SOUTH DEARBORN ENVIRONMENTAL IMP. v. DEQ

Nos. 154524, 154526.

917 N.W.2d 603 (2018)

502 Mich. 349

SOUTH DEARBORN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC., Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Original United Citizens of Southwest Detroit, and Sierra Club, Petitioners-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY and Dan Wyant, Respondents-Appellants, and AK Steel Corporation, Appellee. South Dearborn Environmental Improvement Association, Inc., Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Original United Citizens of Southwest Detroit, and Sierra Club, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Department of Environmental Quality and Dan Wyant, Respondents-Appellees, and AK Steel Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olson, Bzdok & Howard, PC (by Christopher M. Bzdok and Tracy J. Andrews ), Traverse City, for South Dearborn Environmental Improvement Association, Inc.

Great Lakes Environmental Law Center (by Nicholas Leonard , and Oday Salim ) for Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Original United Citizens of Southwest Detroit, and the Sierra Club.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Laura Moody , Chief Legal Counsel, and Neil D. Gordon , Assistant Attorney General, for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Dan Wyant.

Driggers, Schultz & Herbst, PC (by Barbara D. Urlaub , William C. Schaefer , and Adam Hall ,) Troy, for AK Steel Corporation.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH


OPINION

In this case, we consider how long an interested party has to file a petition for judicial review of a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) decision to issue a permit for an existing source of air pollution. We hold that MCL 324.5505(8) and MCL 324.5506(14) provide that such a petition must be filed...

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