INTERNATIONAL FABRICARE INSTITUTE v. U.S.E.P.A.

Nos. 91-1148, 91-1150, 91-1151 and 91-1154.

972 F.2d 384 (1992)

INTERNATIONAL FABRICARE INSTITUTE for itself and on behalf of its members, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1992.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Robertson, Washington, D.C., (for Intern. Fabricare Institute), Mark P. Fitzsimmons (for Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., and Occidental Chemical Corp.) and Steven S. Rosenthal (for Nat. Elec. Mfrs. Ass'n and Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n), with whom Timothy A. Vanderver, Jr. and Duane A. Siler (for Intern. Fabricare Institute), Daniel Joseph and Cheryl A. Adams (for Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co., and Occidental Chemical Corp.) were on the joint brief, for petitioners. Timothy S. Hardy also entered an appearance for petitioners National Elec. Mfrs. Ass'n and Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n in No. 91-1154.

Ronald M. Spritzer, Baltimore, Md., Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and Karen Clark, Atty., U.S. E.P.A., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

W. Caffey Norman III, Washington, D.C., for intervenor.

Before BUCKLEY, SENTELLE, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated cases, petitioners challenge regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "Agency") pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act. The regulations establish permissible concentration levels for contaminants occurring in drinking water. Petitioners claim that the EPA committed both substantive and procedural errors in formulating the regulations.

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