Documentation and control over economic regulatory adminstration field cases

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6940461

This review was performed to evaluate the Economic Regulatory Administrations's (ERA) documentation of and control over cases involving alleged petroleum pricing violations. In response to the oil embargo and price increase, the Congress passed the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 (Act). The Government assured compliance by investigating petroleum pricing violations, recovering overcharges, and making restitution to injured parties. Between August 1973 and January 1981, ERA and predecessor Federal agencies established and enforced regulations controlling the allocation and pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products. The purpose of this review was to determine whether adequate internal controls were in place to assure that overcharge cases were being resolved in accordance with established guidelines. Specific objectives were to determine whether ERA's internal controls assured that (1) the bases for resolving cases were documented, (2) case settlements were approved by more than one person, and (3) cases were tracked until all overcharge issues were resolved.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6940461
• Report Number(s): DOE/IG-0258; ON: TI88017294
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DOCUMENTATION
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ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
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LEGAL ASPECTS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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PRICING REGULATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
REGULATIONS
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US ORGANIZATIONS
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