Centamore v. Department of Human Services

LIPEZ, Justice.

The plaintiffs 1 , residents of the Town of Sweden, appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Sheldon, J.) denying their petition for review of a decision of the Commissioner of Human Services authorizing Earl Buker to transport water in quantities exceeding ten gallons beyond the boundaries of Sweden and municipalities bordering Sweden pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. § 2660-A(3) (1992). The plaintiffs contend that the Commissioner misinterpreted the Transport of Water Act, 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 2660-2660-A (1992), and that substantial evidence on the record does…