FORD MOTOR CO. v. E. P. A.

No. 78-2041.

604 F.2d 685 (1979)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edward Dunkelberger, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom John B. Douglas, III, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioner.

Nancy Long, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Angus MacBeth, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Joan Z. Bernstein, Gen. Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Gerald K. Gleason, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, and Bruce I. Bertelsen, Atty., Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, TAMM, Circuit Judge, and BARRINGTON D. PARKER, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the court PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Ford Motor Co. (Ford) petitions for review of hydrocarbon exhaust emission regulations adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 1980 and 1981 light-duty motor vehicles (passenger cars). The regulations are applicable to all exhaust hydrocarbons and limit total hydrocarbon emissions to 0.41 grams per vehicle mile.1 Ford argues that EPA exceeded its authority by including...

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