CHEMICAL MFRS. ASS'N v. U.S.E.P.A.

No. 87-4849, et al.

870 F.2d 177 (1989)

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Garrett, Corinne A. Goldstein, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n.

Dov Weitman, Lee M. Thomas, Acting Admin., E.P.A., Michael Wenig, David J. Kaplan, Francis S. Blake, Gen. Counsel, U.S.E.P.A., Roger Marzulla, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Land & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Beth S. Ginsberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Margaret N. Stand, Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.E.P.A.

Ronald J. Wilson, Robert Wayne Adler, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Natural Resources, etc.

William A. Anderson, II, A. Frank Smith, III, Washington, D.C., for Sterling Chemicals, Inc.

John C. White, William A. Olson, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.

Theodore J. Garrett, Covington & Burling, Jay T. Smith, Washington, D.C., for Union Carbide Corp., Air Products Mfg. Corp., and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Monsanto Co., Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akzo Chemicals, Inc., et al., M & T Chemicals Inc., Sherex Chemical So., Inc.

Ronald J. Wilson, Robert W. Adler, Jessica C. Landman, Washington, D.C., Sarah Chasis, Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc., New York City, for Natural Resources Defense Council.

Lawrence R. Liebesman, Lisa Zannoni, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Paint & Coatings Ass'n.

Charles M. Lanier, Timothy E. Kelley, Sheila T. Walet, New Orleans, La., for Rubicon, Inc.

Robert Brager, Richard S. Davis, Washington, D.C., Cheryl B. Sikkema, The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., R. Dean Cooper, Plaquemine, La., for The Dow Chemical Co.

James B. Harris, Elizabeth Ann Rabon, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Tex., for Texas Eastman Co., a div. of Eastman Kodak Co.

David M. Flannery, M. Ann Bradley, Kim Brown Poland, Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, W.Va., for Laroche Chemicals, Inc.

Robert Brager, Washington, D.C., Susan Kuis, Pittsburgh, Pa., for PPG Industries, Inc.

Beveridge & Diamond, Washington, D.C., David Landgraf, FMC Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., for FMC Corp.

Dean A. Calland, Donald C. Bluedorn, II, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Koppers Co., Inc.

Robert T. Stewart, Kevin R. Murray, Dallas, Tex., for The Lubrizol Corp.

R. Kinnan Golemon, Sara M. Burgin, Brown, Maroney, Rose, Barber & Dye, Austin, Tex., for Hoechst Celanese Corp.

Samuel O. Buckley, III, Michael A. Chernekoff, New Orleans, La., for Etheyl Corp.

William A. Anderson, II, Mary E. Wall, Washington, D.C., for OO Chemicals, Inc.

David M. Flannery, M. Ann Bradley, Charleston, W.Va., for Borg-Warner Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

Leonard A. Miller, Robert S. Taylor, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, D.C., for Allied-Signal, Inc., and W.R. Grace & Co.

Lynn L. Bergeson, Emily R. Paradise, Fox, Weinberg & Bennett, Washington, D.C., for Courtaulds Fibers, Inc.

Before RUBIN, GARZA and KING, Circuit Judges.


By RUBIN, GARZA and KING, Circuit Judges Jointly.

Acting under the mandate of the Clean Water Act (CWA),1 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has promulgated final regulations limiting the discharge of pollutants into the nation's navigable waters by manufacturing plants in the organic chemicals, plastics, and synthetic fibers (OCPSF) industries. The regulations, which the statute requires to be implemented beginning March 31, 1989...

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