Case No. RB272-00165
May 30, 2000
DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Supplemental Order
Name of Case: Crude Oil Supplemental Refund Distribution
Date of Filing: April 11, 2000
Case Number: RB272-00165
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 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 have been calculated to date by multiplying the number of gallons of eligible refined petroleum products purchased by the applicant by $0.0008 (the volumetric factor). That volumetric factor has 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. Accordingly, 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 have issued a series of Decision and Orders approving supplemental refunds as we have received 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 65 recipients is $32,565.
Further, we are now paying first-time crude oil refund recipients at the new, aggregate volumetric rate of $0.0016 per gallon.
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 IV, 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 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 30, 2000
APPENDIX RB272-00165 CASE NO. FIRM ADDRESS REFUND RF272-31346 GLENN KOEBERNICK 2126 105 R AVE., S.E. ROGERS, ND 58479 $72 RF272-31460 RULO CLARK FARMS C/O JAMES CLARK W6961 TAYLOR RD. ELKHORN, WI 53121 $76 RF272-31470 CHARLES DROBNY 8760 N. 2ND ST. KALAMAZOO, MI 49009 $212 RF272-31802 NEW YORK RACING ASSN., INC. C/O ALEX INGLE PO BOX 90 JAMAICA, NY 11414 $1,505 RF272-32000 DAVID & DORIS DEWALD RR 1, BOX 50 ALEXANDRIA, NE 68303 $64 RF272-32147 ROBERT WEGNER PO BOX 146 CRESBARD, SD 57435 $146 RF272-32251 LAROSA FUEL CO., INC. C/O JAMES D. LAROSA RT. 3, BOX 76 BRIDGEPORT, WV 26330 $3,104 RF272-32573 TOOKE RANCHES, INC. C/O GARTH TOOKE PO BOX 113 EKALAKA, MT 59324 $119 RF272-32753 HERINGER RANCHES, INC. C/O STEPHEN F. HERINGER PO BOX 415 CLARKSBURG, CA 95612 $1,562 RF272-33359 SENNER FARMS, INC. C/O TERRY SENNER 143 RD. 516 BLOOMFIELD, MT 59315 $381 RF272-33402 RICHARD L. TROJAN 4276 PIONEERS RD. BEAVER CROSSING, NE 68313 $51 RF272-33625 CARL A. PETERSON 729 D AVE. OGDEN, IA 50212 $105 RF272-33638 ELWYNE METZ 25 TIMBER RIDGE FAIRBURY, IL 61739 $106 RF272-33753 STUDNICKA BROTHERS FARMS C/O JAMES STUDNICKA 17366 STUDNICKA RD. MUSCODA, WI 53573 $127 RF272-34668 RODNEY A. ANDERSON 12706 83RD ST., S.E. GWINNER, ND 580409740 $340 RF272-35382 SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL C/O DARLENE BARTON 800 OAK ST. FARMVILLE, VA 23901 $872 RF272-35698 JOHN W. WESSELS RR 1, BOX 22 ALMA, NE 68920 $173 RF272-35747 WILLIAM O. LEONARDSON 719 E. CLEVELAND ST. LAFAYETTE, CO 80026 $1,238 RF272-35903 FRIBERG FARMS, INC. C/O ALLAN FRIBERG PO BOX 800 INVERNESS, MT 59530 $510 RF272-36330 ISAAC HARRIS 604 CREEK RD. ELIZABETH CITY, NC 27909 $61 RF272-36471 LOUDON COUNTY GOVERNMENT C/O LISA 100 RIVER RD., #106 LOUDON, TN 37774 $2,512 RF272-37078 VERNON SCHMIDT 1501 MERIDIAN AVE. COZAD, NE 691301469 $193 RF272-38397 ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL C/O BILL JEWELL 4220 HARDING RD., PO BOX 380 NASHVILLE, TN 37205 $162 RF272-38773 HARRIS H. LETT 720 S. COLEMAN, PO BOX 126 HOLYOKE, CO 80734 $166 RF272-38970 JAMES A. & JOHN R. BERRIE PO BOX 55 OXFORD, KS 67119 $149 RF272-38976 EUGENE D. WAJEWNIK 41520 48TH AVE. PAW PAW, MI 49079 $134 RF272-39227 W.K. DURRENCE FARMS, INC. C/O W. KENNETH DURRENCE RT. 2, BOX 194-C CLAXTON, GA 30417 $343 RF272-39552 BERDELLA RUPP C/O SANDRA WEBER RT. 1, BOX 154 GRANITE FALLS, MN 56241 $113 RF272-39569 HARESNAPE