Opinion ID: 2263053
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Ten Percent Penalty

Text: Likewise, the ten percent penalty imposed on certain of Eagle's claimed costs was supported by substantial evidence. The CAB relied on the OIG audit, testimony at the four evidentiary hearings, and supporting documentary evidence to conclude that some of Eagle's claimed costs should be reduced by ten percent because of Eagle's inefficient use of CWI's recycling facility, resulting from inadequacies in Eagle's own facility. This sort of detailed fact-finding is the responsibility of the CAB, and there is no reason for this court to disturb it unless it is unreasonable, which it is not. See Belcon, 826 A.2d at 384. Moreover, the CAB did not apply the ten percent reduction to all of Eagle's claimed costs, but undertook a thorough and careful examination of the record concerning Eagle's hauling and recycling operations. We find no error in the imposition of the ten percent penalty.