Legal Opinion
Falcon Oil Co. v. Department of Environmental Resources
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 14, 1992No. 1960 C.D. 1991PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRY, Senior Judge.
Falcon Oil Company (Falcon) appeals from an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) which denied Falcon’s petition for appeal nunc pro tunc. Falcon argues that the evidence offered before the Board establishes a “non-negligent happenstance” excusing its untimely appeal. We affirm.
The undisputed facts of this case may be summarized as follows. On May 18, 1991, Falcon received a civil penalty assessment of $4,000.00 from the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) for knowingly filling an unregistered underground storage tank in violation of The Storage Tank and…
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