U.S. v. POWER ENGINEERING CO.

No. 01-1217.

303 F.3d 1232 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY; Redoubt, Ltd.; Richard J. Lilienthal, Defendants-Appellants, American Iron and Steel Institute; American Petroleum Institute; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Environmental Federation of Oklahoma; Michigan Manufacturers Association; National Association of Manufacturers; Western States Petroleum Association; State of Maine; State of Arkansas; State of California; State of Connecticut; State of Illinois; State of Montana; State of New York; State of Vermont; State of West Virginia, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McBride (Robert T. McAllister of Robert T. McAllister, P.C., Denver, CO, with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, appearing for Appellant.

Robert H. Oakley, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC (John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division, John W. Suthers, United States Attorney, John A. Bryson and John N. Moscato, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC; and Stephen D. Taylor, Assistant United States Attorney, and Thomas Sitz, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO, with him on the brief), appearing for Appellee.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, and John H. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, State of Maine, Department of the Attorney General, Augusta, ME; Mark Pryor, Attorney General, State of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, State of California, San Diego, CA; Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT; James E. Ryan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Chicago, IL; Mike McGrath, Attorney General, State of Montana, Helena, MT; Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, NY; William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT; and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Charleston, WV, filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Scott M. DuBoff, Wright & Talisman, P.C., Washington, DC; Thomas M. Sneeringer, Washington, DC, Counsel for American Iron and Steel Institute; G. William Frick and Ralph J. Colleli, Jr., Washington, DC, Counsel for American Petroleum Institute; Stephan A. Bokat and Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, Counsel for Chamber of Commerce of the United States; James Barnett, Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, Oklahoma City, OK, Counsel for Environmental Federation of Oklahoma; Frederick R. Damm, Clark Hill, P.L.C., Detroit, MI, Counsel for Michigan Manufacturers Association; Jan Amundson, Washington, DC, Counsel for National Association of Manufacturers; Gregory McClintock and Brian Wall, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Los Angeles, CA, Counsel for Western States Petroleum Association, filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Appellants Power Engineering Company, et al.

Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, BALDOCK, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

The State of Colorado brought an enforcement action against defendants Power Engineering Company, Redoubt Limited, and Richard Lilienthal (collectively referred to as "PEC") for violations of the Colorado Hazardous Waste Management Act. Plaintiff United States, acting on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), filed its own lawsuit against PEC for the same violations, seeking financial assurances. The district court denied...

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