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Environmental Court of Vermont
                                 State of Vermont

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JLD Properties-Wal-Mart Stormwater Discharge Permit, Docket No. 129-5-06 Vtec
Project:     Wal-Mart St. Albans                           and 221-10-07 Vtec
Applicant:   JLD Properties
             (Appeal from ANR Storm Water Permit determination)

Title: Motion to Dismiss R.L Vallee as an Interested Party, No. 4

Filed:        October 16, 2008

Filed By:     Stewart H. McConaughy, Attorney for Appellee JLD Properties

Response: NONE

_X_ Granted                 ___ Denied                 ___ Other

      Appellee-Applicant JLD Properties of      St. Albans, LLC, has moved to
dismiss R.L. Vallee, Inc., as an Interested     Party in Docket Numbers 129-5-06
Vtec (stormwater discharge permit appeal)      and 221-10-07 Vtec (construction
discharge permit appeal). No party has filed   a response opposing this motion.
      In general, interested parties must enter an appearance “within 20 days”
of the last notice of appeal being served.     V.R.E.C.P. 5(c).   R.L. Valley’s
October 6, 2008 Notice of Appearance missed this filing deadline by many months
(or even years) for these docket numbers.
      Even if we were to treat R.L. Valley’s Notice of Appearance as a motion
to intervene, such motions must be “timely.”    V.R.E.C.P. 5(c).   We find that
R.L. Vallee’s attempted late entrance into these dockets, at a time when
deadlines for pre-filed testimony were quickly approaching, was not timely. We
also note that R.L. Vallee has chosen not to offer a substantive basis for its
interested person status in these appeals, whether it be timely or not.
      For these reasons, we GRANT JLD Properties’ motion to dismiss R.L. Vallee
as an Interested Party.

___________________________________________      __February 10, 2009___
      Thomas S. Durkin, Judge                             Date
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Date copies sent to: ____________               Clerk's Initials _______
Copies sent to:
    Stewart H. McConaughy, Attorney for Appellee/Applicant JLD Properties,
      joined by Co-Counsel for Appellee, Robert F. O'Neill, Esq.
    Jon Groveman, Attorney for Appellant Vt. Natural Resources Council
    Jon T. Anderson, Attorney for Interested Person R.L. Vallee, Inc.
    Judith L. Dillon, Attorney for Agency of Natural Resources
    Mark L. Lucas, Attorney for NRB/Water Resources Panel
    David A. Barra, Attorney for Town of St. Albans
    Brian S. Dunkiel, Attorney for City of St. Albans (FYI purposes only)
    John H. Hasen, Attorney for NRB/Land Use Panel (FYI purposes only)
    John K. Dunleavy, Attorney for Vt. Agency of Transportation (FYI only)