[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40271-40272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20127]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals


Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders During the Week of 
June 29 through July 3, 1998

    During the week of June 29 through July 3, 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.

    Date: July 20, 1998.
George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 92,

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 7/1/98, VSO-0200

    A Hearing Officer found that an individual had not successfully 
mitigated security concerns arising from his habitual use of alcohol 
and his

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alcohol dependence. Accordingly, the Hearing Officer recommended that 
the individual's access authorization not be restored.

Refund Application

Champion Spark Plug Co., 7/1/98, RR272-270

    The DOE issued a Decision and Order granting an Application for 
Refund that Champion Spark Plug Company filed in the Subpart V crude 
oil refund proceeding. The DOE originally denied Champion's 
Application, based on its finding that Cooper Industries, a current 
affiliate of Champion, had waived the right of Champion to a crude oil 
refund when it filed a claim in the Stripper Well Surface Transporters 
refund proceeding. However, because Champion was not affiliated with 
Cooper Industries as of the Payment Date in the Surface Transporters 
proceeding. The DOE reconsidered Champion's Application. The DOE found 
that the Applicant was an end-user of the petroleum products for which 
it sought a refund, and was therefore presumed injured. Based upon 
purchases of 3,770,806 gallons of petroleum products, the DOE granted a 
refund of $6,033.

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.

Augusta Petroleum Coop., Inc. et al......................  RF272-95695                                   6/30/98
Crude Oil Supple Refund Dist.............................  RB272-00138                                    7/2/98
Our Lady of Sorrows Parish et al.........................  RF272-98902                                    7/1/98
                                                                                                                

Dismissals

    The following submissions were dismissed.

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                     Name                               Case No.        
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Primco, Inc..................................  RK272-04633              
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[FR Doc. 98-20127 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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