NEVADA POWER CO. v. WATT

Nos. 81-1944, 81-2066, 81-2143 and 82-1304.

711 F.2d 913 (1983)

NEVADA POWER CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior, Frank Gregg, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and Paul L. Howard, Director of the Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellants. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, Idaho Power Company, The Montana Power Company, Pacific Power & Light Company, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Cross-Appellants, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior, Frank Gregg, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Dale R. Andrus, Director of the Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Glendon E. Collins, Acting Director of the Arizona State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, James R. Ruch, Director of the California State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Robert O. Buffington, Director of the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Michael J. Penfold, Director of the Montana State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Edward Spang, Director of the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, E.J. Petersen, Acting Director of the Oregon State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Dell Vail, Acting Director of the Wyoming State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellants, and Cross-Appellees. COLORADO-UTE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior, Frank Gregg, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Charles W. Luscher, Acting State Director of the Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Dirk D. Snel, Steven A. Herman, Eleanor M. Granger, Attys., Dept. of Justice and Marcia C. Lipson, Atty., Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Francis M. Shea, Washington, D.C. (Richard T. Conway, James R. Bieke and Patrick M. Hanlon, Washington, D.C., with him on the brief), Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants, Public Service Company of Colorado.

Bryant O'Donnell and James R. McCotter of Kelly, Stansfield & O'Donnell, Denver, Colo., Paul L. Jaurequi, Boise, Idaho, on the briefs for Idaho Power Co.

Robert E. Sullivan and Edward F. Bartlett, Butte, Mont., on the briefs for the Montana Power Co.

Richard D. Bach and Gail L. Achterman of Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Or., on the briefs for Pacific Power & Light Co.

L. Earl Ligon, San Diego, Cal., on the briefs for San Diego Gas & Elec. Co.

Margaret A. Glodowski, Reno, Nev., on the briefs for Sierra Pacific Power Co.

John R. Bury and Tom P. Gilfoy, Rosemead, Cal., on the briefs for Southern California Edison Co.

Elliott Lee Pratt of Clyde, Pratt, Gibbs & Cahoon, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee, Nevada Power Co.

Stephen M. Mathis of Mathis & Koonce, P.C., Montrose, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant, Colorado-Ute Elec. Ass'n, Inc.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and McWILLIAMS and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

These consolidated appeals present a question of first impression concerning the reimbursement to the government of costs incurred in processing applications for rights-of-way under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1784 (1976 & Supp. V 1981) (FLPMA or Act). FLPMA authorizes the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to recover "reasonable costs" of processing...

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