by Brigit Rollins | Aug 5, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture
First authorized in the Food Security Act of 1985, the Conservation Reserve Program (“CRP”) is a voluntary program that allows agricultural producers to contract with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) Farm Service Agency (“FSA”) to take highly...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 29, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
A week before the trial of another lawsuit challenging the safety of Monsanto Company’s (“Monsanto”) Roundup products is scheduled to start, the judge presiding over the case issued a pre-trial decision dismissing some of the claims filed by the plaintiff. According...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 22, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law, WOTUS Update
On June 9, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) released a joint statement announcing their intent to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”), a key component of the Clean Water Act...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 15, 2021 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law
In April, 2021, the State of Indiana adopted a new law concerning the regulation of interstate wetlands. Senate Bill 389 (“SB 389”) alters the permitting requirements for wetland permits issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (“IDEM”). Under SB...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 8, 2021 | Animal Feeding Operations, Biofuels, Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
The past few month has seen a series of important environmental law decisions from various courts across the United States. The following is an overview of two important cases that have been decided in June, 2021 that will affect the agricultural industry on both a...
