[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64585-64586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32049]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders by the Office of 
Hearings and Appeals; Week of August 25 Through August 29, 1997

    During the week of August 25 through August 29, 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, 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: November 26, 1997.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 48

    Week of August 25 through August 29, 1997

Appeal

Burlin Mckinney, 8/28/97, VFA-0322

    The DOE granted in part and denied in part an appeal of withholding 
of documents at DOE's Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that relate to 
beryllium. The DOE found that the determination of DOE's Oak Ridge 
Operations Office, that it could not justify the high costs and 
burdensome effort to review the records, was inadequate in light of the 
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and the DOE regulations. 
The DOE therefore remanded the case to the Oak Ridge Operations Office 
for a new determination releasing the documents or explaining the basis 
for withholding information with specific reference to one or more FOIA 
exemptions.

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 8/29/97, VSO-0147

    An Office of Hearings and Appeals Hearing Officer issued an opinion 
against restoring the security clearance of an individual whose 
clearance had been suspended because the Department of Energy had 
obtained derogatory information that fell within 10 CFR 710.8(k)(1). In 
reaching his conclusion, the Hearing Officer found that the individual 
had used methamphetamine and had not shown reformation. In addition, 
the Hearing Officer found that current inconsistencies in the 
individual's testimony support the charge that the individual is not 
being honest, reliable and trustworthy within the meaning of 10 CFR 
710.8(1).

Refund Application

Vessels Gas Processing Co./Farmland Industries, Inc., 8/27/97, RF354-
00009

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order concerning an Application for 
Refund filed by Farmland Industries, Inc. (Farmland), an agricultural 
cooperative. Farmland sought a portion of the settlement fund obtained 
by the DOE through a Consent Order settlement with Vessels Gas 
Processing Co. The DOE granted Farmland a total refund of $338,343 
($217,221 principal plus $121,122 interest).

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.

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                           Name                                           Case No.                     Date     
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Cape Ann Tool Co. et al..................................  RF272-94520                                   8/28/97
City of Orlando et al....................................  RF272-76387                                   8/25/97
Farmer's Oil Co. of Outlook et al........................  RF272-94783                                   8/29/97
M.R. Paving & Excavating.................................  RK272-04016                                   8/25/97
United Cooperative Assoc. et al..........................  RK272-01507                                   8/29/97
Vessels Gas Processing Co./Williams Energy...............  RF354-00010                                   8/29/97
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Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Farmers Elevator Co-op. Assn.................  RF272-98982              
Five Star Moving & Storage...................  RK272-4503               
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[FR Doc. 97-32049 Filed 12-5-97; 8:45 am]
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