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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 21, 2024
Avian Influenza: USDA Confirms first HPAI in Swine 🌾 On October 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the agency had confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI/H5NI) in swine in the United States, located in an Oregon non-commercial backyard farming operation. According to the announcement, the premises included “a mix of poultry and livestock, including swine” that “shared water sources, housing, and equipment,” which the department states “has enabled transmission between species [in other states].” APHIS states that “the animals were not intended for the commercial [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—November 5, 2024
Pesticides/Herbicides: Massachusetts State Court Grants Summary Judgment for Monsanto on FIFRA Preemption 🌾 On October 21, 2024, the Essex County Superior Court of Massachusetts issued a memorandum and order granting summary judgment to Monsanto/Bayer on the issue of preemption, finding that the plaintiff’s state law failure to warn claim was preempted by the labeling requirements of the Federal Insecticide and Fungicide Act (FIFRA), which “provides that a state shall not impose . . . any requirements for labeling or packaging in addition to or different from those required under” FIFRA. Cardillo v. Monsanto, No. 2177CV00462. The court stated that “while [...]
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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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