by Brigit Rollins | May 14, 2024 | Ag & Food Law Update, Brigit Rollins, Climate Change, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
On May 1, 2024, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) released the final version of its Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule, otherwise known as the Phase 2 National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) rule. As the name suggests, the new final rule is...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 30, 2024 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biosecurity, Brigit Rollins, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, NALC Resources, Taxation, Webinar
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued its highly anticipated final rule to designate two per—and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”). By...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 16, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Conservation Programs, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, Land Use Regulation, National Marine Fisheries Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). Section 10 of the ESA sets out various voluntary programs available to private landowners that...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 2, 2024 | Biotechnology, Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Safety
In February 2024, a group of Texas farmers filed a lawsuit against Synagro Technologies, Inc. (“Synagro”) for manufacturing and distributing a biosolids-based fertilizer that allegedly contaminated the plaintiffs’ properties with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,...
by Brigit Rollins | Mar 14, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law
On February 28, 2024, the Corte Oreilles Lakes Association together with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa filed a lawsuit against two cranberry farms for alleged Clean Water Act (“CWA”) violations. According to the plaintiffs, the defendant’s...
