The Commonwealth Court has decided that several provisions of a Locust Township ordinance regulating “intensive animal agriculture” farming operations are pre-empted by state law.
The decision from an en banc panel came in response to a motion for summary judgment from the Attorney General’s Office, which filed suit against the Columbia County township and its board of supervisors claiming some provisions of the ordinance run afoul of several chapters of the state’s Agricultural Code, including the Nutrient Management Act.
