by Brigit Rollins | Aug 13, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Pesticides
The past month has seen several developments in important, and on-going environmental law cases. Each litigation, though completely unrelated, has the potential to impact agriculture. The following is an overview of the recent substantive and procedural developments...
by Brigit Rollins | Aug 6, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service
On August 5, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively “the Services”) issued a proposed rule defining the term “habitat” under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). In the...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 29, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
On July 22, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a final decision in Nat’l Family Farm Coal. v. U.S. Envt’l Prot. Agency, No. 17-70810 (9th Cir. 2020), the lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) registration of the pesticide...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 23, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, WOTUS Update
On June 22, 2020, the long-awaited Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“Navigable Waters Rule”) officially went into legal effect. The Navigable Waters Rule is the culmination of a long-running effort by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to redefine the term...
by Brigit Rollins | Jul 16, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service
By December 15, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) will issue its final decision on whether to list the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). This is a highly anticipated decision that has been underway for several years. A...
