Opinion ID: 338705
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Comparison with Substitute Additives

Text: 84 Even when the Administrator has determined that a fuel or fuel additive causes emissions which endanger the public health, he is not yet free to prohibit the substance under Section 211. He must first find, and publish his finding, 85 that in his judgment such prohibition will not cause the use of any other fuel or fuel additive which will produce emissions which will endanger the public health or welfare to the same or greater degree than the use of the fuel or fuel additive proposed to be prohibited. 86 Section 211(c)(2)(C), 42 U.S.C. § 1857f-6c(c)(2)(C). 87 Preliminarily it must be noted that the section requires a finding only before the Administrator prohibits a fuel or fuel additive under Section 211. Since the proposed regulations only control lead additives, the findings requirement, on its face, does not apply to the EPA action. 67 If the requirement is read to apply, however, it plainly demands no more than the findings requirement of Section 211(c)(2)(B), as construed in Amoco, see pages --- - --- of --- U.S.App.D.C., page 23 of 541 F.2d supra. This conclusion is compelled by the identical genesis of the two provisions, plus the fact that the Section 211(c)(2)(C) finding is judgmental by its own terms. Thus where the judgment turns on factual issues we will demand sufficient attention to these in the statement to allow the fundamental rationality    to be ascertained. Amoco Oil Co. v. EPA, supra, 163 U.S.App.D.C. at 180-181, 501 F.2d at 740-741. By contrast, where the judgment is necessarily more speculative, we will demand adequate reasons and explanations, but not 'findings' of the sort familiar from the world of adjudication. Id., 163 U.S.App.D.C. at 181, 501 F.2d at 741. 68 88 After making the will endanger determination and the substitute additives finding, EPA has complied with the statutory mandate and is free to regulate the fuel or fuel additive under Section 211.