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ADAMS SANITATION v. DEPT. OF ENV. PROT.

552 Pa. 304 (1998)

715 A.2d 390

ADAMS SANITATION COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Brogan, Philadelphia, William Roger Truitt, Stephanie P. Brown, Baltimore, MD, for Adams Sanitation Co., Inc.

Dennis A. Whitaker, Harrisburg, for Com., D.E.P.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a party who leases a parcel of land and operates a business on that parcel can be required to abate ground water contamination pursuant to Section 316 of the Clean Streams Law1 where the record fails to demonstrate that the party was either responsible for or knew of the contamination. Because this Court finds that Section 316 permits...

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