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Commissioner, Indiana Department of Environmental Management: Complainant

v. Charles G. Hungler, Jr., Class I Operator’s Certificate No. 10045 and

Class A Operator’s Certificate No. 017131: Respondent

2009 OEA 83, (07-W-E-3901)

 

 

[2009 OEA 8= 3, page 83 begins]

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OFFICIAL S= HORT CITATION NAME: When referring to 2009 OEA 83, cite this case as         &= nbsp; 

   &nbs= p;        IDEM v. Hungler, 2009 OEA 83.

 

Topics:     &= nbsp;    

revocation

operator’s certificate

wastewater

fraud

deception

summary judgement

 

Presiding Environmental Law Judge= : 

Catherine Gibbs

 

Party representatives:

IDEM:   = ;           Sierra Alberts, Esq.

Petitioner:  = ;       Larry Kane, Esq.; Bingham McHale LLP

 

Order issued: 

July 1, 2009

 

Index category: 

Water

 

Further case activity: 

Judicial Review: =           

   &nbs= p;        IDEM vs. Hungler, 49D02-0801-CC-00= 3680 (Marion Super. Ct. 2009), reversed

 

 

 

[2009 OEA 8= 3, page 84 begins]

 

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COUN= TY OF MARION        &= nbsp;           )<= /p>

 

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COMMISSIONER, INDIANA DEPARTMENT        )

OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT           &nbs= p;   )

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CHARLES G. HUNGLER, JR., CLASS I            =        )

OPERATOR’S CERTIFICATE NO. 10045        &= nbsp;       )

And CLASS A OPERATOR’S             =             &nb= sp;          )

CERTIFICATE NO. 017131=             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp; )

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FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS

OF LAW AND FINAL ORDER

 

This matter having come b= efore the Court on the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Mot= ion for Final Order, which pleading is a part of the Court’s record; and = the Court, being duly advised and having read the Motion for Final Order, now m= akes and enters the following findings of fact, conclusions of law and final ord= er:

 

Findings of Fact

 

1.&n= bsp;     On April 9, 2007, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (the IDEM) filed a Request for an Administrative Hearing seeking to have Charles G. Hungler’s (the Respondent) Class I Operator’s Certificate No. 10045 and Class A Operator’s Certifi= cate No. 017131 (“Certificates”) revoked because he had practiced fr= aud or deception in violation of I.C. § 13-18-11-8.

 

2.&n= bsp;     On January 9, 2008, the presiding Environmental Law Judge (the “ELJ”) issued Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law a= nd Final Order (the 2008 Final Order), granting the Respondent’s Motion = for Summary Judgment.

 

3.&n= bsp;     The IDEM filed a Verified Petition for Judicial Rev= iew.

 

[2009 OEA 8= 3, page 85 begins]

 

4.&n= bsp;     On May 8, 2009, Judge Theodore Sosin of the Marion Superior Court issued Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Judgment sta= ting that the ELJ’s 2008 Final Order is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, otherwise not in accordance with law, short of statutory right = and unsupported by substantial evidence.  The Marion Superior Court granted the IDEM’s Verified Petition= for Judicial Review and remanded this case to the OEA to issue a new final order consistent with the Court’s ruling.

 

Conclusions of Law=

 

1.&n= bsp;     Pursuant to I.C. § 13-18-11-8, upon a finding that the Respondent h= as practiced fraud or deception, the Commissioner may revoke an operator’= ;s certification.

 

2.&n= bsp;     On May 8, 2009, the Marion Superior Court entered a= n order reversing the ELJ’s grant of summary judgment to the Respondent. 

 

3.&n= bsp;     Summary judgment is entered in favor of the IDEM.

 

4.&n= bsp;     The Commissioner may revoke the Respondent’s Certificates. 

 

Final Order<= /span>

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED summary judgment = is entered in favor of the IDEM.  Pursuant to I= .C. § 13-18-11-8, the Commissioner may revoke the Respondent’s Certificates.

 

IT= IS SO ORDERED this 1st day of July, 2009 in Indianapolis, IN.

Hon. Catherine Gibbs

Environmental Law Judg= e

 

[2009 OEA 83: end of decision]

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Commissioner, Indiana Department of Environmental Management: Complainant

v. Charles G. Hungler, Jr., Class I Operator’s Certificate No. 10045 and

Class A Operator’s Certificate No. 017131: Respondent

2009 OEA 83, (07-W-E-3901)

2009 OEA 83= , page 83

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