National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Carbon Checkoff Programs Climate Change Commercial Transactions Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance (..)

2013

National Law Center

AUGUST 14, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Business Organizations Carbon Checkoff Programs Climate Change Commercial Transactions Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance (..)

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Carbon Checkoff Programs Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Programs Environmental Law Equine Activity (..)

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

AUGUST 13, 2025

Mencer has extensive experience advising producers and agribusinesses on compliance with the H-2A program and other labor regulations. The webinar will feature a Q&A-style conversation between Pittman and William Mencer, an Arkansas-based agricultural attorney. He founded The Law Office of William L.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

Jurisdiction of food supply In the United States, the food supply is primarily regulated on the federal level by two agencies – the FDA and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Specifically, the USDA regulates meat, poultry, catfish, and unshelled egg products, and the FDA regulates the other 80% of food.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

This second article explores Auer deference, used by courts to review agency decisions that interpret the agency’s own regulations. Robbins , the Supreme Court was asked to identify a “salary-based” employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Background In Auer v.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Carbon Checkoff Programs Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Programs Environmental Law Equine Activity (..)

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? Particularly, the U.S.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

Later, in 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12 , a ballot initiative regulating the production and sale of many veal, egg, and pork products. and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act [15 U.S.C. Compliance with these regulations is verified by either USDA or a third party certifier. NALC Explainer here ). 301 et seq.]

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Business Organizations Carbon Checkoff Programs Climate Change Commercial Transactions Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance (..)

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

Grain dealer statutes exist at the state level to regulate businesses that purchase grain from producers. Grain dealer statutes are an essential yet often overlooked part of state-level ag regulation,” Pifer said. The series provides in-depth information on current legal and policy issues affecting agriculture.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

Specifically, USDA has authority to regulate meat, poultry, catfish, and unshelled egg products, and FDA regulates the other 80% of the food supply. Along with regulating a portion of our food supply, the FDA has the authority to regulate drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements, animal feed, and more.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Business Organizations Carbon Checkoff Programs Climate Change Commercial Transactions Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance (..)

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Carbon Checkoff Programs Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Programs Environmental Law Equine Activity (..)

Law

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. . Photographs by J.

Regulations

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.

Toxic Substances Control Act

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. Not the regulators, not the permit applicants, not the scientists…. Such a test leaves protection to the mercy of the states.

Carbon Dioxide

The Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2016

The United States Supreme Court recently addressed whether the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ determination that wetlands are “waters of the United States” constitutes a final agency action that is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act in U.S. 15-290, 2016 WL 3041052 (U.S. May 31, 2016).

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There will also be a full day MS-4 track for municipal staff and consultants charged with implementing stormwater regulations. Continuing education credits will be available for engineers and landscaping professionals.

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

APRIL 25, 2016

On April 21, 2016 the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied several petitions for rehearing en banc a Sixth Circuit panel decision that looked at which courts (federal district court or federal courts of appeal) have original jurisdiction to hear challenges to the EPA’s Clean Water Rule.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pam Taylor, a member of Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan, manages one of the country’s largest citizen-led water monitoring programs. The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

2020

Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

The Township of Archipelago, which sits on the shores of Georgian Bay in the Lake Huron watershed, is seeking multinational support in its opposition to Bill 23 , the “More Homes Built Faster Act,” The Narwhal reports. The bill, which streamlines construction of 1.5 The resolution is expected to pass at the Great Lakes and St.

2023

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

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Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

On October 12, the Environmental Quality Board vot ed 15 to 3 to approve Part II of the final-omitted regulation limiting volatile organic compounds and methane from conventional oil and gas facilities. The regulation would affect 4,719 conventional well owners of approximately 27,260 facilities. Read more here. Read more here.

Regulations

Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

With that wide public sentiment for fireworks, there is actually almost no environmental regulation for the setting off of millions of little explosions of the more than 99% of fireworks imported from China. But, San Diego does regulate fireworks for locations near the coast, requiring expensive permits (.

Air Pollution

Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

Clean Water Act

Acoel

JULY 12, 2021

The 2016 Lautenberg Amendments turning five on June 22, 2021 provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on how this ambitious and bold statute is growing up –­ and faring in the courts. The past five years have been quite a ride for the 2016 Lautenberg Amendments. Posted on July 12, 2021 by Alexandra Dapolito Dunn.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

Industrial meat and poultry slaughterhouses dump millions of pounds of pollutants into the nation’s waters every year. The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. The proposal also introduces regulations for E.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. Video: Lake Erie’s murky algae water. Regulation Begins.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Farming-related contaminants already pollute thousands of drinking water wells from Minnesota to Missouri, and virtually every mile of streams and rivers in Iowa is impaired with little regulation to rein in the pollutants. In 2016, the U.S. farmland as “the single greatest challenge to our nation’s water quality.”

Law

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. with definite commitments for either work or postdoctoral training increased to 70%, from 62% in 2016 — the last time NSF reported these numbers. in 2016 to 30.2%

2022

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. However, the number of studies is still too few to draw conclusions about risk.”.

2016

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. In 2016, the International Joint Commission, a Canadian-American agency that oversees the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, called for U.S. The total cost of the wetland project is $10 million.

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