GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. UNITED STATES E.P.A.

Nos. 83-3418, 83-3432.

738 F.2d 97 (1984)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner in No. 83-3418, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and William Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Respondents. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner in No. 83-3432, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and William D. Ruckelshaus, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis E. Tosi (argued), William L. Patberg, Fuller & Henry, Toledo, Ohio, for General Motors; Julius J. Hollis, General Motors Legal Staff, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Norman W. Bernstein (argued), Douglas Cutler, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., Turner T. Smith, Jr., William B. Ellis, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., for Ford Motor Co.

Dov Weitman (argued), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jose R. Allen, Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Catherine A. Cotter, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent; A. James Barnes, General Counsel, Susan G. Lepow, Asst. General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before GIBBONS, HUNTER, and BECKER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the June 30, 1984 deadline for compliance with the pretreatment standards governing integrated electroplating facilities. See 40 C.F.R. Part 413 (1983). Petitioners Ford Motor Company ("Ford") and General Motors Corporation ("GM") have urged the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to initiate rulemaking to extend the June 30, 1984 compliance date. Those requests were denied...

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