Legal Opinion
Big "B" Mining Co. v. Department of Environmental Resources
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1991No. 740 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYER, Judge.
Big B Mining Company, Inc. (Big B) appeals from an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) which denied Big B’s request for counsel fees and costs which it incurred while successfully challenging the Department of Environmental Resources’ (DER) denial of its application for a surface mining permit.
Big B petitioned to recover the counsel fees and costs pursuant to section 4(b) of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), Act of May 31, 1945, P.L. 1198, as amended, 52 P.S. § 1396.4(b). The EHB declined to award fees and costs, holding that section 4(b) of…
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