Legal Opinion
Southwest Pennsylvania Natural Resources, Inc. v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 1983No. Appeal, No. 1033 C.D. 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPhail,
On March 11, 1982, the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) issued an adjudication regarding the forfeiture by the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) of a surety bond which guaranteed reclamation of a 44.1 acre surface mining site operated by Southwest Pennsylvania Natural Resources, Inc. (Petitioner). The Board permitted the bond, in the amount of $44,100, to be forfeited to the extent of $20,000. The $20,000 figure represents a bond forfeiture of $1,000 for each of the twenty acres which the Board found had been affected by Petitioner’s mining activities.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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