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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—October 28, 2026
National Agricultural Policy: USDA Announces $8 Billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program On October 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a press release announcing an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief (HFR) program to provide one-time payments to American farmers during the 2026 harvest season. USDA states that the program is intended to provide financial relief amid “temporary market disruptions and increased input costs.” According to the announcement, the HFR program will provide proportional payments to producers to cover a portion of modeled losses during the 2026 crop year, similar to the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, announced in December [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—September 16, 2026
Webinars this Month: Fri. Sept. 25: Understanding the Basics of Data Centers & Transmission Impacts on Agriculture (FREE Attorney CLE) Wed. Sep. 30: AgWorks: Worker Physical Protections (attorney CLE not available) WOTUS: EPA and Army Publish Supplemental Proposed Rule to Define ‘Relatively Permanent,’ ‘Continuous Surface Connection’ On September 9, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers published in the Federal Register a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR) (91 FR 57284) to supplement and seek further comment on additional optional definitions for “relatively permanent” waters and “continuous surface connection” waters in the agency’s November [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of January 12, 2026
PA Impact Fee: Pennsylvania Approves New Grants for Infrastructure, Environmental, and Community Projects ⚡ On December 19, 2025, The Department of Community and Economic Development announced the approval of 135 projects funded by the Pennsylvania Impact Fee, also known as Act 13 of 2012. Through the Impact Fee, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission collects fees from unconventional gas wells and redistributes those funds to local and state governments “to cover the local impacts of drilling.” Over $14 million has been set aside for these projects which span multiple programs and are intended to support community development, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of December 15, 2025
Methane Emissions: EPA Extends Deadline for Compliance with Methane Emissions Limits⚡ On December 3, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule, titled “Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review: Extension of Deadlines in Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources,” which extends the time in which oil and gas facilities have to comply with methane emission standards (40 CFR part 60, subparts OOOb, OOOc). In March of 2024, the previous administration set new source performance standards for oil and gas sources facilities. The new 2025 rule extends the compliance [...]
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