[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7253-7254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4402]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders; Week of July 24
Through July 28, 1995
During the week of July 24 through July 28, 1995 the decisions and
orders summarized below were issued with respect to applications for
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
Blumberg, Seng, Ikeda & Albers, 7/25/95, VFA-0052
Blumberg, Seng, Ikeda & Albers filed an Appeal from a partial
denial by the DOE's Office of the Inspector General of a Request for
Information that it submitted under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA). In considering the Appeal, the DOE found that the FOIA's
Exemptions 6 and 7(C) had been properly invoked to withhold the names
and other personal identifiers of subjects, sources, witnesses and
investigators in connection with the Inspector General's investigation
of the death of a particular individual at the Naval Petroleum Reserves
in Elk Hills, California. Accordingly, the Appeal was denied.
Petition for Special Redress
State of Louisiana, 7/28/95, VEG-0002
The DOE issued a Decision and Order denying a Petition for Special
Redress filed by the State of Louisiana. Louisiana sought approval to
use Stripper Well funds to match a DOE grant to establish a Natural Gas
Pre-Utilization Center at Southern University. Louisiana wished to use
the Stripper Well funds to study the
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relationship between the geological formation of natural gas fields and
the levels of radioactivity in the water brought to the surface as part
of the oil and gas extraction process. If successful, the study would
provide natural gas producers with data that would allow them to assess
probable levels of radioactivity at a site before drilling, thus
reducing the volume of radioactive materials brought to the surface.
DOE's Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
had determined that this proposal was inconsistent with the terms of
the Stripper Well Settlement Agreement in that its main focus was
environmental. Louisiana argued in its Petition that the study was
authorized by the Chevron consent order, which allows the use of oil
overcharge funds for enery research. The OHA agreed with the initial
assessment of Louisiana's proposal and concluded that the project could
not qualify as an energy research program under the terms of the
Chevron consent order because it was not remedial in nature.
Accordingly, Louisiana's Petition for Special Redress was denied.
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.
Central Valley Coop Consumers Oil Co...................... RF272-92208 07/25/95
RF272-92230
Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution................ RB272-14 07/25/95
Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution................ RB272-20 07/25/95
Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution................ RB272-24 07/28/95
Gibraltar School District et al........................... RF272-84697 07/28/95
Nome City School District et al........................... RF272-95900 07/28/95
Reserve School District et al............................. RF272-95426 07/25/95
Texaco Inc./Second Avenue Texaco.......................... RF321-20643 07/25/95
Texaco Inc./Short Stop, Inc............................... RF321-6657 07/28/95
Texaco Inc./Squaw Transit Co.............................. RF321-8846 07/28/95
Texaco Inc./Webb Texaco Station et al..................... RF321-1486 07/28/95
Texaco Inc./Whittaker Metals, Inc......................... RF321-9170 07/28/95
Dismissals
The following submissions were dismissed:
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Name Case No.
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Herbert Easterly............................. VFA-0054
Hopson's Texaco Service Station.............. RF321-20386
McMinn Texaco................................ RF321-4191
Rocky Flats Field Office..................... VSO-0033
San Diego Transit Corporation................ RF272-97153
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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, D.C. 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 14, 1996.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
[FR Doc. 96-4402 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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