Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit August 5, 1986, No. 84-1697 (Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Northwest Central Pipeline Company, applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 1976 for a “certificate of public convenience and necessity,” under § 7 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717-717w. Northwest needed the certificate to build and operate a natural gas pipeline running from Wyoming to its existing Kansas pipeline.