by Brigit Rollins | Sep 10, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
On August 28, 2020 the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued a final rule for the Highly Erodible Land and Wetlands Conservation provisions (“conservation provisions”) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (“the 1985 Farm Bill”). The conservation...
by Brigit Rollins | Sep 4, 2020 | Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Sep 3, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced on September 1, 2020 that it has decided not to designate critical habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee. The announcement, published in the Federal Register, comes more than three years after...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 27, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
On July 29, 2020, a coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia to challenge the recent regulatory changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). The plaintiffs in Wild...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 21, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Air Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Energy
In a decision published on August 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit filed by an ethanol company challenging the federal standard for measuring a particular type of biofuel. The plaintiff in POET Biorefining,...
