[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53916-53917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26423]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders During the Week of 
June 10 Through June 14, 1996

    During the week of June 10 through June 14, 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, SW, 
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: October 7, 1996.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 976

Personnel Security Hearings

Albuquerque Operations Office, 6/10/96, VSO-0083

    A DOE Hearing Officer issued an Opinion concerning the eligibility 
of an individual for continued access authorization. The Hearing 
Officer found that the individual had not mitigated the security 
concern arising from his occasional use of marijuana over a 14-year 
period. Most importantly, the Hearing Officer concluded that there had 
not been sufficient time since the individual's last use of marijuana 
to indicate that he will refrain in the future from the use of illegal 
drugs. The Hearing Officer also found that the individual had failed to 
mitigate the security concerns associated with (1) his deliberate 
falsification of significant information concerning his prior drug use 
on his QSP or (2) his recent arrest for speeding, evading arrest, and 
possession of drug paraphernalia. Accordingly, the Hearing Officer 
recommended that the individual's access authorization should not be 
restored.

Albuquerque Operations Office, 6/12/96, VSA-0061

    An individual filed a request for review of a DOE Hearing Officer's 
recommendation against restoring his access authorization. The access 
authorization had been suspended by the Department of Energy's 
Albuquerque Operations Office (DOE/AL) upon its receipt of derogatory 
information indicating that the individual had engaged in unusual 
conduct tending to show that he is not honest, reliable, or 
trustworthy.
    Upon review, the individual claimed (1) that he did not commit any 
crimes related to the non-filing of income tax returns and the non-
payment of income tax, and (2) that his actions did not constitute 
unusual conduct. The Director found that the issues presented by the 
individual did not mitigate the DOE's security concerns. Accordingly, 
the Director found that the individual's access authorization should 
not be restored.

Request for Exception

Mercury Fuel Service, Inc., 6/14/96, VEE-0020

    The Department of Energy granted exception relief to Mercury Fuel 
Service, Inc., from its obligation to file Form EIA-782B. In the 
Decision, the DOE determined that the filing requirement imposed a 
severe burden on Mercury because the owner and other key administrative 
personnel who could complete the form were experiencing severe health 
problems. The DOE, therefore, relieved Mercury of its obligation to 
file the form until September 1997.

Supplemental Order

C. Lawrence Cornett, 6/13/96, VWX-0009

    A Hearing Officer from the Office of Hearings and Appeals issued an 
Order to Show Cause regarding a Motion to Dismiss filed by Maria Elena 
Torano Associates, Inc. (META). META sought the dismissal of a 
complaint filed by C. Lawrence Cornett under the DOE's Contractor 
Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. In its Motion, META 
alleged that it did not perform work at DOE sites as defined by Section 
708.4, and thus it was not subject to Part 708 jurisdiction. After 
reviewing the affidavits submitted by the parties on the nature and 
extent of work activities performed by META employees, the Hearing 
Officer issued an Order to Show Cause and scheduled a hearing on the 
jurisdictional issue raised by META.

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.

Boston Buffalo Express, Inc..........  RG272-325............    06/13/96
City of NAPA et al...................  RA272-73.............    06/11/96
Cravat Coal Co., Inc.................  RG272-318............    06/13/96
Equitable Gas Company et al..........  RF272-77197..........    06/13/96
Golden Cat Division/Ralston Purina     RJ272-00012..........    06/13/96
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Gulf Oil Corporation/Bob's Gulf......  RF300-16872..........    06/13/96
Gulf Oil Corporation/C.B. Hughes.....  RF300-21832..........    06/14/96
Kenneth Whipple et al................  RK272-02055..........    06/14/96
Lacrescent Oil Company...............  RG272-328............    06/13/96
New Orleans Public Service, Inc......  RF272-88742..........    06/11/96
North Florida Transport Service, Inc.  RG272-311............    06/13/96
Silvey Refrigerated Carriers, Inc....  RF272-77714..........    06/13/96
St. Peter's Parish et al.............  RF272-97803..........    06/11/96
Yellow Freight System, Inc...........  RG272-355............    06/13/96
                                                                        

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed:

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Affiliated Aggregates........................  RF272-98169              
American Safety Service, Inc.................  RF272-98198              
Blachowske Truck Line, Inc...................  RG272-330                
Brisbane Elementary School...................  RF272-95933              
Central Sand & Gravel........................  RF272-98241              
Chaseburg Farmers Union Co-op................  RG272-344                
Choi Aviation Inc............................  RF272-97993              
County Concrete Co...........................  RF272-98254              
Davidson Supply Co...........................  RF272-98161              
F. Randandt & Sons...........................  RF272-98176              
Fairchild-Florida Construction Co............  RF272-98257              
Farmers Union Oil............................  RG272-292                
Farmers Union Oil Co.........................  RG272-317                
Francis J. Palo, Inc.........................  RF272-98206              
Frank Silha & Sons Excavating................  RF272-98246              
H.B. Rowe & Co., Inc.........................  RF272-98251              
Herlihy Mid-Continent Co.....................  RF272-98248              
Highways, Inc................................  RF272-98173              
J.D. Eckman, Inc.............................  RF272-98205              
J.F. Allen Co................................  RF272-98258              
John J. Mudge................................  VFA-0158                 
L.A.B. Flying Services Inc...................  RF272-97987              
Lang Bros., Inc..............................  RF272-98244              
Louis & Armando Bolli........................  RF300-14605              
McKay Contractors, Inc.......................  RF272-98247              
Miller Cable Co..............................  RF272-98172              
Modale Cooperative Assn......................  RG272-354                
Northern Pipeline Construction Co............  RF272-98252              
P.J. Construction Co.........................  RF272-98240              
P.S. & F. Construction Co....................  RF272-98170              
Pan American Construction Co.................  RF272-98243              
Rosebud Farmers Union Co-op..................  RG272-322                
Ryan Air Services, Inc.......................  RF272-97999              
S.G. Hayes and Co............................  RF272-98253              
Saint Charles County Co-op Co................  RG272-587                
Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp..................  RG272-743                
Schuykill, Inc...............................  RF272-98174              
Sheboygan Sand & Gravel......................  RF272-98177              
Spartan Express..............................  RG272-619                
Unalakleet Air Taxi..........................  RF272-97978              
V.O. Menuez & Son, Inc.......................  RF272-98255              
Valley Seeding Co, Inc.......................  RF272-98259              
Wayne W. Sell Corp...........................  RG272-343                
Wilbur's Inc.................................  RF272-97970              
Zambia Airways Corp..........................  RF272-97947              
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