DOE SECRETARY FAVORS HIGHER SPR FILL RATE

  Energy Secretary John Herrington
  said he believes the Reagan Administration will review its
  decision to cut the fill rate of the Strategic Petroleum
  Reserve because of a department report issued yesterday warning
  of growing U.S. dependence on oil imports.
      "As part of this study, I think the Administration will
  take the fill rate under review," Herrington said at a House
  Energy subcommittee hearing.
      The Administration has proposed cutting the fill rate from
  75,000 barrels of oil per day to 35,000 bpd in fiscal year 1988
  to save money.
      "My personal feeling is that is too low. I favor the
  maximum fill rate (of 100,000 bpd)," Herrington said.
  

