Case No. RB272-00108

May 14, 1997

DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Supplemental Order

Name of Case: Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution

Date of Filing: April 29, 1997

Case Number: RB272-00108

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 49 recipients is $44,624.

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: May 14, 1997

(1)We are now paying first-time crude oil refund recipients at the volumetric rate of $0.0016 per gallon.

APPENDIX   RB272-00108      
CASE NO. FIRM   ADDRESS   REFUND
RF272-00694 WAYNE C. JOHNSON 1671 VIOLA CIRCLE SYRACUSE, NE 68446 $129
RF272-01532 ADAMS PROPERTIES, INC. C/O DAVID FOLEY JR. 3039 MACOMB ST., N.W. #10 WASHINGTON, DC 20008 $760
RF272-01773 SHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER C/O JANICE HAGENSICKER 9100 W. 74TH ST., BOX 2923 SHAWNEE MISSION, KS 66201 $583
RF272-01814 RAY LANGRECK 125 5TH ST. E. CRESCO, IA 52136 $147
RF272-02148 ABBEY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM C/O JACK SAWL 4588 W. SHAW AVE. FRESNO, CA 93722 $1,209
RF272-02582 HENRY STROHL RR 1, BOX 137 DE VALLS BLUFF, AR 720419801 $96
RF272-03403 LEWIS DOUBLE E RANCH C/O E.F. LEWIS RR 1, BOX 50 ATHOL, SD 57424 $126
RF272-03900 E.M. STOCKS 5162 AR HWY. 15 N. LONOKE, AR 72086 $141
RF272-03934 LIGHTSEY BROTHERS, INC. C/O ERNEST E. BISHOP P.O. BOX 77 MILEY, SC 29933 $746
RF272-04285 GERALD HIMELSPACH P.O. BOX 97 BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV 89820 $197
RF272-04305 HAL HERRON RT. 1, BOX 269 BATESVILLE, MS 38606 $142
RF272-05335 MRS. GLENN J. PAHL C/O BEVERLY PAHL 812 N.W. 4TH PENDLETON, OR 97801 $156
RF272-05579 EHUD ARIAV ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O EHUD ARIAV P.O. BOX 1239 SOMIS, CA 93066 $314
RF272-08414 CLEO BRENTS BOX 430 PASCOLA, MO 63871 $191
RF272-09413 WINTERS FARMS C/O CAROLYN WINTERS 39545 WINTERS LANE WOODLAND, CA 95776 $141
RF272-10450 H. JACOBS FARMS, INC. C/O HARVEY JACOBS RT. 1, BOX 36 UNIONTOWN, WA 99179 $223
RF272-10459 CITY OF RALEIGH C/O THOMAS A. MCCORMICK P.O. BOX 590 RALEIGH, NC 27602 $4,477
RF272-11438 JENSEN PRE-CAST C/O DON KUCKUCK 625 BERGIN WAY SPARKS, NV 89431 $754
RF272-12215 J.B. GAY & SON, INC. C/O JOHN G. GAY 4720 THRIFT RD. GARFIELD, GA 30425 $750
RF272-12888 KUNKEL FARMS, INC. C/O RAY H. KUNKEL 1399 RD. 6 S.W. QUINCY, WA 98848 $101
RF272-12961 HAROLD F. CLARK RR 1, BOX 86 SUMNER, MO 64681 $281
RF272-14751 ROGER EASUM 1247 RD. 4 POWELL, WY 82435 $147
RF272-15836 BOARDMAN SUPPLY CO. C/O JAMES G. PIPOLY 7357 SOUTHERN BLVD.; P.O. BOX 3108 BOARDMAN, OH 44513 $194
RF272-16133 TONY KLASSEN & SONS C/O TONY KLASSEN RT. 2, BOX 49 LINDSAY, NE 68644 $222
RF272-16233 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY C/O MARY R. CARLSON 516 HIGH ST., MAIL STOP 9011 BELLINGHAM, WA 982259011 $693
RF272-17573 JAMES P. ESCHE 20606 HWY. 811 REED, KY 42451 $369
RF272-17614 STANFORD BOOTHE P.O. BOX 756 MESQUITE, NV 89024 $3,459
RF272-18554 EMIL GALLO 1266 GALLO RD. HARRINGTON, DE 19952 $185
RF272-18961 IBS, INC. C/O STANLEY ROSENBLOOM 11 N. SKOKIE HWY., #115 LAKE BLUFF, IL 60044 $1,018
RF272-19612 NORTH CHELSEA, INC. C/O GARY ZIMMERMAN P.O. BOX 428 POPLAR, MT 59255 $354
RF272-19643 HAYWOOD COUNTY HWY DEPT. C/O HOWELL TROTTMAN 1306 S. DUPREE ST. BROWNSVILLE, TN 38012 $4,062
RF272-20150 W.J. SMITH WOOD PRESERVING CO. C/O JOHN R. PRANN JR. 6300 S. SYRACUSE WAY, #300 ENGLEWOOD, CO 80111 $2,492
RF272-20459 JOSEPH BOSTYAN HC 1, BOX 43 GOLVA, ND 58632 $198
RF272-21007 DUANE MARTENS P.O. BOX 704 FORSYTH, MT 59327 $170
RF272-22498 EDWARD HODIK HC 90, BOX 88 MOCCASIN, MT 59462 $70
RF272-23036 HAMILTON BROTHERS, INC. C/O THOMAS M. HAMILTON 3100 E. AZTEC GALLUP, NM 87301 $7,307
RF272-23467 BELEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS C/O MICHAEL GROSSMAN 520 N. MAIN ST. BELEN, NM 87002 $690
RF272-24245 RALPH AGEE 609 N. 6TH ST. MARMADUKE, AR 72443 $139
RF272-24317 DARWIN O. ROCKHOLD 140 N. CHEYENNE, APT. 210 POWELL, WY 82435 $101
RF272-24567 SCOTT TOWER C/O ANTHONY RAMUNNO 3400 PAUL AVE. BRONX, NY 10468 $1,277
RF272-25005 WELSBACH ELECTRIC CORP. C/O FREDRIC GOODMAN 111-01 14TH AVE., P.O. BOX 560252 COLLEGE POINT, NY 113560252 $2,608
RF272-25608 KEITH ROYSTON RT. 1 MOORE, MT 59464 $311
RF272-26844 SAND LIVESTOCK SYSTEM C/O GARY MUTH 4860 33RD AVE., P.O. BOX 948 COLUMBUS, NE 68601 $292
RF272-28390 FRIEHE FARMS, INC. C/O DORIS FRIEHE RR 4, BOX 180 MCCOOK, NE 69001 $328
RF272-28745 ARTHUR STREIFEL 505 NORTHERN PACIFIC ESMOND, ND 58332 $197
RF272-29406 OLSON GRAVEL, INC. C/O DENNIS OLSON 12 MALLARD BEACH DR., #20 ELWOOD, NE 68937 $419
RF272-29822 ELDER CONSTRUCTION, INC. C/O JOHN L. ELDER P.O. BOX 451276 HOUSTON, TX 77245 $553
RF272-29934 CLARK COUNTY AUDITOR C/O BRUCE CROSS 4700 N.E. 78TH ST. VANCOUVER, WA 98666 $4,921
RF272-30754 WILLIAM OXNER 1702 HWY. 328 CORNING, AR 72422 $184
Totals: 49       $44,624
           


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