Concerned Citizens of Central Ohio v. Schregardus

Bowman, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Concerned Citizens of Ohio and ten individuals, appeal an order of the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (“ERAC”) in favor of appellees, Christopher Jones, as the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (“OEPA”), and Buckeye Egg Farm, L.P. (“Buckeye Egg”). In its order, ERAC affirmed the OEPA director’s decision to grant Buckeye Egg’s permits to expand its operations and install an egg-processing wastewater system.

{¶ 2} The facts underlying this matter are undisputed. In March 1996, the director of OEPA approved an initial livestock waste…