National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

It has been informally referred to as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” or “OBBBA.” Specifically, the instructions direct the committee to amend current budget-related laws to achieve the goals of the budget resolution. This resolution will include reconciliation instructions to one or more Congressional committees.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 11 Jul NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 12 Jun The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 11, from June 12, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

There is good news though for small business owners – almost every state in the country has passed laws or regulations allowing entrepreneurs in similar situations to produce and sell certain food products made in private homes with very little or no regulation or oversight. What Are Cottage Foods? Stat § 587.693.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 26 Jun The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12, from June 26, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jun Who Gets to Say? Share: Recent Posts Who Gets to Say?

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 04 Jun NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

While numerous other states had previously passed similar farm animal confinement laws affecting sows and calves, this was the first state to also include laying hens. The Court ruled that the California law was constitutional and allowed it to go into effect. Ross , a case that made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

3, Issue 11 Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S. Share: Recent Posts FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

CFIUS) , Foreign Ownership , Land Ownership , NALC Staff , United States Department of Agriculture by NALC staff On June 23, 2025, the House passed the Agricultural Risk Review Act ( H.R. Background Currently, no federal law exists that restricts foreign persons from acquiring or holding U.S. agriculture, particularly in farmland.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Prior to this measure, Texas law did not contain any restriction on foreign ownership of land. Texas is one of nine states to enact or amend a foreign ownership law during the 2025 legislative session and now becomes the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation prohibiting certain foreign investments in land.

Law

National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In late August, a court in the District of Arizona issued a decision vacating the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“NWPR”), the. The post WOTUS Update: Breaking Down the Pre-2015 Regulatory Regime appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

2015

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. Such a test leaves protection to the mercy of the states.

Carbon Dioxide

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . “If There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”.

Regulations

Acoel

MARCH 27, 2023

Like a predecessor rule in 2015 which attempted to broaden the definition of WOTUS, numerous states and industry groups have challenged the 2023 WOTUS rule. The court also acknowledged that the Supreme Court is currently considering the scope of jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. Texas, et al. 3:23-cv-32 (D.N.D.),

2023

Acoel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In the 27 states where the ninth attempt wasn’t enjoined, EPA and the Corps are going to apply the “pre-2015 regulatory regime” to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act. What does EPA mean when it refers to the “pre-2015 regulatory regime?

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a widely read report in 2015 that ECCSCM conducted with the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club, Taylor revealed for the first time that nearly 700 million gallons of liquid manure was spread annually in the western Lake Erie basin. A study by the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago and the Washington, D.C.-based

2020

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2022

2015-011-L ). Unfortunately, polluters may not know where downstream drinking water intakes are located, and are not in a position to determine if their pollution event is a threat. Finally, HB 1842 would likely cost DEP’s federally delegated authority to implement the federal Clean Water Act.

Conservation

Vorys Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

EPA’s website indicating the that Agencies have halted implementation of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and are reverting back to the pre-2015 regulatory regime for interpreting the meaning of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.

2015

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Protection announced Capital Region Water will make substantial upgrades to the sewer and stormwater systems that serves the Harrisburg area under a proposed modified consent decree.

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

APRIL 25, 2016

As a refresher, here are some of the highlights: June 29, 2015: EPA publishes final “Clean Water Rule” setting out a new definition of “Waters of the United States.” July 28, 2015: The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidates the pending circuit court actions in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

AUGUST 29, 2022

The permit was issued under the Clean Water Act in March 2019 – the same year the project received FERC approval – and will allow construction crews to “clear, grade, excavate and place fill material” on site to build the plant, which is being built on a 1,000-acre site on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles. [1]

Natural Gas

Smith Enviorment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Supreme Court decision reducing federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over streams and wetlands. See State Law: Removing Wetlands from “Waters of the State”.) Farm Act (Senate Bill 582/ Session Law 2023-63). Army Corps of Engineers defining Clean Water Act jurisdiction over streams and wetlands.

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Blog Posts New Addition to Foreign Ownership Law Trend: West Virginia Enacts Restriction on Foreign-Controlled Entities Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional FDA Updates: June 2025 Who Gets to Say? Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from June 2025.

Endangered Species Act

Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Court’s embrace of the ill-defined “ major questions doctrine ” as the rationale for refusing to give any deference to EPA’s admittedly “plausible” interpretation of section 111 d of the Clean Air Act has raised the specter of the Court’s conservative majority taking a sharp axe to any number of environmental regulations.

Clean Water Act

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

Government

The Energy Law

MAY 26, 2016

The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. District Court Judge Richard Haik found CITGO negligent, and, based on the factors in the Clean Water Act, imposed a $6 million civil penalty. Charles refinery. Year in Rev.

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

MARCH 3, 2017

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District’s exercise of jurisdiction and dismissal on the merits of a headline-grabbing environmental law tort suit against 97 oil and gas companies, seeking to hold those entities responsible for Louisiana’s coastal erosion.

Clean Water Act

MGKF Law

JULY 5, 2022

May 26, 2022), the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial for defendants facing subrogation and recoupment claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (the “OPA”).

Oil Pollution Act

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

2015-011-L ). DEP said the proposed regulation ensures DEP receives the information it needs to meet its statutory obligation under state law and as a trustee under the Environmental Rights Amendment to the state constitution. DEP is required by the federal Clean Water Act to submit a report to the U.S.

2024

Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

2023

Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. However, these structures have not sufficiently addressed agriculture’s impact on the nation’s water resources. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

Clean Water Act

Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. EPA established an accountability framework and state water pollution limits (TMDLs) for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment. in Environmental Law.

2011

Smith Enviorment

JULY 28, 2018

In addition to the environmental policy changes in the budget, several bills amended environmental laws. 14 of House Bill 374 (2018 Regulatory Reform Act) directs the Environmental Management Commission to study delegated local stormwater programs to identify: 1. Among the more significant changes: Stormwater.

2018

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

not Massachusetts) and to the one nearly each fireworks control law are regulating for public safety by a state fire marshall for “firework shooters, explosive blasters, explosive manufacturing, and explosive sales.” 49 states plus DC allow some or all types of consumer fireworks (. Levels drop back down by noon on July 5 (.

Air Pollution

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Following a comprehensive, peer-reviewed, scientific study, EPA issued a “proposed determination” that effectively prohibited the issuance of the Clean Water Act (CWA) permit necessary to construct the mine. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. These failures aren’t unheard of. appeared first on.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

There is nothing attractive, though, about Lake Erie’s annual algal bloom, or the harmful blooms that now contaminate so many of America’s iconic waters, among them the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Champlain, and California’s Clear Lake. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. .

Clean Water Act