Legal Opinion · Dissent

Citizens to Save Spencer County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 27, 1979No. Nos. 78-1002, 78-1239, 78-1331, 78-1401, 78-1525, Part I, 78-1557, 78-1590, Part I, 78-1604, 78-1610, Part I, 78-1626, 78-1703, 78-1810, Part I, 78-1815, Part I, 78-1819, Part I, 78-1826, 1838, Part I, and 78-1839, Part IPublished

1Dissent

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III,

Circuit Judge, dissenting:

Judge Wilkey’s careful explanation of the genesis of this litigation need not be repeated.1 In a nutshell, Congress, in passing the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977,2 placed EPA in a dilemma by giving facially contradictory instructions in Sections *78165(a)3 and 1684 regarding the effective date of Section 165(a)’s stringent preconstruction review and permitting requirements. Its counsel styles EPA’s response to this predicament as an “interpretation” 5 of the Amendments but, as the court rightly recognizes,6 in truth EPA deemed the search for…

2Cases cited36 opinions

Regional Rail Reorganization Act CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
United States v. MenascheSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
Botany Worsted Mills v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad PassengersSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819

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