COM. ETC. v. BUTLER CTY. MUSHROOM FARM


499 Pa. 509 (1982)

454 A.2d 1

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, Appellant, v. BUTLER COUNTY MUSHROOM FARM and Roy Lucas, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Strain, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Harley N. Trice, II, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This appeal is being entertained to consider the holding of the Commonwealth Court that the Pennsylvania General Safety Law, Act of May 18, 1937, P.L. 654, as amended, 43 P.S. § 25-1 et seq. (Act) does not authorize the issuance of administrative compliance orders. We disagree for the reasons that follow and reverse the order issued below. 61 Pa.Cmwlth. 48, 432 A.2d 1135.

On October 10, 1980 the Department of Environmental...

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