Harmar Coal Co. v. Sanitary Water Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

On March 6, 1970, the Sanitary Water Board issued an adjudication and order denying Harmar Coal Company’s application for a permit approving the discharge of untreated mine water from a mine known as the Indianola Mine. Harmar appealed to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County. Section 41 of the Act of June 4, 1945, P. L. 1388, 71 P.S. §1710.41; see Detwiler v. Sanitary Water Board, 88 D. & C. 432, 66 Dauph. 104 (1954). On August 20, 1970, that court sustained the appeal and directed the Sanitary Water Board to issue a mine drainage permit for discharges…