Legal Opinion
BASF Wyandotte Corp. v. Costle
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 7, 1979No. Nos. 77-1042, 77-1059, 77-1085, 77-1153, 78-1417, 78-1428, 78-1454 and 78-1462PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
These consolidated petitions have been brought by eleven manufacturers of pesticides 1 against the respondent, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency), seeking review of regulations governing the discharge of pollutants by the pesticide industry. 40 C.F.R. Part 455, 43 Fed.Reg. 17776 and 43 Fed. Reg. 44845 (1978). An industry organization, the National Agricultural Chemical Association (NACA), has intervened. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act states as a “national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- International Harvester Co. v. RuckelshausCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Weyerhaeuser Company v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, No. 76-1674Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Industrial Union Department, Afl-Cio v. James D. Hodgson, Secretary, Department of Labor, Environmentaldefense Fund, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- American Petroleum Institute v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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- State Board of Insurance v. DeffebachCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Chemical Manufacturers Association v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 87-4849Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Exxon Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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