Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 112 /Thursday, June 11, 1998 / Notices 31991

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders During the Week of March 16

Through March 20, 1998

During the week of March 16 through

March 20, 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, D.C., 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: June 2, 1998.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 77 Week of March 16

Through March 20, 1998

Refund Applications

Gulf Oil Corp./F.O. Fletcher, Inc., 3/20/

98, RF300–6619

F.O. Fletcher, Inc., sought an above

volumetric refund in the Gulf Oil

Corporation Refund proceeding. The

DOE found that as an indirect purchaser

of Gulf motor gasoline through Tesoro

Oil Company, Fletcher was overcharged

by greater than the volumetric level.

However, the DOE also concluded that

the firm had not shown injury at that

level. Accordingly, the firm’s refund

was limited to the maximum mid-range

presumption of $50,000, plus interest.

Merichem Company, 3/20/98, RG272–

00529

DOE denied an application filed by

Merichem Company for a crude oil

refund based on purchases of sodium

cresylate and sodium sulfide. DOE

found that neither product was eligible

for a refund because they were not

produced by a refinery.

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.

GULF OIL CORPORATION/AMERIGAS PROPANE, INC ................................................................................. RF300–18151 3/20/98

UTILITY PROPANE CO ....................................................................................................................................... RF300–18293

UNIROYAL CHEMICAL CO., INC ...................................................................................................................... RF272–18699 3/20/98

UNIROYAL CHEMICAL CO., INC ...................................................................................................................... RD272–18699

Dismissals

The following submissions were dismissed.

Name Case No.

PERSONNEL SECURITY HEARING ............................................................................................................................................... VSO–0190

PERSONNEL SECURITY HEARING ............................................................................................................................................... VSO–0193

[FR Doc. 98–15571 Filed 6–10–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6110–4]

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods; Designation of

Two Reference Methods and Two

Equivalent Methods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of designation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) has designated, in accordance

with 40 CFR part 53, two new reference

methods for the measurement of PM2.5

concentrations in the ambient air and

two new equivalent methods for the

measurement of sulfur dioxide and

ozone (respectively) in the ambient air.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank F. McElroy, Human Exposure and

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

46), National Exposure Research

Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone:

(919) 541–2622, email:

mcelroy.frank@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

announces the designation of two new

reference methods for measuring mass

concentrations of particulate matter as

PM2.5 in the ambient air and two new

equivalent methods, for monitoring

concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2)

and ozone (O3), respectively, in the

ambient air. These designations are

made under the provisions of 40 CFR

part 53, as amended on July 18, 1997 (62

FR 38764).

Each of the new reference methods is

a manual monitoring method based on

a particular PM2.5 sampler, one being a

single-filter sampler and the other

capable of automatically collecting

multiple (sequential) samples. The first

equivalent method is an automated

method (analyzer) for SO2 that utilizes

a measurement principle based on

ultraviolet fluorescence. The other

equivalent method is an automated

method (analyzer) for O3 that utilizes a

measurement principle based on

absorption of ultraviolet radiation at a

wavelength of 254 nm. The new

methods are identified as follows:

RFPS–0598–119, ‘‘Graseby Andersen

Model RAAS2.5–100 PM2.5 Ambient Air

Sampler,’’ operated with software

version 4B configured for ‘‘Single 2.5’’

operation, for 24-hour continuous

sample periods at a flow rate of 16.67

liters/minute, and in accordance with

the Model RAAS2.5–100 Operator’s

Manual and with the requirements and

sample collection filters specified in 40

CFR Part 50, Appendix L.

RFPS–0598–120, ‘‘Graseby Andersen

Model RAAS2.5–300 PM2.5 Sequential

Ambient Air Sampler,’’ operated with

software version 4B configured for

‘‘Multi 2.5’’ operation, for 24-hour

continuous sample periods at a flow rate

of 16.67 liters/minute, and in

accordance with the Model RAAS2.5–

300 Operator’s Manual and with the

requirements and sample collection

filters specified in 40 CFR Part 50,

Appendix L.