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PLATTE DEVELOPMENT CO. v. STATE, EQC

No. 97-269.

966 P.2d 972 (1998)

PLATTE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Appellant (Petitioner), v. STATE of Wyoming, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL; and Geoffrey Smith, et al., Appellees (Respondents).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Reese and Jon B. Huss of Brown, Drew, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, Wyoming, for Appellant.

Terri A. Lorenzon, Cheyenne, Wyoming, for Appellee Environmental Quality Council.

Gary L. Shockey of Lawyers & Advocates for Wyoming, Jackson, Wyoming, for Appellees Smith, et al.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN, and TAYLOR, JJ.

TAYLOR, Justice, Retired.

Platte Development Company challenges the Environmental Quality Council's interpretation of the statutory definition of "overburden" found in Wyo. Stat. § 35-11-103(e)(iv) (1997) as applied to a small mine permit authorized by Wyo. Stat. § 35-11-401(j) (1997). Finding the Environmental Quality Council's interpretation consistent with the plain language of the statute, we affirm.

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