Legal Opinion
Willowbrook Mining Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 1985No. Appeal, No. 2359 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Craig,
Willowbrook Mining Company appeals a decision of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, which granted summary judgment in favor of the Department of Environmental Resources and dismissed Willowbrook’s appeal from DER’s denial of a variance request. The issue for our resolution is whether the EHB properly determined that the application of the statutory prohibition against surface mining within three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling, contained in section 4.5 of the Act of May 31, 1945, P.L. 1198, added by section 8 of the Act of October 10, 1980, P.L. 835, 52…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
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