[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49451-49452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24123]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders From the Week of May 6 
Through May 10, 1996

    During the week of May 6 through May 10, 1996, the decisions and 
orders summarized below were issued with respect to appeals, 
applications, petitions, or other requests 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.
    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, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20585-0107, 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. Some decisions and 
orders are available on the Office of Hearings and Appeals World Wide 
Web site at http://www.oha.doe.gov.

    Dated: September 10, 1996.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
    Decision List No. 971--Week of May 6 Through May 10, 1996

Appeal

William H. Payne, 5/6/96, VFA-0148

    William H. Payne (Appellant) filed an Appeal of a Determination 
issued to him by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to a 
request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy 
Act. In its Determination, the Office of Contractor Employee Protection 
(OCEP) redacted a DOE employee's name from one document and withheld 
another document entirely, including its author's name, under Exemption 
6 of the FOIA. The OHA first determined that OCEP correctly handled the 
case exclusively under the FOIA, since the documents at issue were 
never in a Privacy Act ``system of records.'' The OHA then concluded 
that Exemption 6 did not protect the material withheld by OCEP. The 
material was not the type of personal information usually protected by 
Exemption 6, nor would release of the material subject anyone to the 
type of harm with which Exemption 6 is concerned. Accordingly, the DOE 
granted the Appeal and remanded the matter to OCEP for further action.

Request For Exception

O'BRIEN OIL COMPANY, 5/7/96 LEE-0013, LEE-0138

    O'Brien Oil Company filed two Applications for Exception from the 
requirement that it file Form EIA-782B, the ``Reseller/Retailer's 
Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report.'' The DOE found that the firm 
was not affected by the reporting requirement in a manner different 
from other similar firms, and consequently was not experiencing a 
special hardship, inequity, or unfair distribution of burdens. 
Accordingly, the firm's Applications for Exception were 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.

Carl R. Bieber, Inc......................................  RF272-97805..........................        05/06/96
Crude Oil Supple Ref Dist................................  RB272-00073..........................        05/06/96
Crude Oil Supple Ref Dist................................  RB272-00071..........................        05/06/96

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Crude Oil Supple Ref Dist................................  RB272-00070..........................        05/10/96
Daniel R. Hanson, Sr.....................................  RJ272-11.............................        05/07/96
Gulf Oil Corporation/Carter Limited, Inc. et al..........  RF300-15031..........................        05/10/96
I.A. Construction Co.....................................  RK272-03515..........................        05/07/96
I.A. Construction Co.....................................  RC272-00339..........................  ..............
Ioerger Brothers et al...................................  RK272-01072..........................        05/10/96
Pacos Carrier, Inc.......................................  RF272-69902..........................        05/08/96
Sawyer Drilling & Service, Inc et al.....................  RK272-3386...........................        05/08/96
Streckfus Steamers, Inc et al............................  RF272-90914..........................        05/10/96
Texaco Inc./Chuck Dahlem Texaco Service..................  RR321-195............................        05/10/96
Williams & Young Construction Company et al..............  RK272-2939...........................        05/07/96
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed:

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Boise Cascade Corporation....................  RF272-97841              
COM/Energy Services Company..................  RF300-19895              
The Cincinnati Enquirer......................  VFA-0152                 
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[FR Doc. 96-24123 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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