DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. ARMACOST

No. 153, September Term, 1983.

299 Md. 392 (1984)

474 A.2d 191

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MOTOR VEHICLE v. ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE v. JOHN L. ARMACOST ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana G. Motz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Ann Marie DeBiase and Janis Ashman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, on brief), for appellants.

Charles W. Thompson, Jr., County Atty., Westminster, for appellees.

Stephen R. Beard, County Sol., Essom V. Ricks, Jr., and Patricia A. Logan, Asst. County Solicitors, Annapolis, on brief, for amicus curiae Anne Arundel County.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case concerns the propriety of granting an interlocutory injunction delaying the implementation in Carroll County of Maryland's Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (VEIP).

I.

The VEIP is one part of Maryland's overall effort to reduce air pollution within its borders. It is a segment of the national air pollution control scheme provided for by the federal Clean Air Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7642. Under...

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