Case No. RB272-00093
NOVEMBER 6, 1996
DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Supplemental Order
Name of Case: Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution
Date of Filing: November 4, 1996
Case Number: RB272-00093
Pursuant to the long-standing policy of the Department of Energy (DOE), thousands of purchasers of petroleum products have applied for, and been granted, refunds from crude oil overcharge funds under the jurisdiction of the DOE's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). See Statement of Modified Restitutionary Policy To Be Implemented In Crude Oil Cases, 51 Fed. Reg. 27899 (August 4, 1986). The standards for considering Applications for Refund from these crude oil funds are set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 205, Subpart V.
The OHA has approved more than 87,000 requests for refund from the pool of crude oil overcharge funds. In Subpart V crude oil refund cases, a claimant is generally eligible for a refund equal to the number of gallons of eligible refined petroleum products it purchased during the period August 19, 1973 through January 27, 1981, multiplied by a per gallon refund amount. That per gallon refund amount is derived by dividing the total refund monies available by the total U.S. consumption of petroleum products during the crude oil price control period. Refunds had been calculated by multiplying the number of gallons of eligible refined petroleum products purchased by the applicant by $0.0008 (the volumetric factor). That volumetric factor had been in use since April 1989, when it replaced an earlier volumetric factor of $0.0002 per gallon. Any applicant who received a refund at the smaller volumetric factor has also received a supplemental refund based on an additional $0.0006 per gallon. See Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution, 18 DOE ¶ 85,878 (1989).
Additional crude oil overcharge funds have become available for disbursement and we can now issue additional refund checks to applicants. Sufficient funds are available to pay applicants at a new, aggregate rate of $0.0016 per gallon.(1) Further, applicants who previously received a refund will receive a supplemental refund based on an additional $0.0008 per gallon. Thus, the amount of the supplemental refund will be equal to the refund already received. Refunds are rounded to the nearest dollar.
In order to receive a supplemental refund check, applicants are being required to verify (directly or through their representatives) that their name and address in our records are correct, to correct any information that
is not accurate, and to indicate whether there has been any change in circumstances affecting the payment of the refund. We intend to issue a series of Decision and Orders approving supplemental refunds as we receive completed verification forms from applicants or certifications from representatives.
The Appendix to this Decision and Order contains the names and addresses of a group of recipients receiving these supplemental refund checks. The Appendix also indicates the original case numbers of these applicants and the dollar amount of the supplemental refund for each applicant. The total amount of additional refunds being approved in this Order for the benefit of 109 recipients is $212,837.
It Is Therefore Ordered That:
(1) The Director of Special Accounts and Payroll, Office of Departmental Accounting and Financial Systems Development, Office of the Controller of the Department of Energy shall take appropriate action to disburse a supplemental refund to each crude oil refund recipient set forth in the Appendix to this Order.
(2) The funds shall be disbursed from the escrow fund denominated Crude Tracking-Claimants 4, Account No. 999DOE010Z, maintained at the Department of the Treasury.
(3) To facilitate the payment of future refunds, an applicant shall notify the Office of Hearings and
Appeals in the event that there is a change of address, or if an address correction is necessary. Such notification shall be sent to :
Director of Management Information
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Department of Energy
Washington, D.C. 20585-0107
(4) Any conditions imposed that applied to an applicant's receipt of the initial crude oil refund shall also apply to that applicant's receipt of this supplemental refund.
(5) This is a final Order of the Department of Energy.
George B. Breznay
Director
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Date: November 6, 1996
(1)We are now paying first-time crude oil refund recipients at the volumetric rate of $0.0016 per gallon.
