CORROSION PROOF FITTINGS v. E.P.A.

No. 89-4596.

947 F.2d 1201 (1991)

CORROSION PROOF FITTINGS, et al., Petitioners, v. The ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and William K. Reilly, Administrator, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

On Motion for Clarification November 15, 1991.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. K. Reilly, Adm'r, E.P.A., Charles Edward Breece, Mary Elizabeth Ward, Richard Thornburgh, Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for E.P.A.

Eve C. Gartner, Berle, Kass & Case, New York City, Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., for Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Jacqueline M. Warren, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York City, for Environmental Defense Fund.

Richard J. Fiesta, Robert J. Connerton, Connerton, Ray & Simon, Washington, D.C., for Laborers' Intern. Union of North America, AFL-CIO and Laborers' Nat. Health and Safety Fund.

Martha A. Churchill, Gen. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for Mid-America Legal Foundation.

Donald N. Dewees, Toronto, Canada, for Federal Government of Canada.

Arthur Kahn, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for amici-applicant The Province of Quebec, Canada.

Robert E. Holden, Mary S. Johnson, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for Corrosion Proof Fittings, et al.

Edward W. Warren, Timothy S. Hardy, Susan M. O'Sullivan, Kathleen L. Blaner, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for Abestor Information Ass'n & Asbestor Cement, and the Asbestos Institute, et al.

Michael M. Levy, Levy & Smith, Washington, D.C., for United Steel Workers of America (Canada), et al.

Frederick C. Schafrick, Thomas J. Mikula, David Booth Beers, Michael S. Giannotto, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for Cassiar Min. Corp.

Duane A. Siler, Patton Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C. for Institute of Scrap Recycling Ind., Inc.

Jeryl Dezelick, Robert E. Mann, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Jane B. McAllister, Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Des Moines, Iowa, for Grinnell College.

Donald Elisburg, Brian M. Hechinger, OHF, Edward J. Gorman, III, Orrin Baird, Washington, D.C., for Occ. Health Found. United Broth. of Carp. & Joinders and Service Employees Intern. Union.

Before BROWN, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit the future manufacture, importation, processing, and distribution of asbestos in almost all products. Petitioners claim that the EPA's rulemaking procedure was flawed and that the rule was not promulgated on the basis of substantial evidence. Certain petitioners and amici curiae contend that the EPA rule...

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