CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 90-1230, et al. Complex Nos. 90-1245, 90-1275, 90-1303, 90-1314, 90-1330, 90-1404, 90-1410, 90-1413, 90-1414, 90-1416, 90-1417, 90-1423, and 90-1442.

976 F.2d 2 (1992)

CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. Zinc Corporation of America, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1992.

Order Granting in Part Motion to Stay Mandate November 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Case, with whom Eli D. Eilbott (for Hazardous Waste Treatment Council), Karen L. Florini (for Environmental Defense Fund), A. Blakeman Early (for Sierra Club), Jacqueline M. Warren and Douglas Wolf (for Natural Resources Defense Council), were on the joint brief, for petitioners in Nos. 90-1230, 90-1245, and 90-1417 and intervenors in consolidated cases. Jane L. Bloom, and J. Brian Malloy, also entered appearances.

Michael W. Steinberg (for Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n), Richard A. Flye (for The Fertilizer Institute, et al.), and Angus Macbeth (for Chemical Waste Management, et al.), with whom Hunter Prillaman, David F. Zall, Ronald Shipley, Robert F. Van Voorhees, and Barton D. Day (for Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n), Gordon D. Quin (for The Fertilizer Institute), G. William Frick and Ralph J. Colleli, Jr. (for American Petroleum Institute), Kurt J. Olson (for RSR Corp.), John N. Hanson, Donald J. Patterson, Jr. (for American Min. Congress), Aaron H. Goldberg (for American Min. Congress, American Iron and Steel Institute, and The Dow Chemical Co.), Karl S. Bourdeau (for American Iron and Steel Institute and The Dow Chemical Co.), Cynthia H. Evans (for American Paper Institute and the Nat. Forest Products Ass'n), William M. Guerny, Jr. (for Specialty Steel Industry of the U.S.), Thomas G. Echikson (for Chemical Waste Management, Inc.), and William R. Weissman and Douglas H. Green (for Edison Elec. Institute) were on the joint brief, for industry petitioners/intervenors in all cases. Lynn L. Bergeson, Susan S. Schmedes, Paul E. Shorb III, Barton C. Green, Carole Stern, Edward M. Green, Roderick T. Dwyer, John L. Wittenborn, Paul M. Bork, Stephen I. Houseal, Thomas A. McCormick, Nancy D. Tammi, Arline M. Sheehan, and Howard B. Myers also entered appearances for industry petitioners/intervenors.

Edwin H. Seeger and Kurt E. Blase, for petitioner Exide Corp., Inc., in No. 90-1303.

Paul E. Gutermann and John N. Moore, for petitioners Horsehead Resource Development Co., Inc., and Zinc Corp. of America in No. 90-1413 and intervenors in Nos. 90-1404, 90-1410, 90-1414, 90-1416, 90-1417, and 90-1423.

Gwendolyn G. Logan, Stephen E. Roady, and M. Barry Meyer, for petitioner the Aluminum Ass'n in No. 90-1442 and intervenor in No. 90-1245.

Mary Elizabeth Ward, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, and Steven E. Silverman, Atty., E.P.A., with whom Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Gretchen Slosser Pirasteh, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, and Raymond Ludwiszewski, Acting Gen. Counsel, EPA, were on the brief, for respondents in all cases. Richard B. Stewart, Peter W. Colby, Christopher S. Vaden, Thomas R. Bartman, and Mandan Kenkermath also entered appearances, for respondent.

Robert F. VanVoorhees, for intervenors Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n, et al.

Aaron H. Goldberg, for intervenors American Mining Congress, et al.

Gerald L. Richman and Paul M. Donovan entered appearances, for intervenor Chlorine Institute in all cases except No. 90-1230.

Robert N. Steinwurtzel and Jeffrey S. Halik entered appearances, for intervenors Secondary Lead Smelters Ass'n, Inc., and Ass'n of Battery Recyclers in Nos. 90-1245 and 90-1314.

Corinne A. Goldstein and Guy V. Johnson entered appearances, for intervenors National Ass'n of Metal Finishers and E.I. duPont deNemours & Co. in No. 90-1245.

David B. Weinberg and Kurt J. Olson entered appearances, for intervenor Battery Council Intern. in all cases except No. 90-1230.

Leonard A. Miller and Robert S. Taylor entered appearances, for intervenor Allied-Signal, Inc., in No. 90-1245.

C. Howard Hardesty, Jeffrey S. Halik, and P. Burton Gray entered appearances, for intervenor Institute of Makers of Explosives in Nos. 90-1245 and 90-1330.

Edwin H. Seeger, Kurt E. Blase and Michael A. Poling entered appearances, for intervenors Lead Industries Ass'n, Inc., and Cadmium Council, Inc., in Nos. 90-1245 and 90-1417.

Carole Stern entered appearances, for intervenors Thiakol Corp. and Olin Corp. in Nos. 90-1275 and 90-1303.

Before EDWARDS, BUCKLEY, and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 instituted a ban on the land disposal of classes of hazardous wastes unless certain conditions are met. Those amendments require the Environmental Protection Agency to follow a phased schedule for implementing the ban. In this case we consider various challenges to regulations implementing the final portion of this program, the so-called "third-third" rule, which largely covers...

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