Legal Opinion

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 8, 1974No. 72-2402PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners in this ease are two non-profit corporations, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Save America’s Vital Environment (SAVE), and two individual citizens. They seek review of an order of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), approving the State of Georgia’s plan for achieving the federal ambient air quality standards under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970.1 Petitioners raise four objections to the Administrator’s action on the Georgia Plan. These concern (1) a provision of that Plan guaranteeing the confidentiality of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sierra Club v. RuckelshausDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
  2. Fri v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
  4. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Project on Clean Air v. Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Project on Clean Air v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. West Penn Power Company, a Corporation v. Russell Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of Theunited States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  2. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  3. People of State of Ill. v. Commonwealth Edison Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
  4. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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