Leslie Salt Co., a Delaware Corporation v. United States of America, and Save San Francisco Bay Association, a Non-Profit California Corporation National Audubon Society, a Non-Profit New York Corporation, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellants. United States of America v. Leslie Salt Co., a Delaware Corporation and Cargill, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

896 F.2d 354 31 ERC 1139 , 20 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,477 LESLIE SALT CO., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants, and Save San Francisco Bay Association, a non-profit California corporation; National Audubon Society, a non-profit New York corporation, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LESLIE SALT CO., a Delaware corporation; and Cargill, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 89-15244, 89-15337. Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 16, 1989. Decided Feb. 6, 1990. Michael P. Healy, Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for defendants, plaintiff-appellant. Edgar B. Washburn, Washburn, Briscoe & McCarthy, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Clement Shute, Jr., Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-intervenors-appellants, Save San Francisco Bay Ass'n and National Audubon Soc. Edwin F. Lowry, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for the amicus curiae, State of Cal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS,…