NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
Lee M. THOMAS, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendant,
and
The Acrylonitrile Group, Inc., Alabama Power Company, et al., American Mining Congress, Association of Ethylene Oxide Users, the Cadmium Council, Inc., Chemical Manufacturers Association, the Ethylene Oxide Industry Council, the Leather Industries of America, the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., and the Specialty Steel Industry of the United States, Intervenors.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 22, 1988.
June 22, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Galloway & Greenberg, David D. Doniger and Eric Goldstein, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff; Eldon V.C. Greenberg, of counsel.
U.S.E.P.A., Michael W. Steinberg, John A. Amodeo, Stephen Samuels and Charles S. Carter, Washington, D.C., for defendant; Earl Salo, of counsel.
Hunton & Williams, David R. Marshall, New York City, Hunton & Williams, Henry V. Nickel, F. William Brownell and Norman W. Fichthorn, Washington, D.C., for Acrylonitrile Group, Inc. and Alabama Power Co.
Locker, Greenberg & Brainin, Aaron Locker, New York City, Hamel & Park, Anthony J. Thompson, John G. DeGooyer, Charles E. Sliter and William J. Hamel, Washington, D.C., for American Mining Congress and Cadmium Council, Inc.
Cleary, Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George Weisz, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, Robert C. Barnard and Sara D. Schotland, Washington, D.C., for American Paper Institute and The Ethylene Oxide Industry Council.
Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, Jerome Marshak, New York City, Kirkland & Ellis, Arthur F. Sampson, III, American Petroleum Institute, Stark Ritchie, Martha Beauchamp and Valerie J. Ughetta, Washington, D.C., for American Petroleum Institute.
Epstein Becker Borsody & Green, P.C., Dennis A. Lalli, New York City, Epstein Becker Borsody & Green, P.C., David H. Larry, Washington, D.C., for Ass'n of Ethylene Oxide Users.
Cravath, Swain & Moore, Ronald S. Rolfe, New York City, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Neil J. King and A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n, David F. Zoll and Donald D. Evans, Washington, D.C., for Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n.
Shea & Gould, Daniel L. Carroll, New York City, Keller & Heckman, Jerome H. Heckman, Peter L. de la Cruz and Susan T. Conti, Washington, D.C., for Soc. of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
Roth & Korn, Henry Korn, New York City, Coller, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Richard E. Schwartz and John L. Wittenborn, Washington, D.C., for Leather Industries of America and Specialty Steel Industry of the U.S.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
Plaintiff Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ("NRDC") brings suit pursuant to § 3041 of the Clean Air Act ("Act"),2 the so-called "citizen suit" provision of the Act, to compel the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "Agency") to add two metals (cadmium and hexavalent chromium) and six organic chemicals...
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