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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—October 11, 2024
Agricultural Labor: Federal Court Partially Enjoins 2023 H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Calculation Rule 🌾 On September 18, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a memorandum opinion partially granting a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s (DOL) February 2023 final rule, which amended the H-2A adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) calculations to include data from non-agricultural occupations. Teche Vermilion Sugar Cane Growers Assoc. Inc v. Su, No. 6:23-cv-00831. In their complaint, the plaintiffs “challenge[d] the DOL's decision to base the AEWR for H-2A workers who haul sugarcane from the field to the processing plants [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—October 3, 2024
Dairy Policy/International Trade: Colombia Imposes 4.86% Tariff on U.S. Milk Powder Imports 🌾 On September 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published a trade policy monitoring report stating that Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MINCIT) had “imposed a provisional duty of 4.86 percent on U.S. milk powder imports for up to four months.” Prior to this action, FAS states that “U.S. milk powder exports enter Colombia under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement through a duty-free tariff rate quota, which increases annually.” According to the FAS report, on July 4, 2024, MINCIT issued [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of August 26, 2024
Oil and Gas Leasing: Bureau of Land Management Receives Nearly $24 Million in Bids for Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Montana and North Dakota ⚡ On August 7, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted a sale for oil and gas leases in the Montana and Dakotas region. The BLM received 264 bids and $23,935,772 in high bids for the 26 parcels, adding up to 5,570 acres, in the Montana-Dakotas Region. The lease sale had its public scoping period from December 28, 2023, to January 29, 2024, and the BLM released its decision record on August 5, 2024, [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of August 19, 2024
National Energy Policy: DOE To Purchase 3.5 Million Barrels of Crude Oil for Strategic Petroleum Reserve ⚡ On August 6, 2024, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response announced two new solicitations for the purchase of up to 3.5 million barrels of U.S.-produced crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The first Request for Proposal (RFP) opened on August 6, 2024, and aims to secure monthly deliveries of up to 1.5 million barrels of oil to the Bayou Choctaw site in Iberville Parish, Louisiana; this RFP closed on August 13, 2024. [...]
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