AMERICAN PAPER INSTITUTE, INC. v. U.S. E.P.A.

Nos. 88-1395, 88-1396.

890 F.2d 869 (1989)

AMERICAN PAPER INSTITUTE, INC., James River-Norwalk, Inc., Nekoosa Packaging Corporation, Fort Howard Corporation, and Stone Container Corporation, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1989.

Revised November 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kamps, Nancy K. Peterson, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., Russell S. Frye, Chris Montgomery, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, D.C., David E. Evans, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, Va., Jill A. Well, Smith & Schnacke, Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioners.

Steven Neugeboren, E.P.A., Washington, D.C., Gary S. Guzy, Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before WOOD, Jr., and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.**

American Paper Institute (API) and four paper and pulp mill owners challenge the federal Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) authority to object to permits proposed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and to promulgate antidegradation regulations under the water pollution control statute, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1376. The EPA claims that this court lacks subject matter...

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