Sohio Transportation Co. v. United States

OPINION

YOCK, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether, and to what extent, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may charge the plaintiff-applicant the costs incurred by the Federal Government in processing the plaintiff’s application for an oil pipeline right-of-way over federal land.1

Both parties have moved for summary judgment. For the reasons hereafter discussed, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted, and the plaintiff’s motion is denied.

Facts

Due to the projected completion of the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline System in 1977, oil industry…