ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. COSTLE

Civ. A. No. 78-281.

448 F.Supp. 89 (1978)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., Plaintiff, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Intervenor, v. Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Defendant, Alabama Power Company et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Rauch, Bernard A. Gould, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.

Earl Salo, Peter H. Wyckoff, for defendant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Edward Lee Rogers, New York City, for plaintiff intervenor, Natural Resources Council of Maine.

George C. Freeman, Jr., Henry V. Nickel, Michael B. Barr, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., for Alabama Power Co. et al.

Francis M. Shea, James R. Bieke, William R. Galeota, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for The Montana Power Co. et al.

Donald W. Markham, Jonathan B. Hill, Markham & Hill, Washington, D.C., for The Pittston Co. of New York.

John J. Adams, David F. Peters, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., for American Petroleum Institute et al.

Eugene B. Thomas, Jr., Michael F. McBride, Margaret R. A. Paradis, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D.C., for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

Charles F. Lettow, Henry J. Plog, Jr., O. Ann Horn, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., George P. Cheney, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for PPG Industries, Inc.

Fred F. Fielding, Thomas C. Watson, James Skelly Wright, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., for Sierra Pacific Power Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PARKER, District Judge:

The Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. (EDF), a nonprofit corporation concerned with the preservation and improvement of the environment, brings this action to challenge the decision of Douglas M. Costle, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to defer implementation of § 165(a) of the 1977 Amendments to the Clean Air Act1 (Act) beyond August 7, 1977, the date...

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