Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 1995 / Notices 15561

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

[Week of January 16 through January 20, 1995]

Date Name and Location of Applicant Case No. Type of Submission

01/18/95 .......... Lloyd Makey, Idaho Falls, ID ....................... VFA–0019 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

December 22, 1994 Freedom of Information Request

Denial issued by the Office of Inspector General would

be rescinded, and Lloyd Makey would receive access

to Office of Inspector General case files I93ZZ189 and

I93ZZ190.

01/20/95 .......... Southwest Resource Development, San

Antonio, TX.

VFA–0020 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

December 9, 1994 Freedom of Information Request

Denial issued by the Office of Inspector General would

be rescinded, and Southwest Resource Development

would receive access to certain Department of Energy

information.

REFUND APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

[Week of January 16 through January 20, 1995]

Date Name of Firm Case No.

01/17/95 .................................................. McLean County Service Co .................................................................................. RG272–15

01/17/95 .................................................. O’Connor & Young Drilling Co .............................................................................. RG272–16

01/18/95 .................................................. Arrow Lakes Dairy ................................................................................................. RC272–278

01/18/95 .................................................. Bardahl Manufacturing Corp ................................................................................. RA272–64

01/18/95 .................................................. Newell Cooperative Elevator ................................................................................. RG272–17

01/18/95 .................................................. Olive Springs Quarry ............................................................................................. RG272–18

[FR Doc. 95–7346 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Cases Filed During the Week of

January 9 through January 13, 1995

During the Week of January 9 through

January 13, 1995, the appeals and

applications for exception or other relief

listed in the Appendix to this Notice

were filed with the Office of Hearings

and Appeals of the Department of

Energy. Submissions inadvertently

omitted from earlier lists have also been

included.

Under DOE procedural regulations, 10

CFR Part 205, any person who will be

aggrieved by the DOE action sought in

these cases may file written comments

on the application within ten days of

service of notice, as prescribed in the

procedural regulations. For purposes of

the regulations, the date of service of

notice is deemed to be the date of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt by an aggrieved person 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.

Dated: March 16, 1995.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of January 9 through January 13, 1995]

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

1/10/95 ............ Amoco, Belridge, Palo Pinto, OKC, Vickers,

Amoco II/Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.

RM21–282, RM8–

283, RM5–284,

RM13–285,

RM1–286

RM251–287

Request for Modification/Rescission in the Amoco et al.

Second Stage Refund Proceedings. If granted: The

May 7, 1985 Decision and Order, Case Numbers

RQ21–163, RQ8–167 and RQ5–161; and the December 18, 1987 Decision and Order, Case Numbers

RQ13–404, RQ1–397 and RQ251–401, would be modified regarding Oklahoma’s Applications for Refund submitted in the Amoco, Belridge, Palo Pinto, OKC, Vickers, and Amoco II second stage refund proceedings.

Date Name of firm Case No.

01/06/95 .................................................. Glassrock Trucking Co .......................................................................................... RF300–21817

01/06/95 .................................................. Aline Manire & M E Young Gurns ........................................................................ RF300–21818

01/06/95 .................................................. Emery Investments, Inc ........................................................................................ RF300–21819

01/09/95 .................................................. Roy Anderson Paint Co ........................................................................................ RG272–12

01/09/95 .................................................. Farm Gas Cooperative Assoc ............................................................................... RG272–13

01/09/95 .................................................. Higgins Texaco ..................................................................................................... RF321–21055

01/10/95 .................................................. Deer Trail Truckline ............................................................................................... RC272–277

01/11/95 .................................................. Buckeye Country Mark Inc .................................................................................... RG272–14
15562 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 1995 / Notices

[FR Doc. 95–7344 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Issuance of Supplemental Refund

Checks in Special Refund Proceeding

Involving Crude Oil Overcharge

Refunds

AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of interim

supplemental refund checks in the

Crude Oil Overcharge Special Refund

Proceeding [RF272 Case Nos.]

SUMMARY: The Office of Hearings and

Appeals of the Department of Energy

will issue interim supplemental refund

checks to prior refund recipients in the

crude oil overcharge refund proceeding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas L. Wieker, Deputy Director,

Virginia Lipton, Assistant Director,

Office of Hearings and Appeals,

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–2390

(Wieker), (202) 586–2400 (Lipton).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the

Department of Energy will soon begin

issuing interim supplemental refund

checks to prior crude oil overcharge

refund recipients. The OHA will shortly

begin sending letters announcing this

process to these refund recipients,

asking them to confirm their current

business name, address, telephone

number and name of contact person. We

will include a verification form that

refund recipients may use to provide

this information. The recipients will

also receive a copy of a Question and

Answer (Q&A) sheet prepared by the

OHA providing more information about

the supplemental refund process.

