This amendment removes mention of the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone given removal of the CWD Management Zone designation from 3 CSR 10-4.200 and increases the minimum acreage requirement to be able to obtain no-cost Chronic Wasting Disease Management Permits from five (5) acres to twenty (20) acres.
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Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission
Chapter 7—Wildlife Code: Hunting: Seasons, Methods, Limits
Proposed Amendment
Proposed Amendment
(1) Landowners [with property located within a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone as defined in 3 CSR 10-4.200] may enroll property in the department-sponsored Chronic Wasting Disease Management Program to obtain no-cost Chronic Wasting Disease Management Permits in accordance with the following:
(A) For the purposes of this rule a landowner shall include any person owning at least [five (5)] twenty (20) contiguous acres within two (2) miles of a confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease-positive;
AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 26, 2019, effective Feb. 29, 2020. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed December 12, 2025.
PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.
PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.
NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.