National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

3, Issue 14, from July 24, 2025. 3, Issue 14 (July 24, 2025). Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2025

The rule had been challenged by the city of San Francisco, whose permit to discharge sewage from its combined sewer system into the Pacific Ocean included general limits and non-specific conditions meant to protect the oceans water quality. aims to purify 10 million gallons of water each day.

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

Additionally, a report located here provides an overview of fiscal year 2025 appropriations made for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related agencies. The report available here , although written a month before the OBBBA’s final passage, provides an overview of conservation funding changes made in the bill.

2013

Circle of Blue

MARCH 10, 2025

Supreme Court narrows Clean Water Act discharge permits. And lastly, Democratic senators from western states ask the administration to preserve water funding and staff. Warming oceans, a consequence of climate change, contribute to rapid intensification. Federal hurricane forecasts set accuracy record last year.

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

It has been informally referred to as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” or “OBBBA.” For fiscal year 2028, a state can choose to use its payment error rate from 2025 or 2026; however, for fiscal year 2029 and beyond, the payment error rate for the third fiscal year preceding the fiscal year being calculated will be used.

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 5, 2025

State of the current system In June 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report evaluating the FDA’s efforts in inspected domestic food facilities. The OIG report follows a January 2025 report from the U.S. To read the full report, click here. food supply.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

3, Issue 11, from June 12, 2025. 3, Issue 11 (June 12, 2025). Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

3, Issue 12, from June 26, 2025. 3, Issue 12 (June 26, 2025). Robbins FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12 Who Gets to Say?

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from July 2025. Link to interview: [link] July 18 – In-person presentation on “MAHA and Agriculture: Overview, Update, & Looking Ahead” at the 2025 Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Officers and Leaders Conference in Rogers, AR.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

Robbins FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol. For more information on administrative law from the National Agricultural Law Center, click here. Share: Recent Posts Who Gets to Say? Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World: Auer v.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

North Dakota – Senate Bill 2386 , signed into law by the North Dakota governor on March 21 st , 2025, allows multiple new expansions to cottage food producer freedoms. Texas- In 2025, Texas enacted Senate Bill 541 , an update to its cottage food laws. Robbins FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

In the Express Grain case, then-CEO John Coleman was sentenced by a federal judge in March 2025 to 10 years in prison, plus five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay over $69 million in restitution. While that decision ruled in favor of the farmers, the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned the ruling in 2022.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

Approval of three new additives Following the April 22, 2025 announcement of its plan to “phase out” petroleum-based synthetic color additives from the food supply, in May the FDA announced its approval of three new natural color additives. Following the meeting, a public comment period was open until January 21, 2025.

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. 1713 ) which seeks to increase governmental oversight of certain foreign acquisitions in U.S. agriculture, particularly in farmland.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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. SB 17 is set to go into effect on September 1, 2025. To read SB 17, click here. agriculture, click here.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from June 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? Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World: Auer v.

Endangered Species 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. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The EPA proposes increasing the amount of biofuels in the nation’s energy supply through 2025. The Justice Department proposes an independent operator for the Jackson, Mississippi , water system. Environmental Protection Agency will set water quality standards, a requirement under the federal Clean Water Act.

Biofuels

Acoel

JUNE 25, 2024

In 2020 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals similarly ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management should have estimated emissions from foreign oil consumption in reviewing the environmental impacts of an offshore oil drilling and production facility.

Law

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2023

The water quality was so bad that there were incidents where tributary rivers that empty into Lake Erie caught fire. These deplorable conditions eventually led to the implementation of the Clean Water Act , which was passed in 1972 and strengthened regulations on industrial waste disposal.

Climate Change

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

2016

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. EPA determines that most Chesapeake Bay watershed states are not on track to meet 2025 pollution reduction commitments.

2022

ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. increase to $9.56

2022

ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R. This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. Legislative updates: The full House approved Rep.

2023

ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts. Forests: Reps.

2023

ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Congress Clean Water Act: President Joe Biden vetoed a Congressional Review Act measure that would have nullified the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule, which seeks to define the “Water of the U.S.”

2023

ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. The Biden Clean Water Act rule was released in late December and the rule was originally set to take effect in late March.

2023

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. BRUSSELS — The world can avoid the worst consequences of climate change, but emissions need to peak by 2025, the U.N.’s Even 2 degrees becomes unlikely without a peak by 2025. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill.

2022

ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. NSF also receives $3.43 Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

2021

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. 3540 ), which reauthorizes NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office through 2025.

2021