Legal Opinion
American Mining Congress v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 31, 1987No. Nos. 85-1206, 85-1208PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by
Circuit Judge STARR. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA. STARR, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated cases arise out of EPA’s regulation of hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901-6933 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985). Petitioners, trade associations representing mining and oil refining interests, challenge regulations promulgated by EPA that amend the definition of “solid waste” to establish and define the agency’s authority to regulate secondary materials reused within an industry’s…
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