[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6566-6567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3173]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

During the Week of December 22, 1997 Through December 26, 1997


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders; Office of Hearings 
and Appeals

    During the week of December 22 through December 26, 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: February 2, 1998.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No.65--Week of December 22 through December 26, 1997

Appeals

Homesteaders Association of the Pajarito Plateau, 12/22/97 VFA-0357

    The Homesteaders Association of the Pajarito Plateau (HAPP) 
Appealed a determination issued to it by the Albuquerque Operations 
Office (AO). In its Appeal, HAPP asserted that AO failed to conduct an 
adequate search for documents concerning the transfer of DOE land and 
had improperly withheld information in six documents pursuant to 
Exemption 5 of the FOIA. The DOE determined that responsive documents 
may exist at the DOE's Los Alamos facility and it remanded the matter 
to AO for a search of that facility. The DOE also found that the six 
documents withheld in part contain segregable factual material which 
can not be withheld under Exemption 5 and remanded the matter to AO to 
release the material or to provide another determination explaining why 
the material should be withheld. Additionally, one of the documents 
contained a draft plan created by a local state governmental entity. 
The DOE remanded this matter to AO so that it could issue a new 
determination explaining how Exemption 5 could apply to that portion of 
the document. Consequently, HAPP's Appeal was granted in part.

Rural Alliance for Military Accountability, 12/22/97 VFA-0357

    The Rural Alliance for Military Accountability (RAMA) Appealed a 
determination issued to it by the Rocky Flats Field Office (RF). The 
DOE determined that there was no merit to RAMA's assertion that RF 
failed to conduct an adequate search for documents concerning the 
transportation of hazardous materials. Consequently, RAMA's Appeal was 
denied.

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.


APACHE TANK LINES, INC...................................  RJ272-52                                     12/23/97
GULF OIL CORPORATION/HOUDAILLE-DUVAL-WRIGHT CO...........  RF300-18450                                  12/22/97
PROCTOR & GAMBLE PHARM. INC. ET AL.......................  RK272-03062                                  12/23/97
                                                                                                                


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Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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PERSONNEL SECURITY REVIEW....................  VSA-0146                 
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