Title: Sierra Club, et al. v. DE Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, et al.

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
SIERRA CLUB and 
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DELAWARE AUDUBON,  
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No. 216, 2015 
 
Appellants Below-Appellants, 
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Court Below:  Superior Court 
v.  
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of the State of Delaware, 
 
 
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in and for New Castle County 
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF  
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No. N13A-09-001 ALR and 
NATURAL RESOURCES AND  
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No. N14A-05-002 ALR 
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL and  
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DELAWARE CITY REFINING  
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COMPANY, LLC, 
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Appellees Below-Appellees. 
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Submitted:   November 4, 2015 
Decided:   
November 5, 2015 
 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices.  
O R D E R 
This 5th day of November 2015, having considered this matter on the briefs filed 
by the parties and after oral argument, we find it evident that the judgment of the 
Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons assigned in its 
March 31, 2015 decision, which affirmed the Environmental Appeals Board’s and the 
State Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board’s dismissals of a challenge to the Delaware 
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary’s grant of an air 
permit amendment.1 
                                          
 
1 Sierra Club v. Delaware Dep’t of Nat. Res. & Envtl. Control, Nos. N13A-09-001 ALR & 
N14A-05-002 ALR (Del. Super. Mar. 31, 2015).  A sentence on page 14 of the Superior Court’s 
opinion could be read to suggest that the State Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board predicated 
its decision on exactly the same grounds as the Superior Court.  Although the State Coastal Zone 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior Court is 
AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice  
                                                                                                                                        
Industrial Control Board did not do so, the Superior Court’s legal reasoning was correct and we 
affirm its judgment on that basis.