[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5945-5946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2839]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders by the Office of 
Hearings and Appeals; Week of October 20 Through October 24, 1997

    During the week of October 20 through October 24, 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: January 27, 1998.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Department of Energy

Office of Hearings and Appeals

[Decision List No. 56]

Week of October 20 Through October 24, 1997

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 10/20/97, [VSO-0155]

    An OHA Hearing Officer issued an Opinion regarding the eligibility 
of an individual to maintain access authorization under the provisions 
of 10 CFR Part 710. The Hearing Officer found that the individual used 
an illegal drug, cocaine, based on the positive test result of a random 
drug screening conducted by the National Guard. The Hearing Officer 
found that additional security concerns were raised by the fact that 
the Individual had used cocaine after signing a drug certification in 
which he promised not to use drugs while holding an access 
authorization. The Hearing Officer found the Individual had not 
mitigated these security concerns and recommended that the individual's 
access authorization not be restored.

Refund Application

Certainteed Corporation, 10/20/97, [RC272-345, RC272-353]

    The Department of Energy rescinded two crude oil refunds granted to 
CertainTeed Corp. because of the waiver signed by the firm in the 
Surface Transporters (ST) proceeding. The DOE rejected the firm's 
argument that it was not bound by the waiver since the DOE had granted 
its request to dismiss its ST claim and process its crude oil refund 
application. However, in view of the unique circumstances of this case, 
the DOE decided not to require the repayment of the larger of the two 
refunds.

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.

Dale V. Hunt.............................................  RJ272-48                                     10/24/97
Empire Manufacturing Co..................................  RK272-03956                                  10/24/97
Gerber Products Co. et al................................  RK272-03188                                  10/24/97
Homes of Merit, Inc......................................  RC272-00371                                  10/24/97
Homes of Merit, Inc......................................  RK272-4587                                           

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Homes of Merit, Inc......................................  RJ272-00046                                          
Mary Ann Haman et al.....................................  RK272-01897                                  10/20/97
Royce & Gerald Woolfolk et al............................  RK272-04047                                  10/20/97
Shirley E. Smith.........................................  RJ272-49                                     10/24/97
Speck Cab Co., Inc.......................................  RK272-04651                                  10/20/97
Transit Mix Concrete & Materials Co......................  RK272-04625                                  10/20/97
Tuscarora Incorp.........................................  RK272-04636                                  10/20/97
                                                                                                          

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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GRA-PAT Gulf Mini Mart.......................  RR300-291                
Yellow Cab of Dallas, Inc....................  RK272-04578              
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[FR Doc. 98-2839 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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