C & K Coal Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Senior Judge Narick,

C & K Coal Company (Petitioner) has appealed from an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) dismissing its petitions for the allowance of appeals nunc pro tunc.

The relevant facts, as Petitioner summarized them in its notice of appeal to the Board are as follows:

On January 17, 1986 Richard Stempeck, an employee of the DER, assigned to the Knox, Pennsylvania office, issued a Compliance Order which required C & K Coal Company to treat [mine drainage] discharges allegedly emanating from Permit No. 1679123. . . . Immediately after said Order was entered, C &…