Save the Bay, Inc. v. Mississippi Air & Water Pollution Control Commission

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

The Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County affirmed the issuance of air emission and waste water discharge permits by the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission. This appeal involves the construction of the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law, Mississippi Code Annotated sections 49-17-1 to -43 (Supp.1976) and more particularly the right of aggrieved parties, other than permit applicants or holders, to a hearing and an appeal under section 49-17-41 (hereafter section 41).

E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company filed…