KENNECOTT COPPER CORP., NEVADA MINES v. COSTLE

No. 77-1359.

572 F.2d 1349 (1978)

KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, NEVADA MINES DIVISION, McGILL, NEVADA, Appellee, v. Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Ostrov (argued), Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Alfred V. J. Prather (argued), of Prather, Seeger, Doolittle, Farmer & Ewing, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and HAUK, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to determine whether a district court under the circumstances of this case has jurisdiction to grant a preliminary injunction requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve a variance from the requirements of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) properly promulgated under the terms of the Clean Air Amendments of 1970 (formerly 42 U.S.C. §§ 1857 et seq., currently 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq...

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