UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. AUCHTER

Nos. 83-3554, 83-3561, 83-3565, 84-3066, 84-3093 and 84-3128.

763 F.2d 728 (1985)

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC, Petitioner, v. Thorne G. AUCHTER, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Respondent, and The State of New York, the State of New Jersey, the State of Connecticut, and National Paint & Coatings Association, Intervenors. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC, Petitioner, v. Thorne G. AUCHTER, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Respondent, and The State of New Jersey, Chemical Manufacturers Association, American Petroleum Institute & Atlantic Richfield Company, and National Paint & Coatings Association, Intervenors. PUBLIC CITIZEN, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Thorne G. AUCHTER, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Respondent, and The State of New Jersey, Chemical Manufacturers Association, National Paint & Coatings Association, American Petroleum Institute & Atlantic Richfield Company, Intervenors. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Petitioner, v. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Respondent. PEOPLE of the State of ILLINOIS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and John Donovan, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Respondents. The STATE OF NEW YORK, Petitioner, v. Thorne G. AUCHTER, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Cohen, Robert M. Weinberg, Jeremiah A. Collins, Gary L. Sasso, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., James D. English, Mary-Win O'Brien, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, Pa., Laurence Gold (argued), Washington, D.C., Joseph Lurie, Galfand, Berger, Senesky, Lurie & March, Philadelphia, Pa., for United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC.

Francis X. Lilly, Solicitor of Labor Frank A. White (argued), Associate Solicitor for Occupational Safety and Health, Karen I. Ward, Associate Solicitor for Sp. Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation, Mary-Helen Mautner, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Judith A. Macaluso, Asst. Counsel for Appellate Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., Dennis K. Kade, Nathaniel Spiller, (argued), Domenique Kirchner, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondent, Thorne G. Auchter, Asst. Secretary of Labor, OSHA, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Carlin Meyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., In Charge of Labor Bur., James A. Sevnsky, Asst. Atty. Gen. In Charge of Environmental Protection Bur., Nancy Stearns (argued), Jane Lauer Barker, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York State Dept. of Law, New York City, for the State of N.Y.

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. of N.J., Michael R. Cole, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael S. Bokar, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, N.J., for the State of N.J.

Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen., Richard T. Couture, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for the State of Conn.

Timothy J. Waters, Jeanne A. Carpenter, Jeffrey N. Martin, Peabody, Lambert & Meyers, A Professional Corp., Washington, D.C., Bruce Hamill, Gen. Counsel, James Andrew Doyle, National Paint and Coatings Ass'n, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Paint and Coatings Ass'n, Inc.

Richard E. Schwartz, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C., for the American Iron and Steel Institute as amicus curiae.

Stark Ritchie, Arnold S. Block, Christopher H. Marraro, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C., John P. Meck, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for American Petroleum Institute, et al.

David C. Vladeck (argued), Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Public Citizen.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., State of Ill., Lee Hettinger, Chief, Stephen Grossmark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Environmental Control Div., Chicago, Ill., for the People of the State of Ill.

Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Judith S. Yogman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stephen S. Ostrach (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, Boston, Mass., for petitioner Com. of Mass.

Daniel Marcus (argued), Charles E. Davidow, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., David F. Zoll, Claire M. Boccella, Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n, Washington, D.C., for Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n.

Beverly Gross, Linda M. Nelson, New York City, for amicus curiae Municipal Labor Committee.

Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., Douglas Meiklejohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Christopher D. Coppin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, N.M., for amicus curiae State of N.M. and the New Mexico Health and Environment Dept.

Peter A. Joy, Cleveland, Ohio, Clifford S. Mitchell, American Medical Student Ass'n, Reston, Va., Peter S. Levine, Nat. Lawyers Guild, Shaker Heights, Ohio, for amicus curiae American Medical Student Ass'n.

Frederick J. Jacobs, New York City, for N.Y. Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.

Bronson C. LaFollette, Atty. Gen., Nadim Sahar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for amicus curiae State of Wis.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Leonard Knee, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward Z. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W.V., for amicus curiae for the State of W.V.

Before GIBBONS, Circuit Judge, and FISHER, Chief Judge and KELLY, District Judge


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:

This case involves consolidated petitions for judicial review of the Hazard Communications Standard promulgated by the Secretary of Labor on the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act)1, Pub.L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (1982), Certain intervenors challenge our jurisdiction to consider the petitions pursuant to 29 U.S.C...

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