Charleston Township Municipal Authority v. Department of Environmental Resources

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Charleston Township Municipal Authority (Authority), created by Charleston Township, Tioga County, has sued the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) in equity seeking an order of this Court reinstating its funding priority status for federal sewerage construction grants, initially established by DER but subsequently revoked. The Authority commenced this lawsuit instead of appealing DER’s action to the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) as allowed by statute. DER has filed preliminary objections, including one asserting lack of equity jurisdiction by reason of the…