On Aug. 2, 2022, Missouri Prime Beef Packers submitted a wastewater operating permit renewal application, and associated antidegradation application on Nov. 17, 2022. On the basis of preliminary staff review and applying applicable standards and regulations, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, as administrative agent for the Missouri Clean Water Commission, proposed to deny the operating permit application and modification request. On Jan. 2, 2024, the department's Water Protection Program received notice that Missouri Prime Beef Packers is withdrawing its permit application to use the innovative iLEAF technology for discharge to the Pomme de Terre watershed. As the department no longer has a permit application to consider or deny, a public hearing is no longer necessary.
Additional information is available on the department's Water Pollution Control Sites of Interest webpage.