Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Trout v. Department of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 7, 2004PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION By
Judge SIMPSON.
Pennsylvania Trout, Trout Unlimited-Penns Woods West Chapter and Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (collectively Objectors) appeal an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), which upheld the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) issuance of a permit to Orix-Woodmont Deer Creek Venture (Permittee) to fill approximately six acres of wetlands so that Permittee may construct a master planned mixed-use commercial development. The EHB determined Permittee met its burden under 25 Pa.Code § 105.18a(b)(3) of rebutting the presumption that a practicable…
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