MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU v. DEP'T OF ENV. QUALITY

Docket No. 290323.

807 N.W.2d 866 (2011)

292 Mich. App. 106

MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 29, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Varnum LLP (by Richard A. Samdal and Aaron M. Phelps ), Grand Rapids, for plaintiffs.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, and Alan F. Hoffman , Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and JANSEN and BECKERING, JJ.


JANSEN, J.

Plaintiffs commenced this declaratory judgment action in the circuit court to challenge an administrative rule promulgated by defendant Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The circuit court determined that the challenged rule fell within the scope of the DEQ's statutory rulemaking authority, that it was rationally related to the DEQ's statutory mandate to protect Michigan's waters from pollution, and that...

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