BP EXPLORATION & OIL, INC. (93-3310) v. U.S. E.P.A.

Nos. 93-3310, 93-3473, 93-3489, 93-3587, 93-3761 and 93-3888.

66 F.3d 784 (1995)

BP EXPLORATION & OIL, INC. (93-3310), American Petroleum Institute (93-3473), Conoco Inc., et al. (93-3489), Marathon Oil Company (93-3761), Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (93-3587), Svedala Industries, Inc. (93-3888), Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Conrad, Cleveland, OH, for BP Exploration & Oil Inc.

Timothy Burns (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Mary Elizabeth Ward (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Washington, DC, Mary Ellen Levine (briefed), U.S. E.P.A., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for U.S. E.P.A. in No. 93-3310.

Timothy Burns, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, for Carol Browner in No. 93-3310.

J. Berry St. John, Jr. (argued and briefed), Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Conoco, Inc., Amoco Production Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., Texaco Inc., Exxon Co., U.S.A., Shell Offshore Inc., Pennzoil Co., Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. in Nos. 93-3310 and 93-3473.

Douglas W. Morris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, for American Petroleum Institute in Nos. 93-3310 and 93-3587.

Robert W. Adler (argued), Salt Lake City, UT, for Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. in Nos. 93-3310, 93-3473 and 93-3489.

Darryl J. Hebert (briefed), Eunice, LA, for State of Louisiana amicus curiae.

Douglas W. Morris, G. William Frick, Ellen Siegler, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, for American Petroleum Institute in No. 93-3473.

Timothy Burns (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Mary Elizabeth Ward (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Washington, DC, Mary Ellen Levine, U.S. E.P.A., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C. for U.S. E.P.A.

Mary Elizabeth Ward, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Washington, D.C., for Carol Browner in Nos. 93-3473 and 93-3489.

J. Berry St. John, Jr. (argued and briefed), Scott C. Seiler, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Conoco, Inc., Amoco Production Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., Texaco Inc., Exxon Co., U.S.A., Shell Offshore Inc., and Pennzoil Co., in No. 93-3489 and Marathon Oil Co. in No. 93-3761.

J. Berry St. John, Jr., Liskow & Seiler, New Orleans, LA, for Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. in No. 93-3489.

Jessica C. Landman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, Robert W. Adler, Salt Lake City, UT, for Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. in No. 93-3587.

Valdas V. Adamkus, U.S. E.P.A., Office of Regional Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, William K. Reilly, Adm'r, E.P.A., Timothy Burns, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Mary Elizabeth Ward, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Mary Ellen Levine, U.S. E.P.A., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for U.S. E.P.A. and Carol Browner in No. 93-3587.

Timothy Burns (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Mary Elizabeth Ward (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Carol Browner, Office of U.S. E.P.A., Adm'r, Mary Ellen Levine (briefed), U.S. E.P.A., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for U.S. E.P.A. in No. 93-3761.

Timothy Burns, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Carol Browner, Office of U.S. EPA, Adm'r, Washington, DC, Mary Ellen Levine, U.S. E.P.A., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for Carol Browner in No. 93-3761.

Amy E. Hancock (argued and briefed), J. Craig Potter, Pamela S. Reiman, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for Svedala Industries, Inc.

Valdas V. Adamkus, U.S. E.P.A., Office of Regional Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, William K. Reilly, Adm'r, E.P.A., Washington, DC, Timothy Burns (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Mary Elizabeth Ward (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Washington, DC, Mary Ellen Levine (briefed), U.S. E.P.A., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for U.S. E.P.A. and Carol Browner in No. 93-3888.

Before: BOGGS and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; ALDRICH, District Judge.


BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases, petitioners BP Exploration & Oil, Inc., American Petroleum Institute, Conoco Inc., Marathon Oil Co., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Svedala Industries, Inc., challenge the effluent limitations promulgated for the offshore oil and gas industry by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the effluent limitations promulgated...

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