Case Name: The PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF SPORTSMEN'S CLUBS; The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club; The Pennsylvania Chapter of Trout Unlimited; The Juniata Chapter of the Audubon Society; Loyalsock Watershed Association; Wyona Coleman, an individual; Paul Jurovcik, an individual; and Patrick McGinley, an individual, Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board and Clifford L. Jones, individually and in the capacity of Secretary of Environmental Resources and Chairman of the Pennsylvania Environmental Board, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1982-06-17
Citations: 498 Pa. 359
Docket Number: Appeal Nos. 81-2-275, 276 & 277
Parties: The PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS; The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club; The Pennsylvania Chapter of Trout Unlimited; The Juniata Chapter of the Audubon Society; Loyalsock Watershed Association; Wyona Coleman, an individual; Paul Jurovcik, an individual; and Patrick McGinley, an individual, Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board and Clifford L. Jones, individually and in the capacity of Secretary of Environmental Resources and Chairman of the Pennsylvania Environmental Board, Respondents.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 498
Pages: 359–360

Head Matter:
446 A.2d 599
The PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS; The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club; The Pennsylvania Chapter of Trout Unlimited; The Juniata Chapter of the Audubon Society; Loyalsock Watershed Association; Wyona Coleman, an individual; Paul Jurovcik, an individual; and Patrick McGinley, an individual, Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board and Clifford L. Jones, individually and in the capacity of Secretary of Environmental Resources and Chairman of the Pennsylvania Environmental Board, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued May 17, 1982.
Decided June 17, 1982.
Robert M. Bastress, Patrick McGinley, Belle Vernon, Steven L. Friedman, Philadelphia, Henry Ingram, Thomas C. Reed, Pittsburgh, for appellants.
Steven L. Friedman, Stephen C. Braverman, Philadelphia, for appellee Coal Mining Asso. et al.
Eugene E. Dice, Douglas Blazey, Harrisburg, for appellee Com. of Pa., Dept. of Environmental Resources, et al.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Orders affirmed.
LARSEN, J., dissents.