Scurfield Coal, Inc. v. Commonwealth

OPINION

BARRY, Senior Judge.

Scurfield Coal, Inc. (Scurfield) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, that found Scurfield guilty of four separate summary offenses and imposed fines. The trial on the charges, de novo, was held following an appeal from a summary hearing held before a district justice.

Scurfield was issued four separate citations involving the operations at its facility located in the Borough of Windber (Borough). Three of these offenses involved a violation of the ordinance of the Borough and the other was filed by the Department of Environmental…