[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24650-24651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11731]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders During the Week of 
March 17 Through March 21, 1997

    During the week of March 17 through March 21, 1997, 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 p.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. Some decisions and orders are 
available on the Office of Hearings and Appeals World Wide Web site at 
http://www.oha.doe.gov.

    Dated: April 28, 1997.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 25

Week of March 17 Through March 21, 1997

Appeals
J. Richard Quirk, 3/19/97, VFA-0266

    The DOE granted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Appeal filed by 
J. Richard Quirk. The DOE remanded the request to the Savannah River 
Operations Office with instructions to conduct a new expanded search 
for responsive documents and to issue a new determination.

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 3/17/97, VEA-0004

    The Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara) filed an Appeal from 
a determination issued to it by the Office of Environmental Management 
(OEM). Niagara asserted that the OEM erroneously determined its 
liability for payment into the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund established under the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
The Office of Hearings and Appeals found that the OEM properly 
determined Niagara's Special Assessment. Accordingly, Niagara's Appeal 
was denied
Personnel Security Hearings
Personnel Security Hearing, 3/21/97, VSO-0120

    An Office of Hearings and Appeals Hearing Officer issued an opinion 
under 10 CFR Part 710 concerning the continued eligibility of an 
individual for access authorization. The Hearing Officer found that the 
individual has been a user of alcohol habitually to excess and has been 
diagnosed by a practicing psychiatrist as suffering from alcohol abuse, 
and has an illness or mental condition, which, in the opinion of that 
psychiatrist, causes or may cause a significant defect in judgment or 
reliability. The Hearing Officer further found that the individual 
failed to present sufficient evidence of rehabilitation, reformation or 
other factors to mitigate the derogatory information. Specifically, the 
Hearing Officer found that there was a significant risk that the 
individual might resume drinking since his asserted abstinence from 
alcohol was for less than a year and he had not fully accepted the 
Alcoholics Anonymous program. Accordingly, the Hearing Officer 
recommended that the individual's access authorization not be restored.

Personnel Security Hearing, 3/21/97, VSO-0124

    An Office of Hearings and Appeals Hearing Officer issued an opinion 
addressing the eligibility of an individual for access authorization 
under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 710. The Hearing Officer found that 
the DOE Office had presented sufficient evidence to show that the 
individual: (i) Had been diagnosed as polysubstance dependent and 
continued to have an alcohol-related disorder, and (ii) has engaged in 
conduct or which tends to show that he is not reliable and trustworthy. 
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Hearing Officer also found that the individual had not shown he was 
rehabilitated or presented evidence which mitigated the security 
concerns of the DOE. Accordingly, the Hearing Officer recommended that 
the individual be denied an access authorization.
Request for Exception
Rice Oil Company, 3/21/97, VEE-0035

    Rice Oil Company (Rice) filed an Application for Exception asking 
that it be relieved of the requirement of filing Form EIA-782B, 
entitled ``Resellers/Retailers' Monthly Petroleum Products Sales 
Report'' and Form EIA-821, entitled ``Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene 
Sales Report.'' The DOE found that exception relief was not warranted 
because Rice was not experiencing a special hardship, inequity or 
unfair distribution of burdens as a result of the requirement that it 
file the Forms. Consequently, the DOE denied the Application for 
Exception.
Refund Application
Wales Transportation, Ed McCormick, John Burkhart, Richard Cook, 3/18/
97, RF272-97064, RF272-97065, RG272-1050, RG272-1051

    The Department of Energy considered Applications for Refund filed 
in the Subpart V crude oil refund proceeding by Wales Transportation, 
Ed McCormick, John Burkhart and Richard Cook. The applications of the 
individuals were based on the purchases of petroleum products made by 
their trucking firm, C.A. White Trucking Company. The DOE found that 
the Wales application should be denied because the firm had given up 
its right to a Subpart V crude oil overcharge refund by filing a waiver 
in the Surface Transporters refund proceeding. The DOE further found 
that the three individuals should receive a refund for White's 
purchases, divided according to their respective ownership shares.

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.


Carol Management Corporation.............................  RF272-74782                                   3/21/97
Carol Management Corporation.............................  RD272-74782                                          
Gerald Wright............................................  RJ272-40                                      3/21/97
H.E. Butt Grocery Co.....................................  RF272-98776                                   3/21/97
Crowley Maritime Corp....................................  RF272-98784                                          
Margaret M. Thomsen, et al...............................  RK272-03032                                   3/17/97
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc..................................  RR272-00150                                   3/21/97
Toys ``R'' Us, Inc., et al...............................  RK272-02030                                   3/21/97
Tupper Lake Central Schl Dist, et al.....................  RF272-95314                                   3/18/97
Valley Camp Coal Company.................................  RF272-86827                                   3/21/97
Vermont Depart. of Public Safety.........................  RF272-97149                                   3/17/97
Vessels Gas Processing Co./Gas Engineering & Equip. Co...  RF354-00007                                   3/17/97
Wales Transportation, Inc................................  RF272-97064                                   3/18/97
John Burkhart............................................  RG272-1050                                           
Richard Cook.............................................  RG272-1051                                           
Ed McCormick.............................................  RF272-97065                                          
Western Industries Holding Corp., et al..................  RK272-4091                                    3/21/97
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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American Blackline Coatings..................  RG272-1                  
American Steel & Aluminum Corp...............  RG272-858                
Bounds Oil Company...........................  RF300-21836              
Bruckerhoff Elevator/Sharon Walter...........  RK272-4176               
Cairo Elevator...............................  RG272-26                 
Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co.................  RG272-128                
Charlotte School Dept........................  RF272-81158              
Delran Township..............................  RG272-137                
Eastport School Dept.........................  RF272-81159              
Nationwide Moving & Storage Co...............  RG272-142                
Pembroke School Dept.........................  RF272-81157              
Personnel Security Hearing...................  VSO-0135                 
Schafer Oil Company..........................  VEE-0038                 
Spring Lake Public School Dist...............  RF272-80701              
Towne Bus Corp...............................  RF272-98734              
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