Opinion
No. 338PA23
10-16-2024
NC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES, Petitioner v. N.C. FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, INC., Respondent North Carolina Environmental Justice Network and North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Petitioners v. N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. and NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, Respondents
Phillip Jacob Parker, Jr., Secretary & General Counsel, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. Marc Bernstein, Special Deputy Attorney General, For NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources. Taylor Hampton Crabtree, Assistant Attorney General, For NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources. Julia F. Youngman, Attorney at Law, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al. Irving Joyner, Attorney at Law, Durham, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al. Steven A. Woodson, Senior Associate General Counsel, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. Stacy Revels Sereno, Associate General Counsel, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. Blakely E. Hildebrand, Attorney at Law, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al. Iritha Jasmine Washington, Attorney at Law, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al. Edward Caspar, Pro Hac Vice, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al. Meghan N. Cook, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. Sophia E Jayanty, Pro Hac Vice, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
From N.C. Court of Appeals (22-1072); From Wake (21CVS3292, 21CVS3457) Tenth District
Phillip Jacob Parker, Jr., Secretary & General Counsel, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Marc Bernstein, Special Deputy Attorney General, For NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources.
Taylor Hampton Crabtree, Assistant Attorney General, For NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources.
Julia F. Youngman, Attorney at Law, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
Irving Joyner, Attorney at Law, Durham, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
Steven A. Woodson, Senior Associate General Counsel, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Stacy Revels Sereno, Associate General Counsel, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Blakely E. Hildebrand, Attorney at Law, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
Iritha Jasmine Washington, Attorney at Law, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
Edward Caspar, Pro Hac Vice, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
Meghan N. Cook, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Sophia E Jayanty, Pro Hac Vice, For NC Environmental Justice Network, et al.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 12th of December 2023 by Petitioner (NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 16th of October 2024."
Therefore the case is docketed as of the date of this order’s certification. Briefs of the respective parties shall be submitted to this Court within the times allowed and in the manner provided by Appellate Rule 15(g)(2).