by Brigit Rollins | Dec 3, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
A federal court in the Northern District of California has recently ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) does not have to register seeds that have been treated with neonicotinoids as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
by Brigit Rollins | Nov 19, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, National Environmental Policy Act
In a 2-1 decision issued earlier this month, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) does not have authority to issue binding regulations. CEQ is an administrative agency established in 1969 for the purpose of...
by Brigit Rollins | Nov 5, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service
In late October, 2024, the state of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Department of Interior and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) to challenge the Service’s recent decision to list seven freshwater mussel species as either threatened or endangered...
by Brigit Rollins | Oct 22, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, WOTUS Update
In late September, a federal judge for the Southern District of Florida recommended that an on-going case be resolved in favor of the defendant landowner who had been sued by the government for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). Specifically, the...
by Brigit Rollins | Oct 10, 2024 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Pesticides
On September 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan (“VSAP”), the finalized version of its Vulnerable Species Pilot Program that was launched in 2023. The VSAP is part of EPA’s new policy to address pesticide...
