(California Court of Appeal) - In an environmental group's writ of administrative mandate challenging the Mendocino County Air Quality Management District's approval of a permit to construct an asphalt production facility,claiming that the asphalt company-applicant should bear conducted an environmental review and that the District and Hearing Board violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Pub. Resources Code section 21000 et seq., or District regulations by failing to order applicant to conduct one,the petition is granted where the Hearing Board's tie vote resulted in the denial of petitioners' administrative appeal and that the denial is subject to judicial review.
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