by Brigit Rollins | Apr 22, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
On April 21, 2020, EPA published the Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register. That rule establishes a new definition for “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) and comes five years after EPA’s previous rule that defined the term. A previous article...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 22, 2020 | Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pesticides
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 15, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Pesticides, The Deal with Dicamba
The previous articles in this series have all looked at lawsuits initiated by plaintiffs who alleged that they were harmed by use of dicamba-based pesticides. This article, the final in the series, will examine three state court cases brought by plaintiffs challenging...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 10, 2020 | Animal Feeding Operations, Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a guidance document on March 26, 2020, regarding the agency’s legal enforcement of environmental legal obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the guidance document, EPA will be relaxing enforcement of...
by Brigit Rollins | Apr 8, 2020 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides, The Deal with Dicamba
Up to now, this series has focused on two cases involving plaintiff farmers who have filed suit against Monsanto Company (“Monsanto”) and BASF Corporation (“BASF”) for crop damage allegedly caused by dicamba-based pesticides produced by the companies. Those plaintiffs...
