Legal Opinion
United States v. Ethyl Corporation, United States of America v. Occidental Chemical Corporation and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1985No. 83-3537, 83-3656PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) instituted these two consolidated civil enforcement proceedings in federal district court, one against appel-lee Ethyl Corporation, the other against appellees Occidental Chemical Corporation and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. The EPA sought damages and injunc-tive relief, claiming that the companies had exceeded the allowable emission levels of vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride under the manual vent valve and relief valve regulations published at 40 C.F.R. §§ 61.-64(a)(3), 61.65(a) (1984). 1 The…
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