[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 30738-30739] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-14972] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Hearings and Appeals Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders During the Week of January 19 Through January 23, 1998 During the week of January 19 through January 23, 1998, 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, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0107, Monday through Friday, 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: May 20, 1998. Thomas O. Mann, Acting Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals. Decision List No. 69; Week of January 19 Through January 23, 1998 Appeal Charlene Pazar, 1/20/98, VFA-0364 Charlene Pazar (Appellant) filed an Appeal of a Determination issued to her by the Rocky Flats Field Office (RFFO) of the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In its determination, RFFO withheld the sole requested document under Exemption 5 of the FOIA. RFFO claimed that the document was protected under the attorney work-product privilege. The Office of Hearings and Appeals determined that the document was protected by the attorney-work product privilege. Although the litigation which had led to the creation of the withheld document had ended, other ongoing litigation involved the same set of facts. Therefore, release of the document could compromise DOE's strategy and tactics. Accordingly, the DOE denied the Appeal. Ruth Towle Murphy, 1/23/98, VFA-0360 [[Page 30739]] Ruth Towle Murphy completed the filing of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Appeal requesting that the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of Energy (DOE) order the release of ``estimated costs, fixed fees, and the names of key personnel to implement a contract,'' information withheld pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552(b)(4). In considering the Appeal, the DOE determined that all of the information withheld was commercial information within the meaning of that Exemption. Thus, the DOE dismissed Ms. Murphy's Appeal. 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. CITY OF PROVO............................................ RG272-738 1/20/98 CITY OF QUINCY........................................... RF272-95482 1/20/98 ELSA COOP GIN ASSN....................................... RF272-95719 .............. J & H ASSOCIATES ET AL................................... RK272-01580 1/21/98 QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORP./RICE OIL CO....................... RF330-67 .............. RICE-LINDQUIST, INC...................................... RF300-21841 .............. WINN-DIXIE MIDWEST, INC. ET AL........................... RK272-04683 1/23/98 Dismissals The following submissions were dismissed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name Case No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTHUR F. MURFIN............................. VWA-0016 BROOKLYN-GERNSEY-MALCOLM COMM. SCHOOLS....... RF272-79520 GENERAL DELIVERY AND SERVICE................. RF272-94642 JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POITEVENT, CA....... VFA-0363 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FR Doc. 98-14972 Filed 6-4-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P