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  • OFFICE CLOSURES:  Due to the closing of Pennsylvania state government offices to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, all offices of the Environmental Hearing Board are CLOSED until at least May 8, 2020. The Board is continuing to operate remotely during this period. We encourage you to electronically file documents, and, where possible, to refrain from mailing or faxing documents to the Board’s Harrisburg office. Requests for extension or adjustments to scheduling may be filed with the Board and will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Calls may be directed to the Board Secretary at (814) 871-2573 or Senior Counsel at (412) 565-5245.

  • Attention as of Monday, April 27, 2020 the Environmental Hearing Board E-Filing application will be updated to send from PAEnvironmentalHearingBoard@courtapps.com email address. To help to ensure that there is no interruption to your service, please add PAEnvironmentalHearingBoard@courtapps.com to your address book and/or spam filter. Clicking "Reply" to these emails will automatically set the "To" response email to PAEnvironmentalHearingBoard@pa.gov.

    If you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the Environmental Hearing Board at 717-787-3483. 
     
  • The Board has uploaded its Opinion and Adjudication Volumes for the year 2019.
     
  • The Board has recently updated its Practice and Procedure Manual. The new manual can be found here.
     
  • Effective October 15, 2016, Christine A. Walker is the Board Secretary to the Environmental Hearing Board.  Filings sent to the Board Secretary should be addressed to Ms. Walker at the Harrisburg address.
     

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (the Board). Established by the Environmental Hearing Board Act, 35 P.S. Sections 7511-7516, the Board hears appeals from actions of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The Board holds hearings and issues Adjudications, Opinions, and Orders. Hearings before the Board are similar to non-jury civil trials before Common Pleas Courts or Federal District Courts. Appeals from Board decisions are taken to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. The Board Rules of Practice and Procedure appear at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 1021. The Judges of the Board are appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Pennsylvania State Senate.