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information relevant to his eligibility for

access authorization. He thus

recommended against reinstating the

individual’s access authorization.

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.

American Aggregates Corp. et al ......................................................................................................................... RF272–76986 4/1/98

John R. Olivares, Inc. et al ................................................................................................................................... RK272–04778 4/1/98

Dismissals

The following submissions were dismissed.

Name Case No.

Cass County, North Dakota .............................................................................................................................................................. RF272–86469

Ikard & Newsom ............................................................................................................................................................................... RF340–00134

Patricia McCracken ........................................................................................................................................................................... VFA–0392

Personnel Security Hearing .............................................................................................................................................................. VSO–0196

[FR Doc. 98–15722 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders; Week of April 27 Through May

1, 1998

During the week of April 27 through

May 1, 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: June 2, 1998.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 83; Week of April 27

through May 1, 1998

Appeals

Diane C. Larson, 4/30/98, VFA–0405

The DOE denied a Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) Appeal filed by

Diane C. Larson. Larson sought the

release of names withheld from

investigative files released to her by the

DOE’s Office of the Inspector General. In

its decision, the DOE found that the

withholding of the names was

appropriate under FOIA Exemptions 6

and 7(C).

Eva Glow Brownlow, 4/30/98, VFA–0397

Eva Glow Brownlow appealed a

determination issued to her by the

Albuquerque Operations Office (AL)

that denied a request for information

she filed under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA). In her Appeal,

Ms. Brownlow contended that AL

improperly withheld the requested

information from disclosure under

Exemption 5, of the FOIA. The DOE

found that AL properly applied

Exemption 5, and concluded that the

release of the document would not be in

the public interest. Consequently, the

Appeal filed by Ms. Brownlow was

denied.

McGraw-Hill Companies, 4/28/98, VFA–

0398

The DOE denied a Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) Appeal that was

filed by McGraw-Hill Companies

(McGraw-Hill). In its Appeal, McGrawHill contested the adequacy of the

search for responsive documents carried

out by the DOE’s Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management. The

DOE found that the search was

adequate.

Tamara L. Mix, 4/27/98, VFA–0394

Tamara L. Mix (Mix) appealed a

determination issued to her by the Oak

Ridge Operations Office (OR). In her

Appeal, Mix asserted that OR failed to

conduct an adequate search for various

Oak Ridge community relations

documents she sought pursuant to a

Freedom of Information Act Request.

The DOE determined that OR had

conducted an adequate search for

documents responsive to Mix’s Request.

Consequently, Mix’s Appeal was

denied.

Whistleblower Proceeding

Daniel Holsinger, VWC–0001; K-Ray

Security, Inc., 4/27/98, VWC–0002

Upon remand by the Deputy

Secretary, the Director of the OHA

considered whether K-Ray Security,

Inc., a subsequent contractor, should be

required to reinstate Daniel Holsinger,

who was terminated by a prior DOE

contractor after making a disclosure

protected under 10 CFR, Part 708

(Contractor Employee Protection

Program). After considering all the

equities involved, and in particular the

important goals of Part 708, the Director

found that K-Ray had not shown that it

would experience any undue burden if

it were required to reinstate Holsinger

for one eight-hour shift per week.

Refund Application

Gulf Oil Corp./Amerigas Propane, Inc.,

RR300–00292; Gulf Oil Corp./Utility

Propane Co., 4/28/98, RF300–21843

The DOE granted a Motion for

Reconsideration filed by Amerigas

Propane, Inc. (Amerigas) in the Gulf

refund proceeding. The DOE had

previously determined that Utility

Propane Co., rather than Amerigas was

entitled to a refund based on the

purchases of Utility Propane. Upon

reconsideration, the DOE determined

that the sale and purchase agreement

between Utility Propane and Amerigas

contained sufficiently broad language to

transfer the right to the refund to

Amerigas. Accordingly, the refund

granted to Utility Propane was
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rescinded, and a refund was granted to

Amerigas.

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.

Advance Publications, Inc ................................................................................................................................... RR272–00305 4/28/98

McCann-Shields Paint Co .................................................................................................................................... RF272–94052 5/1/98

N. Central Local Schl Dist. et al .......................................................................................................................... RF272–95741 5/1/98

Pritchard & Van Zandt et al ................................................................................................................................ RK272–04794 4/30/98

Dismissals

The following submissions were dismissed.

Name Case No.

William H. Payne .............................................................................................................................................................................. VFA–0408

[FR Doc. 98–15723 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6110–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; State

Small Business Stationary Source

Technical and Environmental

Compliance Assistance Program

Annual Reporting Form

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: State Small Business

Stationary Source Technical and

Environmental Compliance Assistance

Program Annual Reporting Form, OMB

Control Number 2060–0337, expiration

date 7/31/98. The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, by phone at (202) 260–2740, by EMail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov

or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1748.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: State Small Business Stationary

Source Technical and Environmental

Compliance Assistance Program Annual

Reporting Form, OMB Control Number

2060–0337, EPA ICR Number 1748.02,

expiration date 7/31/98. This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: As part of the Clean Air Act

Amendments of 1990, The U.S.

Congress included, as part of Section

507, the requirement that each state

establish a Small Business Stationary

Source Technical and Environmental

Compliance Assistance Program

(SBTCP) to assist small businesses

comply with the Act. EPA must provide

the Congress with periodic reports from

the EPA Small Business Ombudsman

(SBO) on these programs, including

their effectiveness, difficulties

encountered, and other relevant

information. Each state assistance

program will submit requested

information to EPA for compilation and

summarization.

This collection of information is

mandatory pursuant to section 507 (a),

(d), and (e) of the Clean Air Act as

amended in 1990, Public Law 101–549,

November 15, 1990. This Act directs

EPA to monitor the SBTCPs and to

provide a report to Congress. This

responsibility has been delegated to the

EPA SBO.

Response to the collection is not

required to obtain or retain a benefit.

Information in the Annual Report to

Congress is aggregated and is not of a

confidential nature. None of the

information collected by this action

results in or requests sensitive

information of any nature from the

states.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 2/26/

98 (63 FR 9791); 15 comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 80 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a Federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Respondents will be one of the

following state offices: environmental

agency (SIC 9511), commerce or

economic development department (SIC

9611), governor’s office (SIC 9111), or

ombudsman’s office (SIC 9511). These

departments/agencies typically are

responsible for the conduct of the

SBTCPs.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

53.

Frequency of Response: Annual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

4,240 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: 0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the