APPENDIX RB272-00093 CASE NO. FIRM ADDRESS REFUND RF272-31119 GORDON STANFORD OR JEAN STANFORD 3065 118 R AVE., S.E. VALLEY CITY, ND 58072 $187 RF272-31182 ROBERT & JANICE CAREY C/O ROBERT CAREY RR 3, HWY. 151 S. MINERAL POINT, WI 53565 $196 RF272-31775 BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER C/O ROBERT NALDI 1ST AVE. & 16TH ST. NEW YORK, NY 10003 $4,165 RF272-32322 CULLMAN COUNTY COMMISSION C/O WILHELMINA PARRIS 500 2ND AVE., S.W. CULLMAN, AL 35055 $816 RF272-32510 ST. FRANCIS HOSP. & MED. CEN C/O ROBERT J. FAISUERRA 114 WOODLAND STREET HARTFORD, CT 06105 $4,035 RF272-32644 SOL K. ANTHONY 6095 VV JONES RD. VENUS, TX 76084 $212 RF272-32665 COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER C/O AMY OLSON 3421 W. 9TH ST. WATERLOO, IA 50702 $1,566 RF272-32759 JACK ADEE RT. 3, BOX 50 PHILLIPSBURG, KS 67661 $169 RF272-32934 TAMA COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT. C/O SUSAN JONES 1002 E. 5TH ST. TAMA, IA 52339 $935 RF272-34021 MERRILL INDUSTRIES, INC. C/O BERNARD LIEBERMAN P.O. BOX 150; 26 VILLAGE ST. ELLINGTON, CT 06029 $1,246 RF272-34265 CITY OF EAST PEORIA C/O THERESA L. GUALANDI 100 S. MAIN ST. EAST PEORIA, IL 61611 $712 RF272-34495 JERRY L. PFEIFER BOX 304 SPENCER, NE 68777 $264 RF272-34512 SANTANA TRUCKING & EXCAVATING C/O ROBERT HARTLEY P.O. BOX 3067 REDMOND, WA 98073 $736 RF272-34959 MARION M. HOLBEN C/O DOROTHY V. HOLBEN RT. 2, BOX 114 GENESEE, ID 83832 $189 RF272-35805 SCHOOL TOWN OF HIGHLAND C/O MICHAEL BOSKOVICH 9145 KENNEDY AVE. HIGHLAND, IN 46322 $344 RF272-35936 WEST VIRGINIA PAVING, INC. C/O DOUGLAS RADABAUGH P.O. BOX 544, 2950 CHARLES AVE. DUNBAR, WV 25064 $16,865 RF272-36506 MEMPHIS COMPRESS & STORAGE CO. C/O MERRITT RANDLE P.O. BOX 9436 MEMPHIS, TN 38109 $629 RF272-36844 ROBERT KOEPP 5 PONDEROSA DR. GRAND ISLAND, NE 68803 $300 RF272-36848 SPRING CREEK COLONY C/O PAUL WALTER P.O. BOX 518 LEWISTOWN, MT 59457 $742 RF272-37100 FULL SERVICE BEVERAGE CO. C/O RICHARD SINGLETON 2901 S. KANSAS WICHITA, KS 67216 $1,912 RF272-37517 W.E. MCMULLEN P.O. BOX R HAZEN, AR 72064 $405 RF272-37529 ROSEMARY ROUNDS C/O ROSEMARY SCARBOROUGH 320 N. MONROE PIERRE, SD 57501 $975 RF272-38126 ROLAND WIRT 1310 WASHINGTON AVE. HARVE, MT 59501 $187 RF272-38174 MARTIN RAVNAAS 1960 STEWARD RD. ROCHELLE, IL 61068 $219 RF272-38404 OHIO VALLEY MED. CTR., INC. C/O MR. GREENELTCH 2000 EOFF ST. WHEELING, WV 26003 $1,284 RF272-38673 TAINAKA FARMS INC. C/O GUADALUPE TAINAKA 24298 RD. O, S.W. MATTAWA, WA 99349 $178 RF272-38743 ROBERTA J. ENGESSER 282 1/2 UPPER VALLEY SPEARFISH, SD 577831165 $283 RF272-38783 MATT THOMAS 301 N. LLOYD ST. ABERDEEN, SD 574013650 $221 RF272-38968 GARY ATHERTON RT. 1, BOX 247 MOORHEAD, MN 56560 $232 RF272-39426 HENRY COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT. C/O RAY NORWOOD P.O. BOX 674; 575 CEDAR ST. PARIS, TN 38242 $803 RF272-39740 O'NEILL FARMING ENTERPRISES,II C/O LEE R. SCHULT 1265 W. SHAW AVE., #101 FRESNO, CA 93711 $1,090 RF272-39875 DENNIS JONES 12954 396TH AVE. BATH, SD 57427 $637 RF272-40400 RICHARD A. SCHROEDER 107 95 RD. D LEIPSIC, OH 45886 $170 RF272-41124 CHARLES KIRKENDALL, JR. 2112 MORTON ST. FALLS CITY, NE 68355 $301 RF272-41323 DUNDY CNTY. PUBLIC SCHOOLS 117 C/O DALLAS W. WATKINS P.O. BOX 586 BENKELMAN, NE 690210586 $237 RF272-41553 GENESYS REGIONAL MED. CTR. C/O GARY F. REETZ 302 KENSINGTON AVE. FLINT, MI 48503 $2,795 RF272-41621 ROBERT & VERA JOHNSON C/O ROBERT JOHNSON 202 UTE AVE. KIOWA, CO 80117 $201 RF272-41965 PIONEER CONTRACTING CO., LTD. C/O FLORENCE FUJIWARA 930 KILANI AVE. WAHIAWA, HI 96786 $187 RF272-42017 MELVIN R. MUNK P.O. BOX 325 ROCKLAND, ID 83271 $263 RF272-42044 DENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #84 C/O LES LABOT 1200 LEHMAN AVE. DENTON, MT 59430 $316 RF272-42601 ERNEST HARTMAN RR 1, BOX 1693C LEWISTOWN, MT 59457 $73 RF272-42685 BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD CEN. SCHL. C/O KENNETH C. WILCOX 18 JULIAND ST. BAINBRIDGE, NY 13733 $940 RF272-42697 PICKETT COUNTY BD. OF EDUC. C/O CHARLES MITCHELL 1216 WOODLAWN DR. BYRDSTOWN, TN 38549 $174 RF272-42980 GLEN SCHWEND BOX 104 ST. XAVIER, MT 59075 $348 RF272-42997 SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER AGENCY C/O JEFFREY A. WRIGHT 925 MISSION ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 $3,337 RF272-43524 NAGAKI FARMS, INC. C/O JERRY NAGAKI 5026 PIONEER RD. ONTARIO, OR 97914 $223 RF272-43651 GRAIN LAND COOP C/O BILL ERICSON P.O. BOX 65 BLUE EARTH, MN 56013 $5,319 RF272-43792 LESLIE J. MELICHAR BOX C, 205 HIGHLAND AVE. MOORE, MT 59464 $181 RF272-44118 HOOSIC VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOLS C/O DOROTHY A. MESSICK RT. 40 SCHAGHTICOKE, NY 12154 $883 RF272-44812 JIM CRUSE C/O JIMMIE CRUSE BOX 668 PIERRE, SD 57501 $378 RF272-45633 KADOKA SCHOOL DISTRICT 35-1 C/O EILEEN C. STOOLEY P.O. BOX 99 KADOKA, SD 57543 $290 RF272-45823 MRS. DON WALLACE C/O TERRY J. WALLACE 25544 CNTY RD. R 1/2 SPRINGFIELD, CO 810739706 $198 RF272-48171 LEO ASFELD RT. 2, BOX 31 SAUK CENTRE, MN 56378 $76 RF272-48326 M.G. KILLOUGH P.O. BOX 347 CHRISTOVAL, TX 76935 $188 RF272-48411 PAUL DAVIS, INC. C/O ED DOSS RT. 4, BOX 308A AMITE, LA 70422 $233 RF272-48856 KENNETH A. LILLEMOE 2312 15TH AVE., S.E. ABERDEEN, SD 57401 $229 RF272-49244 WELLS FARGO ARMORED SERV. CORP C/O BARBARA BOWEN 6165 BARFIELD RD., #200 ATLANTA, GA 30328 $29,994 RF272-49702 ALBERT B. ASHFORTH, INC. C/O MICHAEL COTTLE 3003 SUMMER ST. STAMFORD, CT 06905 $835 