MESA PETROLEUM CO. v. F. E. R. C.

No. 80-2375.

688 F.2d 1014 (1982)

MESA PETROLEUM COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Byrd & Richeson, Richard C. Byrd, Ottawa, Kan., O'Neill, Forgotson, Roncalio & Haase, P.C., Barry L. Haase, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

John A. Cameron, Jr., A. Karen Hill, Attys., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GARZA and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

Sections 503(c)(1) and 503(a)(1)(B) of the Natural Gas Policy Act1 empower certain federal and state agencies, including the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to determine whether natural gas produced from the Outer Continental Shelf qualifies under § 102(d) of the Act for the incentive price established in § 102(b). Mesa Petroleum Company sought a ruling from the USGS that gas produced from wells penetrating...

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