Case No. RB272-00163
April 06, 2000
DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Supplemental Order
Name of Case: Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution
Date of Filing: February 3, 2000
Case Number: RB272-00163
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 55 recipients is $42,551.
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
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
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:April 6, 2000
(1)We are now paying first-time crude oil refund recipients at the volumetric rate of $0.0016 per gallon.
APPENDIX RB272-00163 CASE NO. FIRM ADDRESS REFUND RF272-00478 KENYON INDUSTRIES, INC. C/O DUANE O. SCHMIDT 36 SHERMAN AVE. KENYON, RI 02836 $12,678 RF272-00527 STEVE LIPETZKY PO BOX 152 SPRINGFIELD, MN 56087 $71 RF272-01965 HAROLD LEONARD & CO., INC. C/O HARRIET MARCUS 600 GREEN LANE, PO BOX 3127 UNION, NJ 07083 $98 RF272-02254 PIERCE-ROBERTS RUBBER CO. C/O DAVID B. PIERCE 1450 HEATH AVE., PO BOX 5007 TRENTON, NJ 08638 $416 RF272-02372 BILLY J. JOSEFY 1121 W. 7TH ST., BOX 276 GRANDFIELD, OK 73546 $142 RF272-03795 MARY SHIRLEY 314 S. JEFFERSON ST. TULLAHOMA, TN 37388 $528 RF272-04718 BRANNON BROTHERS FARM C/O GERALD BRANNON RR 1 HARTFORD, AL 36344 $127 RF272-04810 PETER KIEFFER PO BOX 588 CASSELTON, ND 58012 $392 RF272-05047 LESTER E. WARD JR. 5858 YORK RD. VERSAILLES, OH 453809428 $125 RF272-05889 RICHARD GERBER PO BOX 22 TWO BUTTES, CO 81084 $172 RF272-06604 ROBERT KUBOUSHEK 504 W. S, PO BOX 251 CALMAR, IA 52132 $52 RF272-07101 ROBINSON FARM C/O JIM ROBINSON 1573 DAY HOLLOW RD. OWEGO, NY 13827 $64 RF272-07337 JAMES KOCH 8394 200TH ST., PO BOX 160 WEST UNION, IA 52175 $67 RF272-08544 WESTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS C/O PETER MYNARSKI PO BOX 1007, 24 SCHOOL RD. WESTON, CT 06883 $1,418 RF272-08656 PRESCOTT FARM C/O MARJORIE PRESCOT 10125 MALLORY RD. SAUQUOIT, NY 13456 $53 RF272-10085 WILLARD W. LANE, JR. PO BOX 22 SURRY, VA 23883 $71 RF272-10129 ROBERT G. SCRUGGS 139 CHEROKEE NATIONAL HWY. GAFFNEY, SC 29341 $115 RF272-11103 VILLAGE OF ARNOLD C/O PATRICIA LAMBERTY PO BOX 70 ARNOLD, NE 691200070 $140 RF272-12107 ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER C/O JOHN W. TRELEAVEN 2800 MAIN ST. BRIDGEPORT, CT 06606 $6,944 RF272-14326 MERLYN MCKINNEY 106 N. WILSON AVE. WHITE, SD 57276 $67 RF272-14821 GARY E. BENNETT PO BOX 101 LOMA, MT 59460 $198 RF272-15454 MARINE CONSTRUCTION & DREDGING C/O KENNETH YOUNGSMAN 113 LUMMI DR. LA CONNER, WA 98257 $576 RF272-16009 E.R. GRISHAM 2415 OLD HOWARD RD. TEMPLE, TX 76504 $102 RF272-17901 ROSE SEPTIC TANK CO., INC. C/O RICHARD HENNEFORTH 8295 N.W. 93RD ST. MIAMI, FL 33166 $701 RF272-19043 