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NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. v. THOMAS

Civ. A. No. 82-2137.

705 F.Supp. 1 (1988)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Lee M. THOMAS, et al., Defendants, Lead Industries Association, et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Wilson, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Lawrence E. Blatnik, Land and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal defendants.

Edwin H. Seeger, Richard T. Witt, Washington, D.C., for defendant-intervenor Lead Indus. Ass'n, Inc.

Robert A. Emmett, Washington, D.C., for defendant-intervenor St. Joe Minerals Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

Congress enacted the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., "to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population." 42 U.S.C. § 7401(b)(1). This case vividly demonstrates, however, that the Act's laudable goal is more easily stated than it is achieved. Plaintiffs have now moved...

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