Harvilchuck v. Department of Environmental Protection

OPINION BY

President Judge DAN PELLEGRINI.

Laurence Harvilchuck (Objector) petitions for review of the April 1, 2014 determination of the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) granting the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) motion to dismiss Objector’s appeal from its issuance of a permit filed by WPX Energy Appalachia, LLC (Permittee) to drill and operate McNamara 39 11H Well (Well) as untimely, as well as denying Objector’s request to appeal nunc pro tunc. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

I

Objector had filed an appeal to the Board on January 28, 2013, challenging…