ETHYL CORP. v. E.P.A.

Nos. 99-1255, 00-1515 and 01-1464.

306 F.3d 1144 (2002)

ETHYL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents. Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin L. Fast argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Douglas S. Burdin and Andrew J. Turner.

Alan D. Greenberg, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was John T. Hannon, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher S. Vaden and Eric G. Hostetler, Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, and Mark M. Kataoka, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, entered appearances.

Mitchell H. Bernstein argued the cause for intervenors Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. With him on the brief were Richard A. Penna, Charles R. Sensiba, Julie C. Becker and Charles H. Lockwood II.

Before: EDWARDS and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:

Title II of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7521 et seq. (1955), sets up a program for the regulation of both motor vehicles and their fuels in order to reduce harmful emissions. Section 206 charges the Environmental Protection Agency with testing new motor vehicles to ensure that each vehicle's emissions will comply with federal emissions standards throughout...

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