The letters will be sent over a period

of several weeks and be mailed to every

applicant that has received a total

refund of at least $50. (This amounts to

an approved volume of at least 62,500

gallons.) Applicants that do not receive

a letter because their refunds were based

on lesser gallonages may still apply for

and receive an interim supplemental

refund. These smaller Applicants who

wish to receive this supplemental

refund, rather than wait for the total

amount in a single final refund check at

a later date, should file a request for a

supplemental refund with the OHA at

the address listed above. The request

should include all of the elements

contained on the verification form that

is part of the OHA’s supplementary

crude oil overcharge refund packet.

As stated in the Q&A sheet, the

supplemental refunds will be calculated

by multiplying the approved gallonage

by $0.0008. That is, for every 100,000

gallons of product, the refund will be

$80. Thus, the supplemental refund will

be equal to the total crude oil

overcharge refund already received by a

recipient. Further, as indicated in the

Q&A sheet, there is no deadline by

which responses for submitting the

information to receive the supplemental

payment must be received. However,

the sooner the information is provided,

the sooner the payment can be

processed. We request that Applicants

whose claims are greater than 62,500

gallons file the verification form that

will be mailed to them. This form will

also contain some identifying

information that will facilitate OHA

processing. A copy of the full Q&A

sheet, the suggested verification form,

and the cover letter are set forth below.

Applicants in the crude oil refund

proceeding whose refund claims are

currently in process will not be issued

supplemental checks at this time.

Instead, all refund claims granted after

March 3, 1995, will be granted at a

higher volumetric rate of $0.0016 per

gallon.

Dated: March 16, 1995.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Department of Energy,

Washington, DC 20585

Re: Supplemental Crude Refunds

Dear Crude Oil Refund Recipient: Our

records show that you have received a refund

in the Subpart V Crude Oil Refund

Proceeding of the Department of Energy

(DOE). This proceeding aims to compensate

people overcharged by various oil companies

which violated crude oil price regulations

from August 1973 to January 1981.

When we granted your application, we

stated that we might send you a

supplemental refund check. We are now

ready to issue you another check.

In order to receive your supplemental

check, please verify that your name and

address are correct on the mailing label on

this letter. If so, simply check the ‘‘Yes’’ box

on the back of this letter and sign the

underlying statement. If your name or

address has changed, check the ‘‘No’’ box,

provide the correct information, and sign the

underlying statement. If any other

circumstances have changed, attach a letter

explaining these changes (please print or

type). We have included a short list of

questions and answers that deal with some

of the most common issues. If you have any

other questions, please feel free to call us at

(202) 586–4921 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. Eastern Time on regular business days.

Also, please provide us with a daytime

phone number so we can contact you if

necessary.

In addition to your name and address, the

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires us to

report refund payments on IRS Form 1099–

MISC. Therefore, we request that you provide

us with your Employer Identification

Number (for businesses) or Social Security

Number (for individuals). You should submit

this number even if you have previously

provided it to our office. By law, if you are

an individual, you are not required to

disclose your Social Security Number.

However, if you do not report it to us, we

shall withhold 31% of your supplemental

check and forward it to the IRS as back-up

withholding.

Please return this letter with your

responses in the enclosed postage-paid

envelope. Once we receive your reply, we

will examine it and process it. If we do not

receive a reply from you, we will not send

you a supplemental check at this time. We

hope to hear from you.

Questions and Answers Regarding

Supplemental Refunds in the Subpart V

Crude Oil Refund Proceeding

The following Questions and Answers

concern the supplemental refunds currently

being issued by the Department of Energy

(DOE) in the Subpart V crude oil refund

proceeding. This crude oil refund proceeding

is being conducted through the Office of

Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the DOE.

As stated in the Decision and Order that

granted your refund, applicants who applied

for crude oil refunds before June 30, 1988,

would receive supplemental refunds as

additional crude oil overcharge funds were

available. We stated that we would determine

at a later date whether applicants who

applied for crude oil refunds after June 30,

1988, would receive supplemental refunds.

We have collected additional crude oil

overcharge funds; therefore, we are able to

issue interim supplemental checks to all

crude oil refund recipients (about 87,000

recipients) to date.

Q: What do I need to do in order to receive

a supplemental refund? Do I need to file

another Application?

A: No. You only need to send back the

verification form confirming your name,

current address, and taxpayer identification

number. If there have been any changes in

the status of your application (e.g.,

bankruptcy, death, dissolution, etc.), please

see the Q&A below regarding changes.

Q: What is the deadline for submitting the

verification form?

A: There is no deadline for submitting the

verification form. However, we will process

the supplemental refund checks in the order

that we receive the verification forms. The

sooner you submit your form, the sooner you

will receive a supplemental refund.

Q: How much will I receive?

A: Supplemental refund checks will be

calculated by multiplying your previously

approved gallonage (located at the top righthand corner of your mailing label) by $0.0008

per gallon. In other words, for every 100,000

gallons, you will receive $80. The amount

that you receive will be equal to your total

prior crude overcharge refund.

Q: What are the other numbers on my

mailing label?

A: The top right-hand corner number is

your approved gallonage. The ‘‘RF272-’’

number is your original refund case number.