Supreme Court of Missouri
In Re Trenton Farms Re, LLC, Permit No. Mogs10520 Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Missouri Clean Water…
June 16, 2020
Summary
The Court affirmed the Clean Water Commission’s approval of Trenton Farms’ permit for a swine concentrated animal feeding operation. It held that Hickory Neighbors had standing to challenge the commission’s composition, that the legislation changing the commission’s membership criteria satisfied Missouri’s constitutional requirements, and that competent and substantial evidence supported the finding that the manure-storage structures would be protected from a 100-year flood.