Legal Opinion
Pilawa v. Department of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 15, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
Stanley T. Pilawa and Disposal, Inc. (collectively, Pilawa) appeal an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB), which granted the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) motion to dismiss Pila-wa’s appeal of a DEP order assessing a $21,400 civil penalty.
*142On September 22, 1996, DEP’s emergency response team responded to an environmental emergency caused by gasoline flowing out of a fill pipe connected to an underground storage tank located on property (the site) in Mountaindale, Pennsylvania. Pilawa, who is in the business of brokering disposal of wastes, made…
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