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Agricultural Law Weekly Review – Week Ending April 23, 2021
WOTUS: EPA Administrator Testifies on WOTUS 🌾
On April 21, 2021, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan testified about EPA’s approach to the presently applicable Navigable Waters Protection Rule before the House Committee On Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. He stated, “What I’m pledging to do is begin a stakeholder-engagement process involving our ag community — farm bureau, ag CEOs, our environmental community — to look at the lessons learned and how we can move forward . . . that we can provide some certainty to the ag industry where we don’t overburden the small farmer […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—week ending February 12, 2021
Food Safety: New Swine Inspection System Suit Will Proceed to Trial 🌾
On February 4, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order denying dismissal of a suit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) September 2019 “New Swine Inspection System” (NSIS) rule. Center for Food Safety v. Perdue, No. 4:20-cv-00256. For background on the rule, see ALWR—September 19, 2019, “USDA Announces Swine Slaughter Inspection Final Rule.” The suit, filed on January 13, 2020 by handful of varied political advocacy groups, alleges that the NSIS violates the Administration Procedure Act and the […]
