Maple Leaf Farms, Inc. v. State-Department of Natural Resources

BROWN, PJ.

¶ 1. Maple Leaf Farms, Inc. (Maple Leaf) appeals from a trial court order upholding the administrative determination by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the Wisconsin Pollution Discharge Elimination System (WPDES). Specifically, Maple Leaf contends that the DNR has no authority to prescribe conditions under which it landspreads off-site manure generated from its duck-growing facilities. We affirm the decision of the circuit court, which upheld the DNR's authority to regulate Maple Leafs landspreading of manure.

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¶ 2. Maple Leaf is the largest duck…