Brookline v. COMM. OF THE DEPT. OF ENVTL QUALITY ENG'G

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• giving DEP discretion to interpret 310 Mass. Code Regs. § 7.01
• “We recognize, of course, that the application of new principles or standards announced in a decision may be so unfair as to amount to an abuse of discretion”
• “When the issues and facts have been argued at length in adjudicatory hearings, and when the agency has made a reasoned record describing why rehearing was denied, we give great deference to the decision denying rehearing”
• “What may be injurious to life or interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life is best left to the [department] to determine on a case-by-case basis in light of the most current scientific evidence”
• upholding validity of 310 Code Mass. Regs. § 7.00
• upholding validity of 310 Code Mass. Regs. § 7.00

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).