AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE v. U.S. E.P.A.

Nos. 88-1155, 88-1156, 88-1158, 88-1165, 88-1168 and 88-1169.

886 F.2d 390 (1989)

AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, American Petroleum Institute, Edison Electric Institute, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angus Macbeth, with whom Samuel I. Gutter, Washington, D.C., and Peggy L. O'Brien were on the brief, for petitioners Waste Management of North America and Chemical Waste Management in No. 88-1165.

William R. Weissman (for Edison Elec. Institute) and Karl S. Bourdeau (for American Iron & Steel Institute), with whom Gary H. Baise, Steven F. Hirsch, Washington, D.C., and Barton C. Green (for American Iron & Steel Institute), Richard A. Flye, Christian Volz, and Carole Stern, Washington, D.C. (for Fertilizer Institute), John F. Cermak (for PPG Industries), Douglas H. Green (for Edison Elec. Institute), G. William Frick (for American Petroleum Institute), and James K. Jackson, Washington, D.C., John H. Hanson, Donald J. Patterson, Jr., Washington, D.C., Aaron H. Goldberg, Edward M. Green, Roderick T. Dwyer, and Jeremiah J. Jewett III (for American Mining Congress and Solite Corp.) were on the joint brief, for petitioners/intervenors in Nos. 88-1155, 88-1156, 88-1158, 88-1168 & 88-1169.

Scott A. Schachter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Caroline Wehling, Atty., E.P.A. with whom Donald A. Carr, Atty., E.P.A. was on the brief, for respondent. Michael A. McCord, Atty., E.P.A., Columbus, Ohio, and Roger J. Marzulla, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for respondent.

Dean A. Calland and Donald C. Bluedorn II, Pittsburgh, Pa., were on the brief for petitioner Inland Steel Co. in No. 88-1168.

Thomas S. Llewellyn, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor American Petroleum Institute in Nos. 88-1155, et al.

David R. Case, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for amicus curiae Hazardous Waste Treatment Council in Nos. 88-1155, 88-1156 & 88-1158.

Before MIKVA and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and WILL, District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), Pub.L. No. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795 (1976), created in its Subtitle C a system for control over the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes. RCRA §§ 3001-13, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6921-34 (1982) (current version at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6921-39a (1982 & Supp. IV 1986); see also RCRA §...

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