N.C. Dep't of Envtl. Quality v. TRK Dev., LLC

DAVIS, Judge.

*598 This case requires us to determine whether the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") was properly estopped *234 from enforcing the Solid Waste Management Act against a developer based on the developer's prior receipt of an erosion and sedimentation control permit from DEQ. Because we conclude that both the administrative law judge and the trial court erred in their application of the equitable estoppel doctrine in favor of the developer on these facts, we reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

At all times relevant to this appeal, TRK Development, LLC ("TRK")…