Ethyl Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
541 F.2d 1 (1976)
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The EPA regulated fuel additives producing dangerous emissions, including lead from leaded fuel. Ethyl Corporation and other lead-additive producers challenged the EPA's emissions regulations as arbitrary and capricious.
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Whether a court may set aside a federal agency's regulations as arbitrary or capricious where the agency has a rational basis for them.