[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14525]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders; Week of April 6 
Through April 10, 1998

    During the week of April 6 through April 10, 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, 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 21, 1998.
Thomas O. Mann,
Acting Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 80

Week of April 6 Through April 10, 1998

Appeals
Hobart T. Bolin, Jr., 4/10/98, VFA-0390

    The DOE's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) issued a decision 
granting a Freedom of Information Act Appeal filed by Hobart T. Bolin, 
Jr. Bolin sought the release of documents relating to an incident that 
occurred at the DOE's Oak Ridge Operations Office (OR) site in 1995, 
and OR released certain documents to him. In his Appeal, Bolin provided 
information about possible additional responsive documents that OR had 
not included in its original search. Accordingly, the Appeal was 
granted and Bolin's request was remanded to OR for a further search for 
responsive documents.

William H. Payne, 4/10/98, VFA-0391

    The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Decision and Order (D&O) 
denying a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Appeal that was filed by 
William H. Payne. In his Appeal, Mr. Payne requested that we review a 
determination issued by the Albuquerque Operations Office that invoices 
submitted by a law firm to a DOE contractor are not ``agency records,'' 
and are therefore not subject to the FOIA. In the Decision, the Office 
of Hearings and Appeals found that documents were not agency records, 
and that they were also not subject to release pursuant to the 
contractor records provision of 10 C.F.R. Sec. 1004.3(e)(1).

Refund Application

Apex Oil Co./Clark Oil Co./GO-TANE Service Stations, Inc., RF342-278

    The DOE granted a refund filed in the Apex/Clark special refund 
proceeding. The OHA denied a request for a refund based on alleged 
Clark allocation violations and for reimbursement of legal and 
accounting fees, but approved a refund of $432,497 for injury suffered 
as a result of alleged Clark overcharges.

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.


Crude Oil Supple Refund Dist.............................  RB272-00135                                    4/7/98
Crude Oil Supple Refund Dist.............................  RB272-00136                                    4/7/98
Enron Corporation/Scurlock Permian Corp..................  RF340-119                                      4/8/98
Steele County............................................  RC272-00383                                   4/10/98
Bowman County, North Dakota..............................  RC272-00387                                          
Eddy County..............................................  RC272-00384                                          
Eddy County..............................................  RJ272-00056                                          
North Dakota Assoc of cntys..............................  RC272-00388                                          
North Dakota Assoc. of cntys.............................  RJ272-00059                                          
Slope county.............................................  RC272-00386                                          
Slope county.............................................  RJ272-00058                                          
Steele county............................................  RJ272-00055                                          
Towner county............................................  RJ272-00057                                          
Towner county............................................  RC272-00385                                          
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Ineel Research Bureau........................  VFA-0328                 
Personnel Security Hearing...................  VSO-0201                 
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[FR Doc. 98-14525 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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