[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9681-9682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4191]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Hearings and Appeals


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders; Week of October 31 
through November 4, 1994

    During the week of October 31 through November 4, 1994, 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.

Appeals

Cowles Publishing Co., 10/31/94, LFA-0427

    Cowles Publishing Company (Cowles) filed an Appeal from a 
determination issued by the DOE's Richland Operations Office (Richland) 
in response to a request from Cowles under the Freedom of Information 
Act (FOIA). Cowles sought the salary information of the president or 
highest-ranking official of the four major contractors working for 
Richland: Westinghouse Hanford Company, Battelle Pacific Northwest 
Laboratory, Kaiser Engineers Hanford Company and the Bechtel 
corporation. In considering the Appeal, the DOE found that Richland 
properly withheld the salaries of those positions under Exemption 6 of 
the FOIA. Accordingly, the Appeal was denied.

Glen M. Jameson 11/1/94, VFA-0001

    Glen M. Jameson filed an Appeal from a determination issued by the 
DOE's Albuquerque Operations Office (Albuquerque) in response to a 
request from Mr. Jameson under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 
Mr. Jameson sought the names and numbers of current and former PAI 
Corporation (PIA) employees working on Albuquerque Contract No. DE-
AC04-91AL72747. In considering the Appeal, the DOE found that 
Albuquerque had mistakenly modified the request to exclude former PAI 
employees. Accordingly, the Appeal was remanded to Albuquerque to 
search its records for former PAI employees.

Refund Applications

Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, Inc., 11/4/94, RF272-92316

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order concerning an Application for 
Refund in the Subpart V crude oil overcharge refund proceeding. The 
refund application was filed by Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, Inc. (Mrs. 
Baird's). The DOE determined that Mrs. Baird's was not entitled to a 
refund since it had filed a Surface Transporters Escrow Settlement 
Claim Form and Waiver. In that filing, Mrs. Baird's had requested a 
Stripper Well refund from the Surface Transporters escrow, thereby 
waiving its right to a Subpart V crude oil refund. Accordingly, the 
Application for Refund was denied.

Parnum Paving Company, 10/31/94, RR272-181

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order granting a request for 
reconsideration in the Subpart V crude oil overcharge refund 
proceeding. The movant attested that it had made a mistake in answering 
the DOE's inquiry regarding the firm's use of escalator clauses in its 
contracts. Based on the corrected information, the DOE determined that 
the movant was entitled to an additional refund. The refund granted in 
this Decision was $11,470.

Whitaker Oil Corp./Philip Beamer Distributor, Inc., 11/01/94, RF351-29

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order granting an Application for 
Refund filed by Philip Beamer Distributor, Inc. in the Whitaker Oil 
Corp. special refund proceeding. The Decision noted that the funds 
remaining in the Whitaker account are being distributed as required by 
the Petroleum Overcharge and Distribution and Restitution Act and that, 
therefore, no more applications will be accepted in the Whitaker 
proceeding.
Refund Applications

    The Office of Hearing and Appeals issued the follow 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/A&B Arco.......................................  RF304-13927                 11/01/94
City of Roseville et al...................................................  RF272-90531                 11/04/94
Clinton Milk Co...........................................................  RF272-62                    11/04/94
Enron Corp./Midpane Gas Company...........................................  RF340-74                    11/04/94
Suburban Propane..........................................................  RF340-168             ..............
Gulf Oil Corporation/Forsyth Home, Inc....................................  RF300-18999                 11/01/94
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Gulf Oil Corporation/Graham's Gulf et al..................................  RF300-13656                 10/31/94
Gulf Oil Corporation/Town of Springfield et al............................  RF300-21604                 11/04/94
McConnell Drilling Co., Inc. et al........................................  RF272-97046                 10/31/94
Oberer Construction EQT Co. et al.........................................  RF272-77411                 10/31/94
Planters Cooperative Assoc. et al.........................................  RF272-94900                 11/04/94
Red Top Trucking Co. et al................................................  RF272-80176                 11/04/94
Texaco Inc./Ike's Texaco #1 et al.........................................  RF321-17167                 11/04/94
Texaco Inc./Rice Hill Texaco et al........................................  RF321-4194                  11/04/94
Westminster Hide & Tallow Company, Inc....................................  RF272-69835                 10/31/94
Westminster Hide & Tallow Company, Inc....................................  RD272-69835           ..............
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed:

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                       Name                               Case No.      
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Borough of Roselle................................  RF272-85451         
Brown Transport Corporation.......................  RF321-20802         
California Highway Patrol.........................  RF321-20753         
Canoga Car Wash...................................  RF321-21024         
Citizen Action....................................  VFA-0008            
Collins & Aikman Corporation......................  RF321-20115         
Falco Services....................................  RF272-93679         
Gary Dawley's Texaco..............................  RF321-17134         
Gene Defalco......................................  RF272-93678         
Jefferson County Commission.......................  RF272-97553         
Jefferson County Commission.......................  RF272-97238         
Joe Crain's Texaco................................  RF321-20941         
Magma Copper Company..............................  RF321-20754         
Marshall Distributing Co., Inc....................  RF272-93724         
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company...............  RF321-20752         
Skip & Paula's Texaco.............................  RF321-21038         
Tallmadge Asphalt.................................  RF321-20652         
Wilsonville Texaco................................  RF321-20613         
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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 1:00 
p.m. and 5:00 p.m., except federal holidays. They are also available in 
Energy Management: Federal Energy Guidelines, a commercially published 
loose leaf reporter system.

    Dated: February 13, 1995.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
[FR Doc. 95-4191 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]
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