WILLIAMS GAS PROCESSING CO. v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 92-9553, 92-9560 and 92-9561.

17 F.3d 1320 (1994)

WILLIAMS GAS PROCESSING COMPANY; Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; Conoco Inc., a Delaware corporation, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Questar Pipeline Company; Phillips Petroleum Company; GPM Gas Corporation; Pacific Interstate Transmission Company; Southern California Gas Company; Northwest Natural Gas Company; Northern Natural Gas Company; Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Transwestern Pipeline Company; ANR Pipeline Company; Colorado Interstate Gas Company; El Paso Natural Gas Company; Arco Oil and Gas Company; Arco Natural Gas Marketing, Inc.; Southwest Gas Corporation; Natural Gas Clearinghouse; New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department; Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Rich of Williams Gas Processing Company, Salt Lake City, Utah (James T. McManus of Wright & Talisman, Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for Petitioner, Williams Gas Processing Company.

Gordon Gooch of Travis & Gooch, Washington, D.C. (Bruce A. Connell of Conoco Inc., Houston, Texas; Gary D. Bowen of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Houston, Texas; Charles F. Hosmer of ARCO Oil & Gas Company and ARCO Natural Gas Marketing Inc.; Mark R. Haskell and Frederick W. Giroux of Travis & Gooch, Washington, D.C.; Rand L. Carroll, Counsel, State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Gary Carlson, Assistant Commissioner of Public Lands, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Steven R. Hunsicker of Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for Petitioners Conoco Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and Intervenors ARCO Oil & Gas Company, ARCO Natural Gas Marketing Inc., New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, and the Commissioner of Public Lands for the State of New Mexico.

Randolph Lee Elliott, Attorney (William S. Scherman, General Counsel, and Jerome M. Feit, Solicitor, with him on the brief), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before ANDERSON, McKAY, and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Williams Gas Processing Company ("Williams"), Chevron U.S.A., Inc. ("Chevron"), and Conoco, Inc. ("Conoco") seek review of orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission"). See Northwest Pipeline Corp., 59 F.E.R.C. ¶ 61,115, at 61,426 (order approving abandonment and disclaiming jurisdiction); rh'g denied, 60 F.E.R.C. ¶ 61,213, at 61,726, 1992 WL 408984 (1992...

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