Legal Opinion
State v. United States Department of Energy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1985No. 84-4826PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Thirty-one utilities have moved to intervene in an action filed by Texas in this court for review of the Department of Energy’s designation of several sites in West Texas as potential long-term nuclear waste depositories. Because they have no defined role in the statutory scheme at issue other than providing funding for the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, because they have no legally protectable interest that might be affected by the outcome of this proceeding, and because the DOE adequately represents the utilities’ interests, the motion to intervene is DENIED.
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