RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASS'N v. E. P. A.

Nos. 76-1875, 78-1117.

653 F.2d 562 (1981)

RECREATION VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice H. McBride, Chantilly, Va., with whom David J. Humphreys, Henry G. Pons and Edmund C. Burnett, Chantilly, Va., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 76-1875.

Patrick M. Raher, Washington, D. C., with whom Victor C. Tomlinson and Connie R. Gale, Detroit, Mich., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 78-1117.

Barbara H. Brandon, Attorney, E. P. A., Washington, D. C., a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice by special leave of the Court, with whom James W. Moorman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Angus MacBeth, Thomas A. Pursley, III, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Joan Z. Bernstein, Acting General Counsel, and Jeffrey O. Cerar, Atty., E. P. A., were on the brief, for respondent. Peter R. Taft and Charlotte Uram, Attys., Dept. of Justice, and Ronald S. Naveen and Gloria J. Ellis, Attys., E. P. A., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for respondent.

Before ROBINSON, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, manufacturers of motor homes,1 challenge the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to treat their products as "medium and heavy trucks" for purposes of regulating noise emission levels2 under the Noise Control Act of 1972.3 EPA...

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