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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of Contents |
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Table of Authorities |
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Introduction |
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Standard of Review |
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Argument |
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I. The APA Strongly Favors Judicial Review |
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II. Section 3507(d)(6) Does Not Bar Plaintiffs' First Cause of Action |
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A. Defendants Concede that the Judicial Preclusion Provision
Applies Only to ICR Approvals under Section 3507(a)(2), Not
to the Violations Plaintiffs Allege Here |
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B. Defendants Never Satisfied the Jurisdictional Prerequisites for
Substantive OMB Review of the Information Collection Request |
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1. EPA's Federal Register Notice and the Clearance Package Submitted
to OMB Were Incomplete
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2. EPA's Attempt to Evade Public and OMB Scrutiny By
Submitting an Incomplete Clearance Package Is Contrary to
The Primary Purpose of the PRA's OMB Review Requirement
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C. The Information Collection Was Not "Contained" in an Agency Rule |
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D. Courts Find Statutory Provisions Precluding Judicial Review
Inapplicable Under the Circumstances Present Here |
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1. Defendants Violated Plaintiffs' Procedural and Statutory Rights
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2. Plaintiffs Are Challenging the Mechanism by Which an Agency
Makes Substantive Determinations
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3. Plaintiffs Lack Alternative Remedies |
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4. Defendants' Actions Are in Excess of Their Statutory
Authority
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III. Plaintiffs Have a Private Right of Action to Bring this Suit |
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A. The APA Provides Plaintiffs A Private Right of Action |
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B. The Cases Defendants Cite Are Inapposite |
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IV. Defendants' Arguments Regarding Final Agency Action Do Not Support Dismissal |
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Conclusion |
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases
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Abbott Labs. v. Gardner , 387 U.S. 136, 140 (1967) |
5 |
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Abourezk v. Reagan, 785 F.2d 1043, 1050 (D.C. Cir. 1986)
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26 |
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Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia v.
Sullivan, 930 F.2d 77 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 938 (1991) |
8 |
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Adams v. Bain, 697 F.2d 1213, 1219 (4th Cir. 1982)
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4 |
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Anthony v. OPM, 58 F.3d 620 (Fed. Cir. 1995) |
11 |
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Bennet v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154, 178 (1997)
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30 |
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Block v. Community Nutrition Inst., 467 U.S. 340, 349 (1984)
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5 |
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Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, 476 U.S. 667, 670 (1986)
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5, 10 |
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Carlin v. McKean,823 F.2d 620, 622-23 (D.C. Cir. 1987) |
9 |
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Center for Nat'l Sec. Studies v. CIA, 711 F.2d 409, 413 (D.C. Cir. 1983)
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4 |
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Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281, 316-17 (1979) |
10, 25 |
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City of Rochester v. Bond 603 F.2d 927, 931 (D.C. Cir. 1979) |
5 |
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COMSAT Corp. v. FCC, 114 F.3d 223, 2247 (D.C. Cir. 1997) |
11, 24 |
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Council on Regulatory Info. Management, Inc. v. Department
of Labor, 1993 WL 544303 (D.D.C. 1993) |
27 |
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Council on Regulatory Info. Management, Inc. v. Department
of Labor, D.C. Civ. No. 93-2362 (Mem. Order, Feb. 25, 1994) |
26, 28 |
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Croixland Properties Ltd. Partnership v. Corcoran, 174 F.3d 213, 215
(D.C. Cir.) cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 120 S.Ct. 531 (1999)
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4 |
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Darby v. Cisneros, 509 U.S. 137, 144 (1993) |
31 |
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Dole v. United Steelworkers of Am., 494 U.S. 26 (1990) |
8 |
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Esch v. Yuetter, 876 F.2d 976, 991 (D.C. Cir. 1989) |
18 |
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Franklin v. Massachusetts, 505 U.S. 788, 797 (1992), appeal
dismissed, Massachusetts v. Franklin, 505 U.S. 1215 (1992)
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31 |
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FTC v. Standard Oil Co. of Calif., 449 U.S. 232, 241 (1980) |
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Greater New York Hosp. Ass'n v. United States, 1999 WL 1021561
(S.D.N.Y. 1999) |
31 |
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Harrison v. Bowen, 815 F.2d 1505, 1512 (D.C. Cir. 1987) |
26 |
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Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821 (1985) |
9 |
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In re Swine Flu Immunization Products Liability Litigation, 880 F.2d
1439 (D.C. Cir. 1989) |
4 |
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James Madison Ltd. by Hecht v. Ludwig, , 82 F.3d 1085, 1093
(D.C. Cir. 1996) |
9, 24 |
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Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. v. Department of Interior,88 F.3d 1191
(D.C. Cir. 1996) |
28 |
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Leedom v. Kyne, 358 U.S. 184 (1958) |
17, 23, 24 |
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Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992) |
26 |
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McNary v. Haitian Refugee Ctr., Inc., 498 U.S. 479, 494, 497 (1991) |
18, 23 |
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Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit Corp., 613 F.2d 507, 511 (5th Cir.), cert.
