Save the Valley, Inc. v. Indiana Department of Environmental Management

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge

Save the Valley, Inc., Thomas Breitweiser, and L. Jae Breitweiser (collectively “STV”) appeal the decision of the trial court to dismiss their suit against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), raising numerous issues for review. We address one, which we find dispositive: whether the trial court erred in determining that it lacked jurisdiction to decide the controversy because STV had failed to exhaust its administrative remedies.

We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Save the Valley, Inc. is a not for profit corporation whose purpose is to protect and…