U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Mary Murphy Schroeder
- Filed
- Dec. 12, 2006
- Case
- California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Case status
- Decided
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472 F.3d 593 CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION ALLIANCE; Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Respondent-Intervenor. No. 05-73064. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 5, 2006. Filed December 12, 2006. Trent W. Orr, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner. Carol J. Banta, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for the respondent. William J. Madden, Jr., Washington, D.C., for the respondent-intervenor. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TROTT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge: 1 This is a petition to review a decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") not to initiate formal consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") about the operation of the DeSabla-Centerville hydroelectric project. The project is operated by respondent Pacific Gas and Electric ("PG E") under a 30-year license that FERC issued in 1980. The petitioners seek the consultation in order to protect Chinook Salmo…
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