Greene Township v. KUHL

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

The principal question in this case is whether permits issued by the state Department of Environmental Resources (DEB) for the construction and operation of a sanitary landfill, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act (Act), Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 788, as amended, 35 P.S. §6001 et seq., make it unnecessary to secure a zoning certificate or building permit from the municipality, within whose boundaries the landfill is to be located. The court below ruled that it was necessary to secure a local permit. We affirm.

Appellants were issued…