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TORCH OPERATING CO. v. BABBITT

No. CIV.A. 98-884(EGS), CIV.A. 98-1388(EGS), CIV.A. 98-1398(EGS), CIV.A. 98-1444(EGS), CIV.A. 98-2125(EGS).

172 F.Supp.2d 113 (2001)

TORCH OPERATING COMPANY, Plaintiff v. Bruce BABBITT, et al., Defendants. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., et al., Plaintiffs v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., Defendants Union Oil Company of Calif., Plaintiff v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., Defendants Amerada Hess Corp., et al., Plaintiffs v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., Defendants BP Exploration & Oil Inc., Plaintiff v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert B. Krachman, Esquire, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Torch Operating Co.

E. Edward Bruce, Esquire, Thomas Leon Cubbage, III, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Chevron Corp., Exxon Corp., Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. and Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc.

John K. McDonald, Esquire, Jackson & Kelly, Washington, DC, for Pennzoil Exploration and Production Co.

William F. Demarest, Jr., Esquire, D. Edward Wilson, Jr., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Robert E. Holden, Esquire, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for BP Exploration & Oil Inc. and Union Oil.

Geoffrey Garver, Lori Caramanian, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Bruce Babbitt, Bob Armstrong, Deborah Tschudy-Gibbs, Cynthia L. Quaterman, and Minerals Management Service.

Martin LaLonde, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Thad Stevenson Huffman, John K. McDonald, Jackson & Kelly, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amerada Hess Corporation.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs1 lease from the federal government the right to produce oil and gas located offshore of Louisiana and California on the Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS"). Plaintiffs transport the oil to shore through pipelines located on the OCS. Defendant Department of the Interior ("DOI") issues and administers OCS oil and gas leases under the OCS Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1331...

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