CRAVEN v. PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC.

Nos. WD 57339, WD 57344.

19 S.W.3d 160 (2000)

Neil CRAVEN, Missouri Clean Water Commission: Richard Davis, Hearing Officer, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Appellants, v. STATE of Missouri, ex rel. PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC., and Continental Grain Company, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

May 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Deborah J. Neff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for appellant.

Stephen G. Jeffery, St. Louis, for respondents.

Before: Presiding Judge SPINDEN, Judge LOWENSTEIN and Judge ULRICH.


HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

This appeal involves the statutory construction of Missouri's Clean Water Law (Sections 644.006—644.141, RSMo 1994). At the center of this controversy are operating permits issued by the state to two large hog farms allowing them to discharge concentrated amounts of wastewater. The issuance of these permits was challenged by a private citizen living in the area of the farms. The overriding issues to be examined under Missouri statutes...

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