U.S. v. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORP.

No. 86-3456.

818 F.2d 1077 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of West Virginia, and State of Ohio, Intervenor Plaintiffs in District Court v. WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina M. Kossek, U.S. E.P.A., Office of Regional Counsel, Chicago, Ill., William D. Evans, Jr. (Environmental Enforcement Section) Jacques B. Gelin (argued), Robert L. Klarquist, Richard E. Ostrod (Appellate Section Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring) Land and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., James M. Baker, Sr. Asst. Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. E.P.A., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Leonard A. Costa, Jr., David J. Armstrong (argued), Dickie, McCamey and Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SLOVITER, MANSMANN, Circuit Judges, and SCIRICA, District Judge


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

On motion of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (Wheeling) and over the objection of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the district court amended a consent decree which required Wheeling to install pollution control equipment at a Follansbee, West Virginia plant and to achieve compliance with West Virginia's federally approved air pollutant...

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