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· 7/27/1990

Environmental Defense Fund v. William K. Reilly, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Intervenors

Citations

  • 909 F.2d 1497
  • 285 U.S. App. D.C. 316
  • 20 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 21105
  • 31 ERC (BNA) 1649
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 12498
  • 1990 WL 104188

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  • explaining that, “should a district court on APA review find agency action defective, either substantively or procedurally, it ordinarily must remand to the agency for further proceedings”
  • providing adequate remedy where alternative statute granted de novo review, more lenient standard of review, and provided court greater latitude in fashioning remedies
  • \We need not and do not decide whether APA review would have been available to appellants had they chosen that route exclusively.\
  • \Citizen participation is broadly permitted [under the TSCA] to ensure that bureaucratic lethargy does not prevent the appropriate administration of this vital authority.\ (quotation and citation omitted)

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Judges: III, Wald, Ginsburg, Robinson

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