Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Protection v. Cole

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection (Department) petitions for review of a final determination of the Office of Open Records (Open Records) granting Vera Cole’s appeal from the Department’s denial of her Right-to-Know Law1 request. The Department denied Cole’s request for the stated reasons that it did not have the records requested in the format requested. Nevertheless, the Department did provide Cole with most of the information “outside the context of the [Right-to-Know Law].” In granting Cole’s appeal, Open Records ordered the…