AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE v. E.P.A.

No. 84-4573.

787 F.2d 965 (1986)

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, et al., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barry St. John, Jr., Robert E. Holden, New Orleans, La., for petitioners.

Lee Schroer, Atty., William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, U.S.E.P.A., Barry S. Neuman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Division, Mark P. Fitzsimmons, Atty., Envir. Def. Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Sarah Chasis, Atty., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Sanford Sagalkin, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY, and EDITH HOLLAN JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH HOLLAN JONES, Circuit Judge:

The American Petroleum Institute, an industry trade association, and four individual companies, Atlantic Richfield Company, Conoco, Inc., Exxon Corporation, and Mobil Oil Corporation (hereinafter collectively "API" or "industry"), seek judicial review of the action by the Regional Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 10 ("Region 10") in issuing two permits controlling...

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