RF272-50707 CITY OF SOMERSWORTH C/O EILEEN CABANEL 157 MAIN ST. SOMERSWORTH, NH 03878 $407 RF272-51255 WILSON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION C/O STEVE LYNCH 106 OAK ST.; P.O. BOX 1029 LEBANON, TN 370881029 $4,607 RF272-52078 BRAWER BROS., INC. C/O SHARTEL SMITH 375 DIAMOND BR. AVE.; POB 640 HAWTHORNE, NJ 075070640 $2,008 RF272-52175 NORTHERN BEDFORD CNTY SCHL DIS C/O JANE FAGANS HC 1, BOX 200 LOYSBURG, PA 16659 $434 RF272-52178 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI C/O MICHAEL HARTY P.O. BOX 9277 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 784699277 $5,554 RF272-52491 EVERETT MULLINIX RR 2, BOX 141 BURLINGAME, KS 66413 $204 RF272-52899 STONE ACRES, INC. C/O WILLIAM STONE 12500 S. STONE RD. GARDEN CITY, KS 67846 $551 RF272-53301 MORRIS FARMS C/O ROY MORRIS P.O. BOX 9 NECHE, ND 58265 $297 RF272-53495 LLOYD W. RICHARDSON CONSTRUCT. C/O R.C. THWING P.O. BOX 968 ARANSAS PASS, TX 78385 $5,739 RF272-53976 ROBERT W. WEBSTER RR 1, BOX 215 TOULON, IL 61483 $164 RF272-54116 POHL BROTHERS C/O ARNOLD W. POHL 7655 GRANGE RD. PORTLAND, MI 48875 $283 RF272-54571 CITY OF ST. PAUL, PUBLIC WORKS C/O JIM SNYDER 15 W. KELLOGG BLVD., RM. 210 ST. PAUL, MN 55102 $2,825 RF272-54673 PEARL CREEK HUTTERIAN BRETHREN C/O PAUL WALDNER RR 2, BOX 128A IROQUOIS, SD 57353 $919 RF272-54993 FRANK J. DAL GALLO TRUCKING C/O FRANK DAL GALLO 329 W.A. BARR RD. MOUNT SHASTA, CA 96067 $1,015 RF272-55069 N. KEITH MOWRY RR 1, BOX 125 CAMBRIDGE, NE 69022 $289 RF272-55397 NEW YORK FARM BUREAU, INC. C/O LESLIE R. MILLER RT. 9W, BOX 992 GLENMONT, NY 12077 $223 RF272-55537 OSBORNE UNIF. SCHL. DIST. #392 C/O JOSEPH A. CLOUSE 134 N. 3RD.; P.O. BOX 209 OSBORNE, KS 67473 $200 RF272-55837 MILGRAM FOOD STORES, INC. C/O FRANK T. HOPFINGER 925 E. 8TH ST., #215 KANSAS CITY, MO 64131 $1,133 RF272-55956 SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS C/O MARTHA RITCHIE 24661 LAHSER ROAD SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034 $814 RF272-56075 JUDD COLE, INC. C/O BETTE E. COLE 11791 BONE RUN RD. FREESBURG, NY 14738 $134 RF272-56179 SAM LONGMAN P.O. BOX 77 HENRY, IL 61537 $202 RF272-56355 WAYNE KAYLOR C/O BETTY P. KAYLOR 4934 OAK GROVE TERRACE VAN BUREN, AR 72956 $243 RF272-56400 MELVIN J. SCHAFER 1390 LAWSON RD. LONOKE, AR 72086 $198 RF272-56531 CROW WING COUNTY HWY. DEPT. C/O DUANE F. RUONA 202 LAUREL ST. BRAINERD, MN 564013584 $1,086 RF272-56713 ROGER'S REDI-MIX, INC. C/O BARB KOESTER 55 E. MILL ST. RUMA, IL 62278 $2,786 RF272-56727 NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH BLTLNE RR C/O J.M. DONNELLY P.O. BOX 7547 PORTSMOUTH, VA 23707 $3,298 RF272-56872 CITY OF WATERBURY C/O THOMAS M. ARIOLA JR. 236 GRAND ST. WATERBURY, CT 06702 $12,669 