A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS, NOAA

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Proposed rule announcing that EPA is promulgating this final rule to adjust the level of the maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts under the statutes the EPA administers. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Notice announcing the availability of FWS’s draft recovery plan for the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Temporary rule implementing interim specifications for the 2022 fishing year to address new assessment information regarding the status of the Atlantic mackerel stock. Info here.

Final rule implementing measures included in Amendment 21 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan as adopted and submitted by the New England Fishery Management Council. Info here.