Town of Middlebury v. Department of Environmental Protection

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

This appeal arises from the decision of the named defendant, the state department of environmental protection (department), granting seven stationary source air permits to the defendant Towantic Energy, LLC (Towantic), over the objection of the plaintiffs, the town of Middlebury, Preservation Middlebury, Citizens for the Defense of Middlebury, William Stowell and Mira Schachne. The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ appeal because the decision of the department was…