COPELAND v. BALLARD

No. S-12648.

210 P.3d 1197 (2009)

Tom COPELAND and Riki Ott, Appellants, v. Ernesta BALLARD, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of Alaska; British Petroleum Oil Shipping Co.; SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.; Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.; Tom Lakosh, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy S. Wainwright, Law Offices of Nancy S. Wainwright, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Jennifer L. Schorr, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

Kevin Callahan, Patton Boggs, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellee SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.

Michael W. Seville, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, for Appellees BP Oil Shipping Co. USA, Alaska Tanker Co., LLC, Polar Tankers, Inc., and Tesoro Alaska Shipping Co., Inc.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.


OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two Cordova residents intervened in the administrative appeal of an agency decision approving contingency plans for various oil shipping entities, but then were dismissed from the proceedings for failure to pay record costs. The intervenors appealed to the superior court, which affirmed the agency decision. Although the underlying proceedings have been...

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