Ohio Farmers Insurance v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Ohio Farmers Insurance Company appeals from an Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) adjudication, sustaining a Department of Environmental Resources (DER) action1 which declared as forfeit $254,750 worth of surety bonds issued by the insurance company ¡and posted by Ralph A. Veon, Inc. (Veon) for five surface mining sites in Little Beaver Township.

Although the EHB did not make findings of fact concerning reclamation conditions at the Veon sites, uncontroverted testimony of record provides a sufficient basis for reconstructing the events which led to DER’s forfeiture action.

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