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WESTERN OIL & GAS v. UNITED STATES E. P. A.

No. 78-1941.

633 F.2d 803 (1980)

WESTERN OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION, a nonprofit corporation; California Independent Producers Association, a nonprofit corporation; Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a corporation; Getty Oil Company, a corporation; Mobil Oil Corporation, a corporation; Shell Oil Corporation, a corporation; Sun Oil Company (Delaware), a corporation; Tenneco Inc., a corporation; and Union Oil Company of California, a corporation, Petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, an agency of the United States; and Douglas M. Costle, in his capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 10, 1980.

Decided December 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon F. Rubalcava, Gregory R. McClintock, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for petitioners; Christina Kaneen, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Fred R. Disheroon, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before SNEED and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, several oil and gas companies and their trade association, seek direct review of a regulation promulgated by respondent, the EPA, designating certain geographical areas in California as failing to meet federal air quality standards. We hold that our jurisdiction rests on the provision of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, 42 U.S.C. § 7607 (Supp.II 1978), which contemplates judicial review of regionally applicable final agency...

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