An email update and Web posting from the Department of Environmental Protection did not constitute sufficient notice to initiate an appeal, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The court said in its June 2 opinion in Harvilchuck v. Department of Environmental Protection that an appeal from Laurence Harvilchuck was not untimely, even though it was filed more than 30 days after he received email notice of the DEP’s action. The court said that email and another sent three days later did not contain enough information to serve as adequate notice.
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