STATE OF ME. v. HERRINGTON

Nos. 86-1112, 86-1125.

790 F.2d 8 (1986)

STATE OF MAINE, Petitioner, v. John S. HERRINGTON, Secretary of Energy, Ben C. Rusche, Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, and U.S. Department of Energy, Respondents. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Petitioner, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Ahrens, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., James T. Kilbreth, III, Peter J. Brann and Thomas D. Warren, Augusta, Me., were on memorandum in support of petition for review for State of Maine.

Harrison L. Richardson and Robert M. Knight, Portland, Me., on brief, for Maine Congressional Delegation, amici curiae.

Peter G. Beeson, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Bradford W. Kuster, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stephen E. Merrill, Atty. Gen., Concord, N.H., were on brief, for State of N.H.

John A. Bryson, Dept. of Justice, with whom Martin W. Matzen, Dept. of Justice, F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gregory Fess, Office of General Counsel, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Dept. of Energy.

Before BOWNES, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The states of Maine and New Hampshire ask us to order the Department of Energy (DOE) to give them additional time within which to file comments about the merits of a proposed administrative action. The action in question is whether or not to include certain geographic areas within the two states on a preliminary list (the "Area Recommendation Report") of twelve possible sites for future storage of nuclear waste. DOE will eventually nominate at least three...

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