RF272-56887 PRINCETON CONSTRUCTION CORP. C/O DAVID MINKIN 95-25 QUEENS BLVD. REGO PARK, NY 11374 $466 RF272-56947 WELLMAN, INC. C/O H.E. LEWIS P.O. DRAWER 188 JOHNSONVILLE, SC 29555 $3,610 RF272-57594 KENNETH KELLY 824 E. GLADSTONE FREDERICK, OK 73542 $218 RF272-57893 ASTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL INC. C/O SALVATORE MORELLO 25-10 30TH AVE. ASTORIA, NY 11102 $905 RF272-58567 JULIAN M. JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION C/O LORENCE JOHNSON 6190 INDUSTRY AVE., N.W. ANOKA, MN 55303 $889 RF272-59783 ST. HELENS SCHOOL DIST. #502 C/O ADAM D. STEWART 474 N. 16TH ST. ST. HELENS, OR 97051 $1,219 RF272-60040 BUNCOME COUNTY C/O WAYNE D. JACKLIN 1 OAK PLAZA, #202 ASHEVILLE, NC 28801 $1,146 RF272-60127 THOMAS TORTO CONSTRUCTION CORP C/O ALFONSE J. TORTO 5 BELDEN ST. BINGHAMTON, NY 13903 $98 RF272-60617 PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION C/O BARBARA WALKER 385-391 TOTOWA AVENUE PATERSON, NJ 07502 $6,774 RF272-60888 ERVIN BERG 17960 W. 42ND ST., BOX 68 KENESAW, NE 68956 $160 RF272-61344 MARYMOUNT COLLEGE C/O ANTHONY J. HERTL 200 MARYMOUNT AVE. TARRYTOWN, NY 105913796 $2,449 RF272-62338 MADONNA CONSTRUCTION CO. C/O A. MADONNA P.O. BOX 3910 SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93403 $15,147 RF272-62665 CLOVER FARMS DAIRY CO. C/O JOHN ROTHENBERGER P.O. BOX 14627 READING, PA 19612 $1,263 RF272-62711 FRANK C. KLEIN & CO., INC. C/O DALE J. ANDERSON 7627 DAHLIA ST. COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022 $1,214 RF272-63172 GARRETT BROTHERS, INC. C/O SHERI SANFORD 13700 S. MERIDIAN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 731738800 $1,565 RF272-63245 ST. GREGORY THE GREAT CHURCH C/O JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM 242-20 88TH AVE. BELLEROSE, NY 11426 $223 RF272-63452 D.L. ANDERSON CORP. C/O DENNIS L. ANDERSON P.O. BOX 907 FT. PIERRE, SD 57532 $1,963 RF272-63456 FARMERS UNION OIL CO. C/O IRVIN HAMMER HCR 1, BOX 96 LAWTON, ND 58345 $4,973 RF272-63857 YOUNGBLOOD TRANSP. SYSTEMS INC C/O J.M. LANCE P.O. BOX 1629 FLETCHER, NC 28732 $945 RF272-64005 BUFFALO MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTH C/O GILLIAN D. BROWN 300 PERRY ST. BUFFALO, NY 14204 $5,322 RF272-64008 CO-OP GAS & SUPPLY CO., INC. C/O DALE WILE 125 TIBBETTS LANE SANDPOINT, ID 83864 $20,618 RF272-64015 MILLER COMPRESSING CO. C/O THOMAS J. CAREK P.O. BOX 369 MILWAUKEE, WI 53201 $1,630 RF272-64305 MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH C/O REV. MICHAEL BRIGGMAN 610 PINE ST.; P.O. BOX C BALLY, PA 19503 $437 RF272-64494 CLYDE GAMBLE 1715 W. 200 N. BLACKFOOT, ID 83221 $218 Totals: 109 RB272-00093 $212,837
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