ETU, Inc. v. Environmental Quality Commission

Respondents ETU, Inc. (ETU), and Ed Niemi Oil Company, Inc. (Niemi), 1 seek judicial review of final orders issued by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). 2 Respondents contend that DEQ erred by serving them, but not their attorney, with a notice of violation and subsequent default final orders and then by denying respondents’ late request for hearing. Because we conclude that respondents did not timely seek judicial review of the default final orders and that we therefore lack jurisdiction, we dismiss the petition for judicial review as to those orders. As to DEQ’s order denying…