MI FARM BUREAU v. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT

SC: 165166 COA: 356088.

990 N.W.2d 360 (2023)

MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU, Michigan Milk Producers Association, Michigan Pork Producers Association, Michigan Allied Poultry Industries, Dairy Farmers of America, Select Milk Producers, Inc., Michigan Cattlemen's Association, Snider Farms, LLC, d/b/a Airport View Turkeys, Alpine Pork, LLC, Ate Farms, LLC, Bebow Dairy Farm, Inc., d/b/a Bebow Dairy Farm, Bennett Farms Livestock, LLC, d/b/a Bennet Farms Livestock, Bleich Dairy, Brook View Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Brook View Dairy, Burns Poultry Farms, Inc., Car-Min-Vu Farms, LLC, d/b/a Car-Min-Vu Dairy, Cary Dairy Farm, Inc., Cary's Pioneer Farm, Inc., Centerwood Farms, LLC, Central Michigan Milk Producers, LLC, d/b/a Central Milk Production, Clover Farms, d/b/a Clover Family Farms, Contract Finishers, Inc., Courter Farms East Feedlot, LLC, d/b/a Courter Farms East, Courter Farms West Feedlot, LLC, d/b/a Courter Farms West, Crossroads Dairy, LLC, D & K Farms, Den Dulk Dairy Farm, LLC, Deyoung Pork, Inc., d/b/a Deyoung Pork, Inc. Plainwell, Double Quad Farms, LLC, d/b/a Double Quad Farms, Dutch Meadows Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Dutch Meadows Dairy, Dykhuis Farms, Inc., d/b/a Baseline Farm, Ehinger Farm, Riverbend Farm, Shamrock Farm, and Village Central Sandy Ridge, Edge Wood Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Edge Wood Dairy, Fairgrove Farms, Inc., d/b/a Fairgrove Farms, Gernaat Family Farms, GW Dairy, LLC, Halbert Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Halbert Dairy, Djn Cattle Farms, Inc., d/b/a Halliwill Farms, Hickory Gables, Inc., d/b/a Hickory Gables, High Lean Pork, Inc., d/b/a High Lean Pork 3, Highland Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Highland Dairy, Geerlings Hillside Farms, LLC, d/b/a Hillside Farms-Fennville, Hillside Farms-Overisel, and Hillside Farms-Overisel Hog Barns, Harvest Hill Farm, Hass Feedlot, LLC, d/b/a Hass Feedlot Home Farm and Hass Feedlot 2, Holloo Farms, LLC, d/b/a Holloo Farms, Huron Pork, LLC, Ingleside Farms, J&J Russcher Properties, LLC, J and A Pork, LLC, d/b/a J and A Pork, Jmax, LLC, d/b/a Jmax Dairy, Karnemaats, LLC, Kober Farms, LLC, KY-10 Farms, LLC, d/b/a KY-10 Farms, Laier Farms, Inc., d/b/a Laier Farms, Lucky 7 Dairy, LLC, Lucky 7 Farms, LLC, Myers Farms, LLC, d/b/a Myers Farms, New Flevo Dairy, Inc., d/b/a New Flevo Dairy, Nobis Farms, LLC, d/b/a Nobis Dairy Farms, Nvf, Inc., Oomen Brothers, Inc., d/b/a Oomen Brothers Hogs, Packard Farms, LLC, d/b/a Packard Farms, Payla Meadows, LLC, Peaceful Road Farm, LLC, d/b/a Peaceful Road Farms, Performance Farms, LLC, Petro Farms, LLC, Poll Farms, Inc., Prairie View Dairy, LLC, Precision Pork Farm, Inc., d/b/a Precision Pork Farm, Preferred Hog Farms, Inc., d/b/a Preferred Hog 146th, the Preston Farms, LLC, d/b/a Preston Hog Farms, Pridgeon Farms, LLC, d/b/a Pridgeon Farms, Psy Farms, R & R Pork, LLC, d/b/a R & R Pork, Rapid Ridge Farms, LLC, d/b/a Rapid Ridge, Red Arrow Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Red Arrow Dairy, Ruggles Beef Farms, LLC, d/b/a Ruggles Beef Farms, S & T Barns, LLC, d/b/a S & T Barns-Booth, S & T Barns-Fawn River, S & T Barns-TSC, and S & T Barns-Haenni, Sand Creek Dairy, LLC, Scenic View Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Scenic View Dairy, Schuring Swine, LLC, d/b/a Schuring Farms, Scott McKenzie Farms, Seldom Rest Hog Farm, LLC, d/b/a Seldom Rest Hog Farm, Side Street Pork, LLC, d/b/a Side Street Pork, Skinner Farms, LLC, d/b/a Skinner Farms, Steenblik Dairy, Inc., Stewart Farms, LLC, d/b/a Stewart Farms, Storey Farms, LLC, Stoughton Creek Farms, LLC, d/b/a Stoughton Creek Farms, Swisslane Dairy Farms, Inc., d/b/a Swisslane Farms, Terrehaven Farms, Inc., d/b/a Terrehaven Farms, Valley View Pork, LLC, d/b/a Valley View Pork, Van Oeffelen Farm Services, Vanderploeg Holsteins, LLC, d/b/a Vanderploeg Holsteins, Vds Farms, LLC, d/b/a Vds Farms-Fulton and Vds Farms-S Avenue, Veld Farms, LLC, d/b/a Veld Farms, Walnutdale Farms, Inc., d/b/a Walnutdale Farms Dorr Twp, Wil-Le-Farms, Inc., d/b/a Wil-Le Farms, Willow Creek Farms, Willow Point Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Willow Point Dairy, Wilson Centennial Farm, LLC, Bakerlads Farm, Deer Creek Poultry Farm, Hartland Farms, Inc., d/b/a Hartland Farms, Hudson Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Hudson Dairy, Mayflower Dairy, LLC, Meadow Rock, LLC, d/b/a Meadow Rock Dairy, Medina Dairy, LLC, d/b/a Medina Dairy, Nobel Family Dairy, LLC, Ottawa Turkey Farm, d/b/a Ottawa Turkey Farm 112th, and Crockery Creek Turkey Farms, LLC, d/b/a Crockery Creek-80th, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, Great Lakes, and Energy, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

May 31, 2023.


Order

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 15, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address: (1) whether the unpromulgated new permit conditions that the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy seeks to enforce with its 2020 General Permit can be challenged by way of a declaratory judgment under MCL 24.264; (2) whether a contested case proceeding under MCL 324.3112...

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