Forelaws On Board v. Peter Johnson

709 F.2d 1310 21 ERC 1858 FORELAWS ON BOARD, an unincorporated association, and Lloyd Marbet, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peter JOHNSON, as Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy, James Edwards, as Secretary of the Department of Energy, and the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-3257. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1983. Decided July 6, 1983. Linda K. Williams, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas D. Miller, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., BPA, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before KILKENNY, WALLACE and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 The issue in this case is whether, under the unusual judicial review provisions of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 839 -839h (Supp. V 1981) (the Regional Act), a petition for review of a final agency action should have been filed initially in this court rather than in the district court. 2 Plaintiffs-appellants, an environmental protection group and one of its members, appeal from the district…