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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 717', '§ 9701', '§ 717', '§ 9701', '§ 9701', '§ 9701']

Raton Gas Transmission Company, Petitioner, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent, 852 F.2d 612 (D.C. Cir. 1988) :: Justia
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Raton Gas Transmission Company, Petitioner, v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Respondent, 852 F.2d 612 (D.C. Cir. 1988)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - 852 F.2d 612 (D.C. Cir. 1988) Argued Oct. 14, 1987. Decided July 29, 1988
Even absent a petition for rulemaking, a litigant may still, under certain circumstances, question an agency regulation after the expiration of the statutory period for direct review. This we have allowed when the agency's action did not "reasonably put [ ] aggrieved parties on notice of the rule's content,"26 or clearly remained unripe for judicial review throughout the statutory review period.27 On several occasions we have suggested that there may be review of agency action outside the statutory review period in extreme cases involving gross violations of statutory or constitutional mandates, or denial of an adequate opportunity to test the regulation in court.28 Our observations in Investment Company Institute v. Board of Governors,29 aptly sum up our approach in these cases:
See 15 U.S.C. §§ 717-717w (1982). Natural gas pipeline companies wishing to alter their rates are required to initiate what frequently becomes a lengthy proceeding before the Commission under Sec. 4 of the Act. Id. Sec. 717c. Commission regulations, however, allow pipelines to bypass this proceeding with respect to their costs for purchased gas by filing a PGA clause with the Commission and securing its approval. 18 C.F.R. Sec. 154.38 (1987). Thus PGA filings, while less onerous than Sec. 4 proceedings, do necessitate Commission processing and approbation
31 U.S.C. § 9701 (1982)
Brief for Respondent at 7-8; see also Motion to Dismiss, Raton Gas Transmission Co. v. FERC, No. 87-1021 (D.C. Cir.) (filed June 15, 1987) at 5-10, Respondent's Appendix (R.App.) B-5 to B-10
Brief for Respondent at 7; see Phillips Petroleum Co. v. FERC, 786 F.2d 370 (10th Cir. 1986); see also Motion to Dismiss, supra note 17, at 7, 9, R.App. B-7, B-9
See 15 U.S.C. § 717r(b) (1982)
See 31 U.S.C. § 9701(b) (2) (A) (1982)
See 31 U.S.C. § 9701(b) (1) (1982)
31 U.S.C. § 9701(b) (2) (A) (1982)
Id. Sec. 9701(b) (1)