A divided Commonwealth Court dismissed as moot an operator’s challenge to Environmental Hearing Board conditions because the unconventional gas-well permits expired during the appeal.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a $14,000 civil penalty and three-year suspension of lead abatement licenses for Howland Company and its owner, holding that the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety need not introduce written risk assessment reports or prove actual lead presence to establish violations of the Lead Certification Act, and that 14 violations across five job sites over 16 months—despite prior Bureau warnings—supported the suspension term.