Case No. RB272-00098
January 16, 1997
DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Supplemental Order
Name of Case: Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution
Date of Filing:January 8, 1997
Case Number: RB272-00098
Since 1987, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) has conducted the crude oil overcharge refund proceeding. In this proceeding, we have granted refunds from crude oil overcharge funds under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy. The proceeding is explained in Statement of Modified Restitutionary Policy, 51 Fed. Reg. 27899 (August 4, 1986), and the regulations governing it are codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 205, Subpart V.
In crude oil refund cases, an applicant can receive a refund equal to the number of gallons of eligible refined petroleum products it purchased during the crude oil price control period, multiplied by a volumetric factor.(1) The size of the volumetric factor depends on the amount of crude oil overcharge funds that the DOE has collected. Initially, we set the volumetric factor at $.0002 per gallon. In April 1989, we raised the volumetric factor to $.0008 per gallon. Any applicant who had received a refund at $.0002 per gallon has also received a supplemental refund of an additional $0.0006 per gallon, so that the total volumetric factor until now for all applicants in this Decision and Order was $.0008. Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution, 18 DOE ¶ 85,878 (1989).
Additional crude oil overcharge funds are now available for disbursement, so we can now issue supplemental refund checks. Applicants who previously received a refund at the volumetric factor of $.0008 will receive a supplemental refund for an additional $0.0008 per gallon.(2) Thus, the amount of the supplemental refund will be equal to the refund already received.
As with all our refunds, the supplemental refunds are rounded to the nearest dollar.
We require applicants for supplemental refunds to verify (directly or through their representatives) their name and address contained in our records, 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 will 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 of a group of applicants receiving these supplemental refunds. Each applicant in this group was represented in the crude oil refund proceeding by the firm of Daniel B. Smith Company. In accordance with the applicants' instructions, we will direct the refunds to Daniel B. Smith Company. The Appendix also indicates the original case numbers of these applicants and the dollar amount of the supplemental refund for each applicant. We have approved a total amount of $149,861 in additional refunds in this Decision and Order for the benefit of 48 applicants.
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 an amount equal to the total of the supplemental refunds for the applicants set forth in the Appendix to this Decision and Order.
(2) The funds shall be disbursed from the escrow fund denominated Crude Tracking-Claimants IV, Account No. 999DOE010Z, maintained at the Department of the Treasury.
(3) Because all of the applicants listed in the Appendix to this Decision and Order applied through Daniel B. Smith Company and requested that their refunds be sent to them, one check for the total refund amount of $149,861 shall be sent to Daniel B. Smith Company, Fourth Floor, 377 Oak Street, Garden City, NY, 11530.
(4) Any conditions imposed upon 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: January 16, 1997
(1)The crude oil price control period extended from August 19, 1973 through January 27, 1981.
(2)We are now paying first-time crude oil refund recipients at the volumetric rate of $0.0016 per gallon.
APPENDIX RB272-00098 CASE NO. APPLICANT FILING SERVICE VOLUME REFUND RF272-05127 GREENWICH GARDEN ASSOCIATES OR WEN MANAGEMENT CORP. 225,161 $180 RF272-05324 URBAN RENEWALS OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,724,125 $1,379 RF272-07298 92 BROOKLYN AVENUE CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 328,268 $263 RF272-07299 VIGLA CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,325,315 $1,060 RF272-07300 FREEPORT EQUITIES CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 356,152 $285 RF272-11136 NET PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, INC OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,135,750 $909 RF272-14522 ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 7,113,718 $5,691 RF272-17715 MILLER & MILLER REAL ESTATE OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 8,667,362 $6,934 RF272-18156 MARTINIQUE HOTEL OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,675,837 $1,341 RF272-22966 KING KULLEN GROCERY CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,845,477 $1,476 RF272-23476 CENTRAL MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,277,964 $1,822 RF272-23918 PALEN MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,342,690 $1,874 RF272-39433 ANN BENDICK REALTY OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,142,626 $1,714 RF272-41267 BIRCHWOOD ASSOCIATES OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 17,787,614 $14,230 RF272-41308 SACHSON REALTY CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,443,115 $1,154 RF272-41342 NALEA REALTY CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 999,916 $800 RF272-41558 ADI MANAGEMENT, INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,415,617 $2,732 RF272-41564 PICKMAN REALTY OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 19,988,192 $15,991 RF272-41895 KOEPPEL & KOEPPEL OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,689,787 $2,952 RF272-41907 NEIDITCH REAL ESTATE OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 4,177,512 $3,342 RF272-41934 JACOB HABERMAN OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,742,630 $2,194 RF272-41973 HALBOR REALTY CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,187,448 $1,750 RF272-42025 MERIT OPERATING CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,120,133 $896 RF272-42216 EINSIDLER ORGANIZATION OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,322,286 $2,658 RF272-42218 HALSTED MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 978,052 $782 RF272-42444 MURRAY H. MILLER MGMT. CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,811,427 $3,049 RF272-42812 REDCO MANAGEMENT CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 376,502 $301 RF272-43112 RALPH LANGSAM ASSOC., INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 12,862,605 $10,290 RF272-43499 JANOFF & OLSHAN, INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,186,038 $2,549 RF272-43913 CHP MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 465,736 $373 RF272-45581 EAST RIVER CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 22,714,673 $18,172 RF272-45952 DITMAS MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 5,091,425 $4,073 RF272-51267 JANOFF & OLSHAN, INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,739,213 $1,391 RF272-52230 M & R MANAGEMENT CO., INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 8,136,249 $6,509 RF272-52980 WHITE/TISHMAN EAST, INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,473,754 $2,779 RF272-52997 RUTLEY MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,485,526 $2,788 RF272-53185 RUTLEY MANAGEMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,109,464 $1,688 RF272-53748 COMPUTER PROPERTY MGMT. SERV. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,797,359 $3,038 RF272-53750 BENENSON INVESTMENT CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 4,536,664 $3,629 RF272-53970 430-450 SHORE CORP. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,007,060 $806 RF272-54645 SKS ASSOCIATES OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,922,281 $1,538 RF272-62557 PRATT INSTITUTE OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 6,065,700 $4,853 RF272-62560 J.C. PENNEY CO., INC. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 1,657,439 $1,326 RF272-63298 NEW AMSTERDAM REALTY CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 433,826 $347 RF272-65527 IRVING R. RABER CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,097,411 $1,678 RF272-65529 MILBROOK PROPERTIES, LTD. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 3,189,190 $2,551 RF272-65530 PAGE MANAGEMENT OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 2,000,755 $1,601 RF272-74019 OSMAN REALTY CO. OR DANIEL B. SMITH CO. 153,496 $123 Totals: 48 RB272-00098 187,326,540 $149,861
Last Updated on 8/14/97
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