ORDER

25A-A03-DEQ · Department of Environmental Quality · 2025-07-28

IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, FARMERS

INVESTMENT CO., and SAVE THE SCENIC SANTA RITAS

ASSOCIATION,

Appellants,

vs.

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY,

Respondent,

COPPER WORLD, INC.

Intervenor.

No. 25A-A03-DEQ

ORDER

The tribunal is in receipt of the parties Motions for Summary Judgment, the Responses thereto, Department’s Motion to Strike and the Response thereto, as well as Appellant’s Motion to Extend and the Response thereto. After careful deliberation, the tribunal makes the following orders:

IT IS ORDERED setting Oral Arguments on the Motions for Summary Judgment on August 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. The Google Meet information is as follows:

Meeting ID

https://meet.google.com/zga-erzs-bfi

or

Phone Numbers

(US)+1 678-567-4882

PIN: 105 449 731#

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED continuing the hearing until after ruling on the Motions for Summary Judgment, however, the parties are required to present the tribunal with several dates of availability to discuss at the outset of the Oral Arguments.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying the Motion to Strike.

Done this day, July 28, 2025.

/s/ Adam D. Stone

Administrative Law Judge

Transmitted by either mail, e-mail, or facsimile to:

Karen Peters

Department of Environmental Quality

1110 W Washington St, Sixth Floor

Ste 127

Phoenix, AZ 85007

[email redacted]

Adriane J. Hofmeyr

Hofmeyr Law, PLLC

[email redacted]

Paul Phelps

Assistant Attorney General

Environmental Enforcement Section

[email redacted]

Eric L. Hiser

HISER BURGGRAFF CURTIS

[email redacted]

[email redacted]

By: OAH Staff