Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeffrey P. Kehne, Attorney, with whom Richard B. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary Elizabeth Ward, Robert L. Klarquist, Attys., Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, and James E. Fender, Office of Legal Counsel, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, were on brief, for defendants-appellants.
Dennis J. Harnish, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey R. Pidot and Thomas D. Warren, Deputy Attys. Gen., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Catherine R. Connors, Robert E. Cleaves, IV, Janice E. Bryant, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, and Dan W. Reicher, Natural Resources Defense Council, on brief, for Natural Resources Defense Council, amicus curiae.
Lee Fisher, Atty. Gen. of Ohio, Jack A. Van Kley, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ohio, Counsel of Record for amici, James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., State of Ala., Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., State of Alaska, Grant Woods, Atty. Gen., State of Ariz., Winston Bryant, Atty. Gen., State of Ark., Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen., State of Conn., Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., State of Fla., Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson, Atty. Gen. of Guam, Warren Price, III, Atty. Gen., State of Hawaii, Larry Echohawk, Atty. Gen., State of Idaho, Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., State of Ill., Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Com. of Ky., Timothy J. Salansky, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Com. of Ky., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., State of La., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Frank J. Kelley, Michigan Atty. Gen., Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., State of Minn., William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., of Missouri, Katherine J. Orr, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Mont., Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., State of Nev., Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., State of N.M., Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., State of N.C., Nicholas J. Spaeth, Atty. Gen., State of N.D., Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., State of Or., T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, State of Tenn., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Nancy N. Lynch, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Texas, Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen. of Utah, Denise Chancellor, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Utah, Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Com. of Va., Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen., State of Wash., Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., State of Wyo., and Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen. of Colo., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., and Daniel S. Miller, First Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Colo., on brief for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, and Colorado, amici curiae.
Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
