AMOCO OIL CO. v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

No. 74-2131.

543 F.2d 270 (1976)

AMOCO OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1976.

As Amended July 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Davis, Washington, D.C., with whom William Simon, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioners.

Edward J. Shawaker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Leslie A. Carothers, Atty., E.P.A., Washington, D.C., with whom Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert V. Zener, Gen. Counsel, E.P.A., Edmund B. Clark and Raymond N. Zagone, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondent.

Before WRIGHT, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

We here review for the second time regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the protection of catalytic converter emission control devices pursuant to section 211(c)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act of 1970, which provides:

(c)(1) The Administrator may,...

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