Steele v. Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources

Opinion ry

Judge Craig,

Elizabeth Steele appeals from a decision of the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) denying her request to inspect a copy of a 1979 memorandum pursuant to the Right-To-Know Law, Act of June 21, 1957, P.L. 390, as amended. Section 2 of the Act states:

Every public record of an agency shall, at reasonable times, be open for examination and inspection by 'any citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

65 P.S. §66.2.

In April 1987, counsel for Ms. Steele wrote to Mr. Kenneth Gelburd, assistant counsel for the Department of Environmental Resources, requesting an…