East Lampeter Township Sewer Authority v. Butz

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

East Lampeter Township Sewer Authority appeals the order of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) which, upon an appeal by Edward Wayne Butz, modified a sewer construction permit issued to the authority by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER).

On November 2, 1979, DER denied the authority’s application for a permit to extend its sewer system to service twenty-seven existing homes. On November 30, 1979, the authority appealed DER’s denial to the EHB. However, before the EHB ruled on the authority’s appeal, .the authority and DER entered…