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