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BIG B MIN. v. DEPT. OF ENV. RESOURCES

155 Pa.Commw. 16 (1993)

624 A.2d 713

BIG B MINING CO., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 13, 1993.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied September 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruno A. Muscatello, for petitioner.

Diana J. Stares, Asst. Counsel, for respondent.

Henry Ingram, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Coal Ass'n.

Before PELLEGRINI and FRIEDMAN, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Big B Mining Company, Inc. (Big B) appeals from the order of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) which denied Big B's petition for counsel fees, costs and expenses incurred while successfully challenging the Department of Environmental Resources' (DER) denial of its application for a surface mining permit. We reverse and remand.

After prolonged litigation, Big B successfully obtained a surface mining permit. Big B then petitioned to...

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