Gemstar Corp. v. Department of Environmental Protection

SMITH, Judge.

Gemstar Corporation (Gemstar) petitions for review of the February 10, 1998 adjudication and order of the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) that dismissed in part Gemstar’s objections to a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) order and civil penalty assessment against Gemstar for violations of the Solid Waste Management Act (Act), Act of July 7, 1980, P.L. 380, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101 — 6018.1003. The order also sustained two of Gemstar’s objections and reduced the assessed penalty. The principal issue before this Court is whether the Board properly excluded…