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AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 87-4835.

858 F.2d 261 (1988)

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Jackson, G. William Frick, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

David M. Gravallese, Ashley Doherty, Lee M. Thomas, Adm'r., U.S.E.P.A., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before GEE, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

I.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and four individual oil companies petition us to invalidate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations imposing certain restrictions upon oil companies that drill offshore in Alaskan waters. We have previously upheld the criteria under which such permits are issued. API v. EPA, 787 F.2d 965, 975-77 (5th Cir.1986). In that opinion, we ordered...

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