Legal Opinion

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided October 30, 1980No. Nos. 79-1580, 79-1811 and 79-1816PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

In this case the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) petitions for review of regulations, issued by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that implement section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).1 That section of the Act provides broad rules governing the disposal, marking, manufacture, processing, distribution, and use of a class of chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).2

EDF seeks review of three aspects of the regulations.3 First, it challenges the determination by EPA that certain…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Power Reactor Development Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Alabama Power Company v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Intervenors.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  4. American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Cotton Warehouse Association v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U. S. Department of Labor. American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Industrial Union Department, Afl-Cio and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Afl-Cio, Clc, Intervenors. American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Afl-Cio, Etc., Intervenors, (Two Cases). Milliken and Company v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor and Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Arkwright Mills v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary, Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Spartan Mills v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary, Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Blair Mills, Inc. v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary, Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Hermitage, Inc. v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary, Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Dan River, Inc. v. Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Cone Mills Corporation v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Mayfair Mills v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary, Department of Labor, and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Springs Mills, Inc. v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Riegel Textile Corporation v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, and Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, American Cotton Shippers Association v. Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, National Cottonseed Products Association v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, National Cotton Council of America v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor, West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor and Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  5. Environmental Defense Fund v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978

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  1. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. GorsuchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
  2. Lockett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  3. SED, INC. v. City of DaytonDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1981
  4. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  5. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980

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