by Brigit Rollins | Dec 18, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
In 2017, a national coalition of farming interests, food producers, and pesticide manufacturers came together to file a lawsuit against the State of California through its regulatory agency the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) for...
by Brigit Rollins | Dec 12, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Water Law
Current court cases have raised the question of whether the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) was intended to govern discharges of pollutants into groundwater. Jurisdictions have split on the issue, with some courts concluding that the CWA is meant to only regulate discharges...
by Brigit Rollins | Dec 10, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Water Law
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Dec 9, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE....
by Brigit Rollins | Dec 5, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, WOTUS Update
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) altered a central component of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) by once again redefining the term “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”). The term is a key aspect of the CWA because it determines which...
