Churchill County v. Babbitt, s. 97-15508
| Decision Date | 29 October 1998 |
| Docket Number | 97-15813,Nos. 97-15508,s. 97-15508 |
| Citation | 158 F.3d 491 |
| Parties | 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,189 CHURCHILL COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada; City of Fallon, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bruce BABBITT, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; William Bettenberg, in his official capacity as Assistant Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of Interior; Jeffery Zippin, in his official capacity as Team Leader,Truckee-Carson Coordination Office, Department of Interior; Ronald Anglin, in his official capacity as Refuge Manager; Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Department of Interior; Marvin Plenert, in his official capacity as Regional Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Services; John Doebel, in his official capacity as Assistant Regional Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Services; Ann Ball, in her official capacity as Project Manager of Bureau of Reclamation Lahontan Basin Project Office, Defendants-Appellees, and Sierra Pacific Power Company, Intervenor. CHURCHILL COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada; City of Fallon, a political subdivision of the State of Nevada, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, Defendant. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada; Edward C. Reed, Jr., District Judge, Presiding. D.C.
Nos. CV-95-00724-ECR, CV-96-00146-ECR.
The opinion filed July 15, 1998 , is hereby amended.
On page 7499 of the slip opinion , the last sentence in paragraph 6 is amended by deleting the words "in the absence of a PEIS examining their combined effects".
The partial paragraph at the top of page 7501 is amended by deleting the words "caused by the FWS's failure to prepare a PEIS,".
The first full paragraph at the top of page 7502 is amended by deleting the words "prior to producing a PEIS".
At the end of the partial paragraph at the top of page 7492 []a footnote should be added to read as follows:
With these amendments, the panel has voted to deny the petition for rehearing.
So ordered.
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