[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36802-36803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17892]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders by the Office of 
Hearings and Appeals

Week of June 2 Through June 6, 1997

    During the week of June 2 through June 6, 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 1:00 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: July 1, 1997.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

[Decision List No. 36]

Appeal

Information Focus on Energy, Inc., 6/6/97, VFA-0293

    DOE granted in part and denied in part an appeal of the withholding 
of information in a determination by the Ohio Field Office. OHA found 
that some of the information was properly withheld under Exemption 6, 
but regarding one document, OHA

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remanded the request for release of non-exempt information.

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 6/4/97, VSO-0130

    A Hearing Officer issued an Opinion regarding the eligibility of an 
individual to maintain an access authorization under the provisions of 
10 CFR part 710. The DOE Personnel Security Division alleged that the 
individual is a user of alcohol habitually to excess, or has been 
diagnosed by a board-certified psychiatrist as alcohol dependent or as 
suffering from alcohol abuse. See 10 CFR Sec. 710.8(j). The parties 
convened for an evidentiary hearing in which nine witnesses testified. 
After carefully examining the record of the proceeding, the Hearing 
Officer determined that the individual had demonstrated that he is 
sufficiently rehabilitated and reformed from his past alcohol abuse 
problems. Accordingly, the Hearing Officer recommended that DOE 
Security restore the individual's access authorization.

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.

Breman's Express Co......................................  RG272-83                                       6/4/97
C.J. Vignolo Farms.......................................  RG272-74                                       6/5/97
Maxine Vancloostere......................................  RK272-2007                                     6/4/97
Nabors Drilling USA, Inc et al...........................  RK272-03672                                    6/5/97
Rufus Morrison, Sr. et al................................  RF272-38479                                    6/5/97
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Chilcote, Inc................................  RG272-00684              
H.C. Oil Company.............................  RR340-00004              
Mystic Fuel, Inc.............................  RR300-00284              
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[FR Doc. 97-17892 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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