FORD MOTOR CO. v. U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

No. 76-1463.

567 F.2d 661 (1977)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, and State of Michigan, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edward Dunkelberger, Jr., Theodore L. Garrett, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Robert V. Zener, Gen. Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Ray E. McDevitt, Alfred Ghiorzi, Pat Mulloy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before WEICK and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and WEINMAN, Senior District Judge.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

The principal question before us is whether the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] properly vetoed modifications in Ford Motor Company's [Ford] existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System [NPDES] permit which were proposed by the Michigan Water Resource Commission [MWRC] pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 [FWPCA] §§ 101, et seq., 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251, et seq. Ford has petitioned...

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