Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 218 / Wednesday, November 12, 1997 / Notices 60707

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS—Continued

[Week of August 11 through August 15, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

8/13/97 .......... Personnel Security Hearing .......................... VSO–0171 Request for Hearing under 10 CFR Part 710 If granted: An

individual employed by the Department of Energy would

receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

8/14/97 .......... Karen Coleman-Wiltshire, Olney, Maryland VFA–0325 Request of an Information Request Denial If granted: The

June 27, 1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial

issued by the Department of the Army would be rescinded, and Karen Coleman-Wiltshire would receive access to certain DOE information.

8/14/97 .......... Primerica Corp., Hardin, Kentucky ............... RR272–300 Request for Modification/Rescission in the Crude Oil Refund Proceeding If granted: The August 8, 1997 Decision and Order Case No. RG272–1074 issued to

Primerica Corp. would be modified regarding the firm’s

application for refund submitted in the Crude Oil refund

proceeding.

[FR Doc. 97–29738 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Cases Filed During the Week

of August 25 Through August 29, 1997

During the Week of August 25

through August 29, 1997, the appeals,

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 28, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of August 25 through August 29, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

8/26/97 .......... INEL Research Bureau, Troy, Idaho ............ VFA–0328 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

July 25, 1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Richland Operations Office would be rescinded,

and INEL Research Bureau would receive access to

certain DOE information.

8/27/97 .......... Travelers Group, New York, NY .................. RR272–301 Request for Modification/Rescission in the Crude Oil Refund Proceeding. If granted: The August 8, 1997 Decision and Order (Case No. RG272–1074) issued to Travelers Group would be modified regarding the firm’s Application for Refund submitted in the Crude Oil refund

proceeding.

8/28/97 .......... Personnel Security Review .......................... VSA–0150 Request for Review of Opinion Under 10 CFR Part 710. If

granted: The August 7, 1997 Hearing Officer Opinion

(Case No. VSO–0150) would be reviewed at the request

of an individual by the Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 97–29739 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Cases Filed During the Week

of September 15 Through September

19, 1997

During the Week of September 15

through September 19, 1997, the

appeals, 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, D.C. 20585–0107.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
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1For a more detailed discussion of Subpart V and

the authority of the OHA to fashion procedures to

distribute refunds, see Petroleum Overcharge

Distribution and Restitution Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C.

4501–07, and Office of Enforcement, 9 DOE ¶82,508

(1981).

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of September 15 through September 19, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

9/17/97 .......... VSO–0175 .................................................... Personnel Security

Hearing

Request for Hearing Under 10 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.

9/17/97 Personnel Security Hearing.VSO–0176 .................................................... Personnel Security

Hearing

Request for Hearing Under 10 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.

9/17/97 .......... Personnel Security Hearing .......................... VSO–0177 Request for Hearing Under 10 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.

9/18/97 .......... Personnel Security Hearing .......................... VSA–0139 Request for Review of Opinion under 10 C.F.R. Part 710.

If granted: The August 14, 1997 Opinion of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals Case No. VSO–0139 would be

reviewed at the request of an individual employed by the

Department of Energy.

9/19/97 .......... Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, MN .................... RR272–303 Request for Modification/Rescission.

[FR Doc. 97–29741 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Implementation of Special Refund

Procedures

AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of implementation of

special refund procedures.

SUMMARY: The Office of Hearings and

Appeals (OHA) of the Department of

Energy announces the procedures for

disbursement of $2,451,396 (plus

accrued interest) in alleged or

adjudicated crude oil overcharges

obtained by the DOE from Crude Oil

Purchasing, Incorporated (Case No.

LEF–0058), Jaguar Petroleum,

Incorporated (Case No. LEF–0059),

Westport Energy Corporation/Westport

Petroleum Corporation (Case No. LEF–

0113), and Gratex Corporation/Compton

Corporation (Case No. VEF–0012). The

OHA has determined that the funds

obtained from these firms, plus accrued

interest, will be distributed in

accordance with the DOE’s Modified

Statement of Restitutionary Policy in

Crude Oil Cases, 51 FR 27899 (August

4, 1986).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bryan F. MacPherson, Assistant

Director, Office of Hearings and

Appeals, Washington, DC 20585–0107,

(202) 426–1571.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 10 CFR 205.282(c),

notice is hereby given of the issuance of

the Decision and Order set forth below.

The Decision and Order sets forth

procedures that the DOE will use to

distribute a total of $2,451,396, plus

accrued interest, remitted to the DOE by

(1) Crude Oil Purchasing, Incorporated,

(2) Jaguar Petroleum, Incorporated, (3)

Westport Energy Corporation &

Westport Petroleum Corporation, and

(4) Gratex Corporation/Compton

Corporation. The DOE is currently

holding these funds in interest bearing

escrow accounts pending distribution.

The OHA will distribute these funds

in accordance with the DOE’s Modified

Statement of Restitutionary Policy in

Crude Oil Cases, 51 FR 27899 (August

4, 1986)(the MSRP). Under the MSRP,

crude oil overcharge moneys are

divided among the federal government,

the states, and injured purchasers of

refined petroleum products. Refunds to

the states will be distributed in

proportion to each state’s consumption

of petroleum products during the price

control period. Refunds to eligible

purchasers will be based on the volume

of petroleum products that they

purchased and the extent to which they

can demonstrate injury. Because the

June 30, 1995, deadline for the crude oil

refund applications has passed, no new

applications from purchasers of refined

petroleum products will be accepted.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision and Order of the Department

of Energy

Implementation of Special Refund

Procedures

Names of Firms: Crude Oil

Purchasing, Incorporation; Jaguar

Petroleum, Incorporated; Westport

Energy Corporation & Westport

Petroleum Corporation; Gratex

Corporation/Compton Corporation.

Dates of Filings: July 20, 1993; July 20,

1993; September 9, 1993; March 23,

1995.

Case Numbers: LEF–0058, LEF–0059,

LEF–0113, VEF–0012.

The Economic Regulatory

Administration (ERA) of the Department

of Energy filed four Petitions for the

Implementation of Special Refund

Procedures with the Office of Hearings

and Appeals (OHA). In the petitions,

ERA asks OHA to distribute funds

remitted to the DOE pursuant to

settlements between Crude Oil

Purchasing, Incorporated (COP), Jaguar

Petroleum, Incorporated (Jaguar),

Westport Energy Corporation &

Westport Petroleum Corporation

(Westport), Gratex Corporation and its

parent, Compton Corporation (Gratex/

Compton). A total of $2,451,396, plus

interest, is available for restitution. All

of these funds are now being held in

interest-bearing escrow accounts

pending a determination regarding their

proper disposition.

In accordance with the procedural

regulations codified at 10 C.F.R. Part

205, Subpart V, the ERA requests in its

Petitions that the OHA establish special

refund procedures to remedy the effects

of any regulatory violations which were

resolved by these settlements. This

Decision and Order sets forth the OHA’s

final plan to distribute these funds.1

I. Background

On September 21, 1982, DOE and

COP entered into a Consent Order

which resolved all pending or potential

claims that DOE had or may have