Legal Opinion
Friends of the Ompompanoosuc, State of Vermont v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 8, 1992No. 1498, 1681, Dockets 92-4013, 92-4015PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
The Friends of the Ompompanoosuc, an environmental group, and the State of Vermont (collectively “Vermont” or “petitioners”) seek review pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 825l (1988) of a decision and order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”), which denied their request for a hearing to reconsider FERC’s grant of a license for the construction and operation of a hydroelectric power station at Thetford Center Falls on the Ompompanoosuc River in Orange County, Vermont. Petitioners claim that FERC: (1) violated the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 792…
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