Legal Opinion
International Paper Co. v. Board of Environmental Protection
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 2, 1993PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Justice.
International Paper Company (IP) appeals from the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) judgment affirming the Board of Environmental Protection’s refusal to certify IP’s sludge/bark dryer and related equipment as a “water pollution control facility” for tax exemption purposes pursuant to 36 M.R.S.A. §§ 655(1)(N), 656(1)(E)(1), & 1760(29) (1990). 1 We vacate the judgment.
In its normal course of operations, IP generates water pollutants. To treat the wastewater leaving the plant, IP puts this water first into clarifiers in which some pollutants settle out of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frost v. LuceySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Mahaney v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Statler Industries, Inc. v. Board of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- Ethyl Corp. v. AdamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Abbott v. Commissioner of Inland Fisheries & WildlifeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Town of Madison, Department of Electric Works v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Wood v. Superintendent of InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- International Paper Co. v. Board of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
- American Republic Insurance v. Superintendent of InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- Botting v. Department of Behavioral & Developmental ServicesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
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