( March 13, 2025, 8:24 AM EDT) -- JOPLIN, Mo. — A federal magistrate judge in Missouri denied a motion filed by the former owner and operator of a shuttered fertilizing plant to alter or amend a ruling that the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act statute of limitations foreclosed a development company’s attempt to recoup costs associated with remediation efforts but granted a request to hold a new trial to determine whether the claims are barred by the statute of limitations. . . .