Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources v. Williams

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Eesources (DEE) has filed this appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County that denied DEE’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in an equity action brought by DEE to enforce administrative orders.

On August 15, 1977, DEE, following an investigation by its field personnel, issued administrative orders1 to Liefsta Development Corporation and Joseph Williams (Appellees). Appellees own an embankment known as Cresson Lake Dam, which spans Clearfield Creek in Allegheny and Cambria…