Ginter Coal Co. v. Environmental Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal by the Ginter Coal Company and Timothy Reilly (hereinafter referred to as Ginter) from an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) denying an appeal from a September 19, 1972 order of the Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Land Protection and Reclamation (DER), directing Ginter to apply for a license under the Surface Mining-Conservation and Reclamation Act, Act of May 31,1945, P. L. 1198, as amended, 52 P.S. §1396.2 et seq. (hereinafter referred to as SMCR Act). DER’s order also contained a “Stop Order” directing Ginter to cease…