TROUT UNLIMITED v. EMC

No. COA07-1153.

663 S.E.2d 333 (2008)

TABLE ROCK CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED and Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, Respondent, and Duke Energy Corporation, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Environmental Law Center, by J. David Farren and Geoffrey R. Gisler, Chapel Hill, for petitioner appellees.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Francis W. Crawley and Assistant Attorney General Sueanna P. Sumpter, for respondent appellant.


McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Respondent, North Carolina Environmental Management Commission ("the EMC"), appeals an order awarding petitioners, Table Rock Chapter of Trout Unlimited ("Trout Unlimited") and Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, attorney's fees pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 6-19.1 (2007). We affirm.

The relevant facts are as follows: The EMC is responsible for implementing state compliance with the Federal Clean...

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