RE:  Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc d/b/a Stowe Mountain Resort, Land Use Permit 
Amendment #5L1125 and 10R-EB (Base Lodge), Memorandum of Decision and Order   
(Sep. 25, 1996)

                      VERMONT ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD 
                         10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092
     
     Re:  Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc d/b/a Stowe Mountain Resort and
          the State of Vermont, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation,
          Land Use Permit Amendment #5L1125 and 10R-EB (Base Lodge)
     
                    MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER   
     
       On December 28, 1995, the Environmental Board issued Findings of Fact,
  Conclusions of law and Order ( Decision ).  On March 27, 1996, the Board
  issued altered findings of fact and conclusions of law and order ( Altered
  Decision ).   Section V, Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Decision and the Altered
  Decision provide as follows:
     
          3.   The findings of fact and conclusions of law
               contained herein shall remain in effect, pending
               issuance or denial of a permit, until June 30, 1996.
     
          4.   The findings of fact and conclusions of law in the
               Partial Findings and the Revised Partial Findings which
               do not pertain to Phase II non-winter uses under Criteria 5,
               8, 8(A) and 9(K) shall remain in effect, pending issuance or
               denial of a permit, until June 30, 1996.
     
       On July 2, 1996, Mount Mansfield Company, Incorporated ( Mansfield )
  filed a Request to Amend ( Request ).  Mansfield seeks to amend the dates
  set forth in paragraphs 3 and 4 above from  June 30, 1996" to  December 31,
  1996".  On July 23, 1996, in a Memorandum of Decision, the Board s Chair,
  John T. Ewing, advised the parties and other interested persons that the
  Board would entertain oral argument concerning the Request on July 31,
  1996.  
     
       On July 31, 1996, the Board convened argument.  Mansfield, by Robert
  A. Apple, Jr., argued in support of the Request.  No parties appeared in
  opposition. 
     
       Upon consideration of the Request and argument related thereto, it is
  hereby ORDERED that Section V, Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Altered Decision
  shall provide as follows:
     
          3.   The findings of fact and conclusions of law
               contained herein shall remain in effect, pending
               issuance or denial of a permit, until December 31, 1996.
     
          4.   The findings of fact and conclusions of law in the
               Partial Findings and the Revised Partial Findings which
               do not pertain to Phase II non-winter uses under Criteria 5,
               8, 8(A) and 9(K) shall remain in effect, pending issuance or
               denial of a permit, until December 31, 1996.
     
       Dated at Montpelier this 25th day of September, 1996.
     
                                        ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD
     
                                        s/s John T. Ewing   
                                        _______________________  
                                        John T. Ewing, Chair
                                        Arthur Gibb
                                        Samuel Lloyd 
                                        John M. Farmer
                                        William Martinez
                                        Robert G. Page, M.D.
                                        Steve E. Wright