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        -       UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE
                            REGIONAl OFFICE
                    ROOM 1903 JOHN F. KENNEDY FEDERAL BUILDING
                            GOVERNMENT CENTER
                       BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02203
                           October  24, 1974



                                                     LM096727

   Mr. Robert Mitchell
   Regional Administrator, Region I
   Federal Energy Administration    -
   150 Causeway Street
   Boston, Massachusetts 02114

   Dear Mr. Mitchell:

        Since our last letter to you, we have reviewed the activities of
   the Operations Division which consists of the Case Resolution Branch
   and the Energy Assistance Center.  These two sections process requests
   for additional petroleum products and we assessed their productivity
   now that the petroleum supply is less critical than during the first
   quarter of 1974.  Since changed circumstance requests  (as defined by
   Section 211.13(c) of the Mandatory Petroleum Allocation Regulations)
   were no longer being processed, we also wanted to determine the effect
   this had on their workload.  Our findings and conclusions are summarized
   below.

   CAS  RESOLUTION

        The Case Resolution Branch has a staff of 14 Case Resolution
,  Officers to process applications for additional petroleum products.
   Recently there has been a substantial decrease in the applications
   being processed.  During the period March 7, 1974 to June 19, 1974,
   Case Resolution processed a weekly average of 262 applications.  From
   June 20, 1974 to August 29, 1974, the average applications processed
   declined to 92 per week, a 65 percent decrease.  This decline has
   occurred while the average number of Case Resolution Officers has
   remained stable.  A weekly listing of cases closed is shown in
   Attachment I.

        The Director of the Operations Division cited tTwo reasons for
   the decline.  First, except for extreme hardships, changed circum-
   stance cases are no longer being processed and recently about 800
   of them were returned to the applicants.  He added that some cases
   may be resubmitted but it is too soon to tell what the applicants
   will do.

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