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UNITED STATES v. ETHYL CORP.

Nos. 83-3537, 83-3656.

761 F.2d 1153 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ETHYL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanford O. Bardwell, Jr., U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., Anne S. Almy, Robert L. Klarquist, Appellate Section, Ruth McQuade, Environmental Enforcement Section, Land & Nat. Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., R. Gordon Kean, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Marshall Lavers, Baton Rouge, La., Baker and Botts, F. Walter Conrad, Jr., Martin L. McGregor, Houston, Tex., for Ethyl Corp.

Stephen S. Livingston, Carolyn M. Brown, Dallas, Tex., Horace C. Lane, Baton Rouge, La., for Occidental Chemical.

Gary H. Baise, Robert Brager, Washington, D.C., for Firestone.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") instituted these two consolidated civil enforcement proceedings in federal district court, one against appellee Ethyl Corporation, the other against appellees Occidental Chemical Corporation and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. The EPA sought damages and injunctive relief, claiming that the companies had exceeded the allowable emission levels of vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride...

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