Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 1983No. 83-1047PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves a dispute over the scope of authority the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) enjoys to sample streams of industrial waste that run from a petroleum refinery into a nearby navigable river.
Plaintiff-appellant Mobil Oil Corporation (“Mobil”) operates a petroleum refinery near the Des Plaines River, a navigable river in Illinois. Exercising power delegated to it by the EPA, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued Mobil a permit to dump limited amounts of specified pollutants into that river. Among other things, the permit…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency and Douglas M. CostleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1981
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mobil Oil Corporation, a Corporation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency and Valdus Adamkus, Regional Administrator, Region v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983