[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5946-5947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2840]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders by the Office of 
Hearings and Appeals; Week of October 6 Through October 10, 1997

    During the week of October 6 through October 10, 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. 54]

Week of October 6 Through October 10, 1997

Appeal

Dennis Kirson, 10/6/97, VFA-0333

    Dennis Kirson (Kirson) filed an Appeal from a determination issued 
to him by the Albuquerque Operations Office (AL) of the Department of 
Energy (DOE). In his Appeal, Kirson asserted that AL improperly 
withheld a document listing the potential Reduction-in-Force affected 
positions at AL pursuant to Exemption 5 of the FOIA. After reviewing 
the document, the DOE determined that AL had properly applied Exemption 
5 to most of the information in the document but that a small portion 
of the document, consisting of segregable factual material, could be 
released. Consequently, Kirson's Appeal was granted in part.

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 10/10/97, VSO-0148

    An Office of Hearings and Appeals Hearing Officer issued an opinion 
recommending restoration of the security clearance of an individual 
whose clearance had been suspended because the Department had obtained 
derogatory information that fell within 10 CFR Sec. 710.8(l). In 
reaching his conclusion, the Hearing Officer found that while the 
individual had trespassed, the entire record indicated that he was not 
dishonest and untrustworthy. In addition, the Hearing Officer found 
that inconsistencies the individual told the police were overcome by 
his honesty to DOE security once a security investigation was started. 
The Hearing Officer concluded that the individual is sufficiently 
honest, reliable and trustworthy within the meaning of 10 CFR 
Sec. 710.8(l) to hold an 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.

Bob Shaefer et al........................................  RK272-1984                                   10/10/97
Crude Oil Supple.........................................  RB272-00120                                   10/6/97
Crude Oil Supple.........................................  RB272-00121                                   10/6/97
Crude Oil Supple.........................................  RB272-00122                                   10/7/97
Excavating & Painting Co. et al..........................  RK272-1840                                    10/8/97
Gibson Drilling Co.......................................  RJ272-47                                      10/9/97
Mary F. Gibson...........................................  RK272-4644                                           
Kenneth L. Gibson........................................  RK272-4645                                           
Harold Walter et al......................................  RK272-01737                                   10/7/97
Holverson Farming Assoc et al............................  RK272-01921                                   10/7/97
I. Neuman & Sons, Inc. et al.............................  RK272-04575                                   10/8/97
Kentucky-American Water Co. et al........................  RF272-94751                                          
Lois A. Ronan et al......................................  RK272-04627                                  10/10/97
Moog Enterprises et al...................................  RK272-02569                                   10/9/97
Vessels Gas Processing Co./Petroleum Trading & Transport   RF354-00006                                   10/6/97
                                                                                                                


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Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Karen Coleman-Wiltshire......................  VFA-0325                 
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