[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55245-55246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28158]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Cases Filed With the Office of Hearings and Appeals; 
Week of July 14 Through July 18, 1997

    During the Week of July 14 through July 18, 1997, the appeals, and 
applications, petitions or other requests listed in this Notice were 
filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of 
Energy.
    Any person who will be aggrieved by the DOE action sought in any of 
these cases may file written comments on the application within ten 
days of publication of this Notice or the date of receipt of actual 
notice, whichever occurs first. All such comments shall be filed with 
the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department of Energy, Washington, 
DC 20585-0107.

    Dated: October 14, 1997.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

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                          List of Cases Received by the Office of Hearings and Appeals                          
                                     [Week of July 14 through July 18, 1997]                                    
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July 14, 1997................  Charles L. Wilkinson,  VFA-0312                   Appeal of an information       
                                III, Augusta, GA                                  request denial. If granted:   
                                30907.                                            The June 11, 1997 Freedom of  
                                                                                  Information Request Denial    
                                                                                  issued by Savannah River      
                                                                                  Operations Office would be    
                                                                                  rescinded, and Charles L.     
                                                                                  Wilkinson, III would receive  
                                                                                  access to certain DOE         
                                                                                  information.                  
July 14, 1997................  Janice C. Curry        VFA-0313                   Appeal of an information       
                                Gaithersburg, MD.                                 request denial. If granted:   
                                                                                  The June, 1997 Freedom of     
                                                                                  Information Request Denial    
                                                                                  issued by the Office of       
                                                                                  Environmental Management would
                                                                                  be rescinded, and Janice C.   
                                                                                  Curry would receive access to 
                                                                                  certain DOE information.      
July 14, 1997................  Patriot Petroleum,     VEE-0045                   Exception to the reporting     
                                Inc. Newburyport, MA.                             requirements. If granted:     
                                                                                  Patriot Petroleum, Inc., would
                                                                                  not be required to file Form  
                                                                                  EIA 782B Reseller's/Retailer's
                                                                                  Monthly Petroleum Product     
                                                                                  Sales Report.                 
July 14, 1997................  Public Service         VEE-0044                   Exception to the Reporting     
                                Electric & Gas Co.                                Newark, NJ requirements. If   
                                Newark, NJ.                                       granted: Electric utilities   
                                                                                  are required to submit        
                                                                                  information on form EIA-860,  
                                                                                  Annual Electric Generator     
                                                                                  Report. The Energy Information
                                                                                  Administration customarily    
                                                                                  releases to the public        
                                                                                  information that is submitted 
                                                                                  on this form, and it denied   
                                                                                  Public service Electric & Gas 
                                                                                  Company's request to maintain 
                                                                                  confidentiality of some of    
                                                                                  that information (retirement  
                                                                                  date, heat rate, and summer   
                                                                                  and winter capability). The   
                                                                                  firm alleges that the release 
                                                                                  of this information would harm
                                                                                  its competitive position, and 
                                                                                  has sought review of EIA's    
                                                                                  determination that this       
                                                                                  information should be released
                                                                                  to the public. If granted, the
                                                                                  EIA would be required to keep 
                                                                                  the information confidential. 
July 14, 1997................  Timothy E. Barton      VWA-0017                   Request for Hearing under DOE  
                                Miamitown, OH.                                    Contractor Employee Protection
                                                                                  Program. If granted: Timothy  
                                                                                  E. Barton would receive       
                                                                                  restitution under 10 C.F.R.,  
                                                                                  part 708 for alleged reprisals
                                                                                  taken against him by          
                                                                                  management officials of the   
                                                                                  R.E. Schweitzer Co. as a      
                                                                                  consequence of his having     
                                                                                  disclosed safety/health       
                                                                                  concerns to the DOE.          
July 16, 1997................  Personnel Security     VSO-0165                   Request for hearing under 10   
                                Hearing.                                          C.F.R., part 710. If granted: 
                                                                                  An individual employed by the 
                                                                                  Department of Energy would    
                                                                                  receive a hearing under 10    
                                                                                  C.F.R., part 710.             
July 18, 1997................  Chamberlain Oil Co.,   VEE-0046                   Exception to the Reporting     
                                Inc. Clontarf, MN.                                Requirements. If granted:     
                                                                                  Chamberlain Oil Co, Inc. would
                                                                                  not be required to file Form  
                                                                                  EIA-782B Reseller's/Retailer's
                                                                                  Monthly Petroleum Product     
                                                                                  Sales Report.                 
July 18, 1997................  Personnel Security     VSO-0166                   Request for hearing under 10   
                                Hearing.                                          C.F.R., part 710. If granted: 
                                                                                  An individual employed by the 
                                                                                  Department of Energy would    
                                                                                  receive a hearing under 10    
                                                                                  C.F.R., part 710.             
July 18, 1997................  W. L. McCullough Oak   VFA-0314                   Appeal of an information       
                                Ridge, TN.                                        request denial. If granted: W.
                                                                                  L. McCullough would receive a 
                                                                                  response to his Freedom of    
                                                                                  Information request from the  
                                                                                  Oak Ridge Operations Office   
                                                                                  and access to certain DOE     
                                                                                  information.                  
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[FR Doc. 97-28158 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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