Huffman v. Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication

SULLIVAN, Justice.

The Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication dismissed Rosemary Huffman's petition for administrative review of a decision of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management renewing a pollution permit for Eli Lilly and Company. We hold, as did the Court of Appeals, that whether a person is entitled to seek administrative review depends upon whether the person is "aggrieved or adversely affected" (as provided in statute) by the administrative agency's decision and that the rules for determining whether the person has "standing" to file a lawsuit do not apply. We also…