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AMERICAN LUNG ASS'N OF NEW JERSEY v. KEAN

Nos. 87-5904, 88-5063.

871 F.2d 319 (1989)

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY; Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.; Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter; New Jersey Environmental Lobby; New Jersey Audubon Society, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group; New Jersey Environmental Federation; American Littoral Society v. Thomas H. KEAN, Governor of New Jersey; New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Richard T. Dewling, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Environmental Protection Agency American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Convenience Stores, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, and Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, Intervenors. Appeal of AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, Appellant in No. 87-5904. Appeal of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, and Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, Appellants in No. 88-5063.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Toft (argued), G. William Frick, David T. Deal, Thomas A. Llewellyn, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C., Kimmelman, Wolff & Samson, P.A., American Petroleum Institute, Roseland, N.J., for appellant in No. 87-5904.

Eric A. Goldstein (argued), Nancy C. Loeb, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., New York City, Edward Lloyd, Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic, Newark, N.J., for plaintiff-appellees.

Roger J. Marzulla, Asst. Atty. Gen., David Kaplan, Robert L. Klarquist, Martin W. Matzen (argued), Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., Richard Ross-Collins, Office of Gen. Counsel, E.P.A., Washington, D.C., Lisa M. Burianek, Asst. Regional Counsel, E.P.A., Region II, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Vincent M. Maggitti, Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield, N.J., John L. Wittenborn, Jeffrey L. Leiter (argued), William M. Guerry, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C., for appellants in No. 88-5063.

Before BECKER, HUTCHINSON and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

The American Lung Association and other clean air advocacy groups brought this "citizens" suit in the district court for the District of New Jersey to compel New Jersey to promulgate and implement a system of ground-level ozone emission regulations. Under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7642 (1982), the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is given the authority to promulgate maximum...

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