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EXXON CORP. v. TRAIN

Nos. 76-1561 and 76-1697.

554 F.2d 1310 (1977)

EXXON CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Russell E. TRAIN and Jack E. Ravan, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliotte M. Harold, Jr., H. H. Hillyer, Jr., Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., Bernard J. Caillouet, New Orleans, La., for petitioner in both cases.

Russell E. Train, Adm., EPA, Washington, D. C., Jack E. Ravan, Reg. Adm., EPA, Atlanta, Ga., Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred T. Ghiorzi, Pol. Con. Sect., Lloyd S. Guerci, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents in both cases.

Before MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has authority under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ("the Act" or "the 1972 Amendments"), Pub.L. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816 et seq., 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., to control the disposal of wastes into deep wells under certain circumstances. EPA does not argue that the 1972...

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