George v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr,

Joseph George appeals an Evironmental Hearing Board (Board) order dismissing his appeal and upholding the issuance of a Department of Environmental Resources (Department) subsidence control permit to Consolidation Coal Company (Consol) under the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (Act). We affirm in part, vacate in part and remand.

Pursuant to Section 5 2 of the Act, the Department issued the permit on June 7, 1984, authorizing Consol to conduct underground “longwall” mining 3 of the Pittsburgh coal seam, a portion of which underlies…