ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND v. REILLY

Nos. 88-5325, 88-5326.

909 F.2d 1497 (1990)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, et al., Appellants, v. William K. REILLY, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al., Appellees, Chemical Manufacturers Association, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Van Putten, with whom Karen Florini was on the brief, for appellants.

David C. Shilton, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Robert L. Klarquist and Fred R. Disheroon, Attys., Dept. of Justice, and Alan Carpien, Atty., E.P.A., were on the brief, for appellees.

Edward S. Warren, with whom Timothy S. Hardy, James R. Walpole, Andrew A. Giaccia, David F. Zoll and Matthew B. Van Hook were on the brief, for intervenors.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants, the Environmental Defense Fund and the National Wildlife Federation, jointly petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)1 to issue, pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act,2 rules designed to protect human health and the environment from allegedly...

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