by Brigit Rollins | Feb 29, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service
On February 15, 2024, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued a ruling formally vacating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) December 2020 decision to allow the state of Florida to assume permitting authority for section 404 of the Clean Water Act...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 15, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides, The Deal with Dicamba
On February 6, 2024, a federal court in Arizona issued a ruling directing the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to vacate the 2020 registrations allowing over-the-top use of three dicamba-based pesticides, XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. This marks the second...
by Brigit Rollins | Feb 1, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
In late January, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it was seeking public comment on its proposal to revise technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and standards for meat and poultry products facilities that discharge wastewater into...
by Brigit Rollins | Jan 18, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
In April 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued its final ruling Cty. of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U.S. – (2020), concluding that the discharge of pollutants into groundwater was a violation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). This landmark decision...
by Brigit Rollins | Dec 7, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
One June 22, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft white paper for its Vulnerable Species Pilot Project (“VSPP”), a central component of the agency’s new policy approach to meeting its Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) responsibilities when...