JB'S RESTAURANTS, INC. C/O BILL VEST 965 S. 630 E. SPANISH FORK, UT 84660 $601 RF272-19497 YELLOW CAB OF SOMERVILLE INC. C/O CHERYL HORAN 85 FOLEY ST. SOMERVILLE, MA 02145 $1,252 RF272-19573 POTTS FARMS C/O VERNON POTTS 55918 898 RD. ST. HELENA, NE 68774 $124 RF272-19819 OLSON FLYING SERVICE, INC. C/O MORRIS G. OLSON 73803 US HWY. 183 HOLDREGE, NE 689494085 $108 RF272-19828 ROBERTSON COUNTY BD. EDUCATN. C/O CNTY FINANCE DEPT. 523 S. BROWN ST. SPRINGFIELD, TN 37172 $964 RF272-21086 PIERCE COLLEGE C/O AL DOWNS 9401 FARWEST DR., S.W. TACOMA, WA 98498 $69 RF272-22828 ROGER HIMSTEDT 90 ENFIELD RD. EDDYVILLE, KY 420388567 $133 RF272-22879 FLYNN HYBRID SEED CO. C/O MAURICE FLYNN 702 HIGGINS AVE. SCHUYLER, NE 68661 $108 RF272-22901 RONALD GERKEN 425 N. VINE ST. DESHLER, OH 43516 $79 RF272-23042 LEE M. HANSEN 658 GRAVEL RIDGE RD. TRUFANT, MI 49347 $86 RF272-23454 TOWN OF TAOS C/O MARIETTA SANTISTEVAN 400 CAMINO DEL LA PLACITA TAOS, NM 87571 $243 RF272-24150 GARY A. WELLS 11493 737 RD. HOLDREGE, NE 68949 $124 RF272-24585 DAVID N. ARMSTRONG 130 BURNHAM DR., POB 476 ALLIANCE, NE 69301 $174 RF272-24764 VINCENT P. PACHTA RR 1, BOX 42 BELLEVILLE, KS 66935 $80 RF272-24779 DUANE BERGH 13532 99TH ST., S.E. HAVANA, ND 58043 $212 RF272-25091 JIM BURNETT 15736 MCGIRR RD. HINCKLEY, IL 60520 $177 RF272-25100 BOBBY SOLOMON C/O EDNA SOLOMON 1602 KNOXVILLE ST. FT. VALLEY, GA 31030 $170 RF272-25270 CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER C/O WAYNE BENNET 300 MAIN ST. LEWISTON, ME 04240 $3,485 RF272-25320 OCEAN PARK APTS. C/O RY MGMT. CO., INC. 1619 3RD AVE. NEW YORK, NY 10128 $2,283 RF272-25549 GROVE STONE & SAND CO. C/O C.R. MCGLOTHLIN PO BOX 425, OLD U.S. HWY. 70 SWANNANOA, NC 28778 $2,033 RF272-26849 CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE C/O WINDEL WOOTON PO BOX 707 HOPKINSVILLE, KY 422400707 $429 RF272-26883 R.R.J. FARMS INC. C/O ROBERT JOHNSON 411 HOMESTEAD LANE HOLDREGE, NE 68949 $165 RF272-27699 MARIN DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS C/O JOYCE SIEGAN PO BOX 4186 SAN RAFAEL, CA 94913 $1,677 RF272-27938 JEFFERSON COUNTY HWY. DEPT. C/O WM. F. STELLING PO BOX 394, 1415 A ST. FAIRBURY, NE 68352 $1,307 RF272-29118 RAY WOLAK 5915 LEGG RD. KINGSTON, MI 48741 $71 RF272-29600 BRUCE GERK PO BOX 5 JULESBURG, CO 80737 $82 RF272-29819 SMITH 6 BAR S LIVESTOCK C/O E. MAYNARD SMITH PO BOX 320007 GLEN, MT 597320007 $277 RF272-29860 NORMAN SPURLOCK 1436 W. PULASKI HWY. ELKTON, MD 21921 $224 RF272-30182 HOWARD C. SMITH 1022 590TH ST. CHEROKEE, IA 51012 $87 RF272-30791 WILLIS J. WOODHAM 129 CEDAR FOREST TR. ASHEVILLE, NC 28803 $248 RF272-30803 RODNEY M. CARR HCR 66, BOX 82 PRAIRIE CITY, SD 57649 $162 TOTALS: 55 RB272-00163 $42,551