Residents Involved in Saving Environment, Inc. v. Commonwealth

BY JUDGE MELVIN R. HUGHES, JR.

This cause is before the court again following appeals to the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia. The appellees, Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Environmental Quality, and Thomas L. Hopkins, Director (collectively appellees or the Commonwealth) have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and a Motion to Dismiss Residents Involved in Saving the Environment, Inc., (R.I.S.E.) and Second Mount Olive Baptist Church (the Church), two of the original named plaintiffs. R.I.S.E., the Church, and thirteen individuals filed the Petition for…