denied, 449 U.S. 953 (1980) |
4 |
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Mortensen v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 549 F.2d 884, 891
(3rd Cir. 1977) |
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National Ass'n of Home Health Agencies v. Schweiker, 690 F.2d
932, 938 (D.C. Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1205 (1983) |
22-23 |
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National Ass'n of Patients on Hemodialysis & Transplantation,
Inc. v. Heckler, 588 F. Supp. 1108, 1117-18 (D.D.C. 1984) |
23 |
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National Comm. to Preserve Social Sec. v. Bowen, 735 F. Supp. 1069,
1073 (D.D.C. 1990) |
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Osborn v. United States,918 F.2d 724, 729 (8th Cir. 1990) |
3-4 |
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ParkView Med. Assocs. v. Shalala,1997 WL 470107 (D.D.C. 1997) |
21 |
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Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Brenner, 383 F.2d 514, 516-17 n. 8 (D.C. Cir.
1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1042 (1968) |
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Saco River Cellular, Inc. v. FCC, 133 F.3d 25 (D.C. Cir.), cert.
denied, Northeast Cellular Tel. Co. v. FCC, 525 U.S. 813 (1998) |
28 |
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Samaritan Health Ctr. v. Heckler, 636 F. Supp. 503 (D.D.C. 1985) |
22 |
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Sierra-Nevada Memorial Miners Hosps., Inc. v. HHS, 1993 WL 841091
at 12 (D.D.C. 1991) |
21 |
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Spawr Optical Research, Inc. v. Baldrige, 649 F. Supp. 1366,
1368-69 (D.D.C. 1986) |
18 |
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Sutton v. Providence St. Joseph Medical Ctr., ., 192 F.3d 826, 844
(9th Cir. 1999) |
28 |
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Traynor v. Turnage, 485 U.S. 535, 543-545 (1988) |
21 |
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, 74 F.3d 1322, 1324,
1327-28 (D.C. Cir. 1996) |
23, 24 |
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United States v. Hatch, 919 F.2d 1394 (9th Cir. 1990) |
28 |
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United States v. Smith, 866 F.2d 1092 (9th Cir. 1989) |
28-29 |
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United Steelworkers of Am. v. Pendergrass, 855 F.2d 108
(3d Cir. 1988) |
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Universal Health Servs. of McAllen, Inc. v. Sullivan, 770 F. Supp.
704, 710 (D.D.C. 1991) aff'd, 978 F.2d 745 (D.C. Cir. 1992) |
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Statutes
5 U.S.C.
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§§ 701-706 |
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§ 701(a)(1) |
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§ 702 |
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§ 704 |
25, 30 |
42 U.S.C.
44 U.S.C.
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§ 3501(1) |
2 |
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§ 3501(11) |
2 |
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§ 3501(11) |
16 |
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§ 3506(c)(2)(A) |
2-3 |
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§ 3506(c)(3) |
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§ 3507 |
3 |
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§ 3507(a) |
6, 13 |
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§ 3507(a)(1) |
7, 8, 13 |
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§ 3507(a)(2) |
7, 13 |
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§ 3507(a)(3) |
7, 13 |
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§ 3507(d)(6) |
3, 6-10, 15, 16, 27 |
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§ 3512 |
26, 27, 29 |
Regulations
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64 Fed. Reg. 58,665 (Oct. 29, 1999) |
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64 Fed. Reg. 58,672 (Oct. 29, 1999) |
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5 C.F.R.
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§ 1320.3(b)(1) |
15 |
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§ 1230.3(c) |
12, 16 |
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§ 1320.3(l) |
3, 15 |
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§ 1320.8 |
3 |
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§ 1320.8(d) |
20 |
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§ 1320.8(d)(1)(i) |
12, 19 |
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§ 1320.8(d)(1)(ii) |
12, 20 |
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§ 1320.8(d)(1)(iii) |
12, 20 |
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§ 1320.8(d)(1)(iv) |
12, 20 |
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§ 1320.8(d)(3) |
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§ 1320.11(a) |
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Other Authorities
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Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 12(b)(1) |
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Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 12(b)(6) |
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H.R. CONF. REP. NO. 104-99, 104th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 29 (April 3, 1995) |
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K. Davis, 3 Administrative Law Treatise § 17.4, p. 116 (3d ed. 1994) |
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5A Wright & Miller, Federal Practice & Procedure: Civil 2d § 1361 at 456
(2d ed. 1990)
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4 |
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5A Wright & Miller, Federal Practice & Procedure: Civil 2d § 1363 at 456
(2d ed. 1990)
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4 |
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