State Of Washington, Department Of Ecology v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

752 F.2d 1465 22 ERC 1810 , 53 USLW 2408 , 15 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,221 STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Lee Thomas, * Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and Ernesta B. Barnes, Regional Administrator of Region X of the Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent. No. 83-7763. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 6, 1984. Decided Feb. 6, 1985. Charles B. Roe, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for petitioner. David Dearing, Lee R. Tyner, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset, Ernstoff & Chestnut, amicus curiae. Petition for Review of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Before WRIGHT, PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., creates a comprehensive federal program of hazardous waste management administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). RCRA also authorizes the states to develop and implement their own hazardous waste management programs "in lieu of" the federal program. This case…