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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY OIIDINANC'1, No. -73-14 An ordinance relating to exceptional hardship allocations of home heating fuels (kerosene and Numbers 1 and 2 Burner Oils); designating a County Fuel Allocation Official and prescribing his duties with respect to household consumers and wholesale dealers to make deliveries and requiring accurate records to be maintained; pro- viding an effective date and providing further that orders for deliveries shall not be issued after March 31, 1974. WHEREAS the federal Mandatory Middle Distillate Fuel Assoca- tion Program has been in effect since November 1, 1973, under regula- tions promulgated pursuant to an amendment to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; and WHEREAS the federal program, with which the State is cooperating, requires each supplier of middle distillate fuels to allocate and supply to his wholesale custoiners or dealers of record the volume delivered or sold them in the corresponding months of 1972 (or a proportional share if he ti has less available than in 1972), and requires each wholesale dealer to treat all consumers (end-users of fuel) fairly and equitably; and WHEREAS shortages in middle distillate fuels, including home heating fuels, threaten emergency conditions and this County has a duty and responsibility to cooperate with the federal and state governments to alleviate to the extent possible all exceptional hardships which the citizens of this County may suffer; and WHEREAS many household consumers who purchase small quantities of home heating fuels periodically may have unusual difficulty in finding and purchasing the fuel needed for home heating during severe cold weather periods during the current winter; and WHEREAS the Governor of the State of Florida has urged each County to identify and empower a county fuel allocation official or unit to assist local consumers of small quantities of home heating fuel to obtain a minimum necessary supply of fuel on a fair and equitable basis _ and thereby alleviate unnecessary suffering and hardships: