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EMD-82-46 1 (1982-06-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdlk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Department Of Energy Has Made Slow Progress Resolving Alleged Crude Oil Reseller Pricing Violations The Department of Energy's Economic Regulatory Admin- istration (ERA) continues to face significant problems in the crude oil reseller program which will hinder its efforts to resolve billions in alleged violations. The problems include: --Loss of key and highly experienced ERA personnel because of continued uncertainty about the pro- gram's future. --Likelihood of companies contesting enforcement docu- ments both administratively and in court, and the length of time that could elapse before ERA obtains ultimate judicial resolutions of contested issues. --Little success in negotiating settlements which were ERA's primary area of emphasis for fiscal year 1982. In addition to the problems confronting the resolution of identified violations, ERA has no plans to conduct civil audits of the crude oil purchase and sales activities of most major refiners, in spite of earlier findings that some refiners were engaged in activities which potentially vio- lated ERA's regulations. GAO makes recommendations which are designed to bring a sense of stability and certainty to the crude oil reseller program, and thus encourage companies to coop- erate with ERA in resolving alleged violations. ~ ~ ~ ~~~iIL Illl HllllillIjl1111~ 0 . . 118867 GAO EMD-82-46 ICCOU14JUNE 1, 1982

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