COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, APLT. V. BETHENERGY MINES, INC. (Majority Opinion)

State: Pennsylvania

Court: Supreme Court

Docket No: 52 W.D. APPEAL

Case Date: 10/02/2000

Plaintiff: COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, APLT.

Defendant: BETHENERGY MINES, INC. (Majority Opinion)

Preview:[J-29-2000] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL : PROTECTION, : : Appellant : : : v. : : : BETHENERGY MINES, INC., : : Appellee : : :

No. 0052 W.D. Appeal Docket 1999 Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered September 17, 1998 at No. 1601 C.D. 1997 affirming the Order of the Environmental Hearing Board entered March 17, 1997 at EHB Docket No. 90-050-MR.

ARGUED: March 6, 2000

OPINION

MADAME JUSTICE NEWMAN

DECIDED: SEPTEMBER 29, 2000

The issue presented in this appeal is whether Subsection 5(g) of the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act (Mine Subsidence Act), 52 P.S.

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