Nader v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

859 F.2d 747 57 USLW 2271 , 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,246 Ralph NADER, Natural Resources Defense Council, State of New York, Public Citizen, Mark Beyeler, et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, and Uniroyal Chemical Company, et al., Respondents-Intervenors. No. 87-7103. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 14, 1988. Decided Oct. 14, 1988. Albert H. Meyerhoff, National Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, Cal., William B. Schultz, Patti Goldman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Norman Spiegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for petitioners. Beth S. Ginsberg, Environmental Defense Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Edward C. Gray, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Kenneth W. Weinstein, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, Washington, D.C., for respondents-intervenors. Petition for Review of Decision of The Environmental Protection Agency. Before CHAMBERS, SCHROEDER and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This case requires us to decide for the first time whether the EPA's denial of a citizens'…