Case Name: Russell BERNER and Donna Berner, Kendall Dobbins, Robert D. Clark and Robert W. Webber v. MONTOUR TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD and Scott Sponenberg Petition of: Scott Sponenberg
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2018-08-01
Citations: 190 A.3d 593
Docket Number: No. 84 MAL 2018
Parties: Russell BERNER and Donna Berner, Kendall Dobbins, Robert D. Clark and Robert W. Webber
v.
MONTOUR TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD and Scott Sponenberg
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 190
Pages: 593–593

Head Matter:
Russell BERNER and Donna Berner, Kendall Dobbins, Robert D. Clark and Robert W. Webber
v.
MONTOUR TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD and Scott Sponenberg
Petition of: Scott Sponenberg
No. 84 MAL 2018
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
August 1, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1st day of August, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to Petitioner's first issue is stated as follows:
(1) Whether the Commonwealth Court erred by holding that the Nutrient Management Act ("NMA"), 3 P.S., § 519, only preempts local ordinances as applied to farms that have an approved nutrient management plan and that small farms that are not required to submit nutrient management plans can be subjected to more stringent regulation than larger more intensive agricultural operations that are required to obtain approval of a nutrient management plan under the Nutrient Management Act.
Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues.
The ancillary applications for Leave to File Amicus Briefs filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and the PennAg Industries Association are DENIED.