Globe Metallurgical, Inc. v. Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

ISHEE, J.,

for the court:

¶ 1. Mississippi Silicon LLC was granted a permit by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board to construct and operate a facility that would manufacture silicon metal and silica fume in Burnsville, Mississippi. On February 12, 2014, Globe Metallurgical Inc., a competitor of Mississippi Silicon, requested a formal hearing on the permit. The Permit Board denied Globe’s request as untimely. Globe appealed to the Tishimingo County Chancery Court, and the court agreed that Globe’s request was untimely. Aggrieved, Globe appeals. Finding no error, we…