Reheis v. AZS CORP.

Pope, Presiding Judge.

We granted discretionary appeal in this case involving an admi n - istrative order and civil penalty issued pursuant to the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act, OCGA § 12-8-60 et seq. AZS Corporation held a “corrective action permit” requiring it to rehabilitate groundwater at the site of its former operations in Atlanta. In early 1996, the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources (“EPD”) alleged that AZS had violated the permit. After conducting an evidentiary hearing on the matter, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) required AZS to…