KANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent,
Mesa Operating Limited Partnership, Mobil Oil Corp., et al., Arco Oil & Gas Co., Sun Exploration & Production Co., Oxy USA, Inc., Southern Natural Gas Co., Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Williams Natural Gas Co., Amoco Production Co., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Colorado Interstate Gas Co., Phillips Petroleum Co., Phillips 66, Intervenors.
KANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent,
Phillips Petroleum Co., et al., Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 9, 1988.
Decided July 19, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Martin J. Bregman, with whom John K. Rosenberg, Topeka, Kan., William I. Harkaway and Steven J. Kalish, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner.
Hanford O'Hara, F.E.R.C., with whom Catherine C. Cook, General Counsel, and Jerome M. Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent. John Estes, F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for respondent.
Michael L. Pate, Tulsa, Okl., with whom Edgar K. Parks, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp., et al.; William H. Emerson, Tulsa, Okl., Kevin M. Sweeney, Washington, D.C., for Amoco Production Co.; Norma J. Rosner, Dallas, Tex., for Arco Oil & Gas Co.; Gary M. Prescott, Amarillo, Tex., Nancy J. Skancke, Washington, D.C., for Mesa Operating Ltd. Partnership; Charles L. Spann, Dallas, Tex., Thomas J. Eastment, Washington, D.C., for Sun Exploration and Production Co.; Gordon Gooch, Katherine B. Edwards, Washington, D.C., for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; and Charles L. Pain, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.; were on the joint brief of intervenors, Oxy USA, Inc., et al. Jay G. Martin, Houston, Tex., also entered an appearance, for intervenor, Mobil Oil Co., et al.
Donna J. Bailey, Birmingham, Ala., entered an appearance, for intervenor, Southern Natural Gas Co.
Richard L. Gottlieb, Charleston, W.Va., entered an appearance, for intervenor, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Gregory Grady, Douglas O. Waikart, Washington, D.C., and John H. Cary, Tulsa, Okl., entered appearances, for intervenor, Williams Natural Gas Co.
Donald C. Shepler, Daniel F. Collins and Steven A. Taube, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for intervenor, Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
John L. Williford, Charles L. Pain and Jennifer A. Cates, Bartlesville, Okl., entered appearances, for intervenor, Phillips Petroleum Co., et al.
Before WALD, Chief Judge, and STARR and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
This is a challenge to four orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)1 granting or extending "limited-term abandonment" (LTA) authorizations to certain natural gas pipelines and producers. Basically, LTAs authorize the temporary abandonment of previously approved interstate sales of gas, if the producer and original pipeline-purchaser agree to release...
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