ROGERS, Circuit Judge, dissenting: The court concludes that the Secretary of the Interior adopted an impermissible interpretation of his regulations when he determined that contract buy-out payments and settlements of accrued take-or-pay liabilities are among the “gross proceeds” received by a lessee for gas production. The court relies *1261 largely…
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