[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30738-30739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14972]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Notice of Issuance of Decisions and Orders During the Week of
January 19 Through January 23, 1998
During the week of January 19 through January 23, 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 20585-0107, 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 20, 1998.
Thomas O. Mann,
Acting Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
Decision List No. 69; Week of January 19 Through January 23, 1998
Appeal
Charlene Pazar, 1/20/98, VFA-0364
Charlene Pazar (Appellant) filed an Appeal of a Determination
issued to her by the Rocky Flats Field Office (RFFO) of the Department
of Energy (DOE) in response to a request under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). In its determination, RFFO withheld the sole
requested document under Exemption 5 of the FOIA. RFFO claimed that the
document was protected under the attorney work-product privilege. The
Office of Hearings and Appeals determined that the document was
protected by the attorney-work product privilege. Although the
litigation which had led to the creation of the withheld document had
ended, other ongoing litigation involved the same set of facts.
Therefore, release of the document could compromise DOE's strategy and
tactics. Accordingly, the DOE denied the Appeal.
Ruth Towle Murphy, 1/23/98, VFA-0360
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Ruth Towle Murphy completed the filing of a Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) Appeal requesting that the Office of Hearings and Appeals of
the Department of Energy (DOE) order the release of ``estimated costs,
fixed fees, and the names of key personnel to implement a contract,''
information withheld pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552(b)(4). In
considering the Appeal, the DOE determined that all of the information
withheld was commercial information within the meaning of that
Exemption. Thus, the DOE dismissed Ms. Murphy's Appeal.
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.
CITY OF PROVO............................................ RG272-738 1/20/98
CITY OF QUINCY........................................... RF272-95482 1/20/98
ELSA COOP GIN ASSN....................................... RF272-95719 ..............
J & H ASSOCIATES ET AL................................... RK272-01580 1/21/98
QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORP./RICE OIL CO....................... RF330-67 ..............
RICE-LINDQUIST, INC...................................... RF300-21841 ..............
WINN-DIXIE MIDWEST, INC. ET AL........................... RK272-04683 1/23/98
Dismissals
The following submissions were dismissed.
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Name Case No.
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ARTHUR F. MURFIN............................. VWA-0016
BROOKLYN-GERNSEY-MALCOLM COMM. SCHOOLS....... RF272-79520
GENERAL DELIVERY AND SERVICE................. RF272-94642
JONES, WALKER, WAECHTER, POITEVENT, CA....... VFA-0363
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