STATE OF ILL. v. GORSUCH

Civ. A. Nos. 78-1689, 78-1715, 78-1734 and 78-1899.

530 F.Supp. 337 (1981)

STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. Anne M. GORSUCH, et al., Defendant and Intervening Defendants; ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gary M. DIETRICH, et al., Defendants and Intervening Defendants; CITIZENS FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiff, v. Anne M. GORSUCH, et al., Defendant and Intervening Defendants; NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. Anne M. GORSUCH, et al., Defendant and Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell R. Eggert, Dean Hansell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Environmental Control Div., Chicago, Ill., for State of Ill.

Anthony Z. Roisman, Chief, Hazardous Waste Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Lisa K. Friedman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C., for all defendants.

Michael K. Glenn, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Washington, D. C., for intervening defendant American Paper Institute and National Forest Products Assn.

William A. Butler, Washington, D. C., Jacqueline M. Warren, New York City, Khristine L. Hall, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D. C., for Environmental Defense Fund.

Bill S. Forcade, Robert Goldsmith, Citizens for a Better Environment, Chicago, Ill., Ellyn Weiss, Sheldon, Harmon, Roisman & Weiss, Washington, D. C., for Citizens for a Better Environment.

William C. Brashares, Charles A. Samuels, Cladouhos & Brashares, Washington, D. C., for National Solid Waste Management Assn.

John R. Quarles, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Stark Ritchie, Washington, D. C., for intervening defendants American Petroleum Institute, Inc., et al.

Thomas H. Truitt, Toni G. Allen, Stanley M. Spracker, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., for intervening defendants Central & South West Corp., et al.

John H. Pickering, Andrew T. A. Macdonald, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., for intervening defendant Manufacturing Chemists Assn.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GESELL, District Judge.

The issue before the Court is whether or not it has jurisdiction in this proceeding to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue in effect and to implement regulations promulgated by EPA in response to a Court Order resulting from the Agency's failure to meet promulgation deadlines established by Congress. See Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C.A. § 6901 et...

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