FARMS, INC. C/O DONALD HARESNAPE 616 W. NEW YORK ST. SMITH CENTER, KS 66967 $363 RF272-40183 OWEN R. TABB 347 OLD DAMASCUS RD. COLQUITT, GA 31737 $255 RF272-40287 ROBERT D. WEBER RT. 1, BOX 154 GRANITE FALLS, MN 56241 $85 RF272-41354 TUTUEDT BROTHERS C/O HAROLD TUTUEDT 555 CLARK DR. KALISPELL, MT 59901 $299 RF272-42320 GREENPOINT YMCA C/O RACHEL BARRETT 99 MESEROLE AVE. BROOKLYN, NY 11222 $202 RF272-42438 PARKSIDE DEVELOPMENT CO. INC. C/O LENNY DELUCA 1983 MARCUS AVE., #C136 LAKE SUCCESS, NY 11042 $960 RF272-42749 JOHN M. BROCK JR. 1047 BACONS CASTLE TR. SURRY, VA 23883 $92 RF272-42842 DOUGLAS RICHARD 5566 EUREKA RD., RD. 2 ROME, NY 13440 $57 RF272-43644 190 EAST POST ROAD CORP. C/O LUCIUS N. PALMER 855 LEXINGTON AVE. NEW YORK, NY 10021 $80 RF272-43646 350 EAST 62ND ST. ASSOC. C/O LUCIUS N. PALMER 855 LEXINGTON AVE. NEW YORK, NY 10021 $134 RF272-43647 136 EAST 64TH STREET ASSOCS. C/O LUCIUS N. PALMER 855 LEXINGTON AVE. NEW YORK, NY 10021 $219 RF272-43673 EHV WEIDMANN INDUSTRIES, INC. C/O RICK GOSSELIN 1 GORDON MILLS WAY ST. JOHNSBURY, VT 05819 $3,427 RF272-45707 LOMMER'S FARMS C/O HENRY LOMMER 8560 LATERAL A RD WAPATO, WA 98951 $133 RF272-48629 REX A. HUMKE PO BOX 181 IOWA FALLS, IA 50126 $87 RF272-49395 TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH PARK C/O MARK G. SCHROYER 2675 BROWNSVILLE RD. LIBRARY, PA 15129 $383 RF272-49645 LARSON LAND & CATTLE CO. OR CRAIG LARSON RR 2, BOX 61 OBERLIN, KS 67749 $203 RF272-51547 DONALD J. BOTT 304 SUNSET LN. LA CROSSE, KS 67548 $202 RF272-51635 RUSSELL HEBDON PO BOX 26 BANCROFT, ID 83217 $292 RF272-52268 GERHARD PLESSNER RR 3, BOX 159 MADISON, MN 56256 $84 RF272-54569 CITY OF ST. PAUL FIRE DEPT. C/O JOHN SWANSON 100 E. 11TH ST. ST. PAUL, MN 55101 $377 RF272-55233 ANDREW COUNTY C/O JANET SHELL PO BOX 206 SAVANNAH, MO 64485 $411 RF272-56022 CITY OF SAVANNAH C/O JANICE HATCHER 402 COURT ST. SAVANNAH, MO 64485 $337 RF272-56129 KELLER I.S.D. C/O JERRY CULBERTSON 304 LORINE KELLER, TX 76244 $197 RF272-56139 MORNINGSIDE HGTS. HOUSING CORP C/O NOEL ELLISON 80 LA SALLE ST. NEW YORK, NY 100274711 $4,556 RF272-56152 JOHN E. BROWN C/O JAQUELINE BROWN 252 SPULER RD. LAMONT, WA 99017 $233 RF272-57587 HUDSON MANOR TERRACE CORP. C/O EQUITY MGMT. GROUP 228 E. 45TH ST. NEW YORK, NY 10017 $1,280 RF272-58683 ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH C/O JON HELLER 55 WILBUR BLVD. POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603 $77 RF272-58733 ANTHONY G. TIMMERMANN 950 N. WALNUT ST. BREESE, IL 622301142 $69 RF272-59025 RICHARD A. BAUMAN 15622 S.W. 29TH RD. PICKRELL, NE 68422 $130 RF272-59734 RATKOVEC FARMS C/O LAVENA RATKOVEC 3150 CNTY RD. L WESTON, NE 68070 $88 RF272-61399 PLASTIC ENTERPRISES CO., INC. C/O STAN WILSON 401 S.E. THOMPSON DR., POB 248 LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64063 $114 RF272-61601 DEJMAL FARMS CO. C/O DON DEJMAL PO BOX 9 MUNDEN, KS 66959 $351 RF272-62005 WHEATLEY FARMS, INC. C/O HERMAN WHEATLEY, JR. RT. 4, BOX 7 BROWNFIELD, TX 79316 $392 RF272-62102 HILLSBOROUGH TWNSHP BD EDUCTN C/O DONNA SCHNEIDER 555 AMWELL RD. NESHANIC, NJ 08853 $932 RF272-63764 VALLEY VISTA UNIT OWNERS ASSN C/O MANAGER 2032 BELMONT RD., N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20009 $378 RF272-64070 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS R.C. CHURCH C/O REV. BRIAN CALLAHAN 1550 HENDRICKSON ST. BROOKLYN, NY 11234 $334 RF272-64281 RIVER GLEN TENANTS CORP. C/O ANKER MANAGEMENT CORP 45 KNOLLWOOD RD ELMSFORD, NY 10523 $156 TOTALS: 65 RB272-00165 $32,565