AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE v. E. P. A.

Nos. 74-1465, 74-1466, 74-1621 and 74-1622.

540 F.2d 1023 (1976)

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE et al., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Warren, of Kirkland, Ellis & Rowe, Washington, D. C. (Frank H. Morison, Edwin S. Kahn and Gerald W. Grandey, of Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., Frederick M. Rowe, Robert F. VanVoorhees, and Philip J. Davis, of Kirkland, Ellis & Rowe, Washington, D. C., of counsel, Stark Ritchie, Chicago, Ill., Clyde R. Hampton, Alexandria, Va., Jess W. Van Ert, Kansas City, Mo., William E. Schweinle, Jr., Houston, Tex., Carl W. Jones, James A. Evans, Midland, Tex., Fredrick H. Hawkins, San Francisco, Cal., William J. Webb, Cleveland, Ohio, Nicholas I. Cantor, Philadelphia, Pa., Cornelius C. Smith, Jr., and Donald Gearhart, on the brief), for petitioners.

Michael D. Graves, Dept. of Justice and Alan W. Eckert, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, E.P.A., Washington, D. C. (Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred T. Ghiorzi, Dept. of Justice, Robert V. Zener, Gen. Counsel, E.P.A., Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondents.

Before SETH, BREITENSTEIN and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The American Petroleum Institute, an incorporated trade association of companies in the petroleum industry, and ten companies engaged in petroleum refining and related activities, have petitioned for review of regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1376. The...

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