(a) Appeals of all final actions of the department shall be taken to the Environmental Hearing Board pursuant to the provisions of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175),¹ known as The Administrative Code of 1929.

(b) The Environmental Hearing Board shall conduct expedited hearings and issue its decisions promptly whenever it appears that delay in issuing a permit or uncertainty with respect to the validity of a permit will result in the loss of any right, title, lease, option to lease or other proprietary interest.

(c) The courts of common pleas and, in the case of an action brought by the department, the Commonwealth Court and courts of common pleas shall have the power to award injunctions to prevent violations of this act and to otherwise provide for its enforcement upon suit brought by the department or by any person having an interest in a workable coal seam or any owner or operator of an active coal mine who may be adversely affected by violations of this act.