The primary issue in these appeals is the propriety of a decision reversing an administrative law judge’s revocation of a permit issued by the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (“EPD”) to Brantley County Development Partners (“the Developer”) to build and operate a solid waste landfill in Brantley County pursuant to OCGA § 12-8-20 et seq., Georgia’s Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act (“the Act”). For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
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Here, the superior court did not ignore or impermissibly overrule the ALJ’s factual findings; the superior court reversed the ALJ because it erred as a matter of law in imposing upon EPD an investigatory duty to investigate and confirm consistency pursuant to OCGA § 12-8-24 (g).
