Legal Opinion
Valente v. Board of Environmental Protection
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 14, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VIOLETTE, Justice.
Philip J. Valente appeals from a Superior Court, Cumberland County, affirmation of a decision by the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (“Board”) denying his application for a permit under the Site Location of Development Law (“Site Law”), 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 481-490 (1978 & Supp.1982), to remove topsoil from 40 acres of land in Poland. Because we find that the Board overstepped its statutory authority, we sustain Valente’s appeal.
Valente is the owner of a 66 acre plot of land in Poland. He applied to the Board for permission to strip 12 inches of topsoil from 40 acres of…
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- Stanton v. Trustees of St. Joseph's CollegeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
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- Clark v. State Employees Appeals BoardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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