AMOCO OIL CO. v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Nos. 73-1117, 73-1118 and 73-1150.

501 F.2d 722 (1974)

AMOCO OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. ASHLAND OIL, INC. and Skelly Oil Company, Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. CLARK OIL AND REFINING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Simon, Washington, D.C., with whom James F. Davis and William R. O'Brien, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioners in No. 73-1117.

H. Edward Dunkelberger, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Theodore L. Garrett, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioners in Nos. 73-1118 and 73-1150.

Edward J. Shawaker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Edmond B. Clark and Martin Green, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for respondent. Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen. at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for respondent.

Before HASTIE Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated cases, many of the nation's oil companies seek review of the Environmental Protection Agency's "Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives," 40 C.F.R. Part 80 (1973) (hereinafter Fuel Regulations), promulgated under Sections 211(c) and (d) of the Clean Air Act.1 The Regulations prohibit use of leaded gasoline in automobiles fitted with "catalytic converter" devices for controlling exhaust...

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