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

REGULATORY: EPA, NOAA

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Proposed rule announcing that the EPA is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states’ seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain consistent with the requirements of the corresponding onshore area (COA), as mandated by section 328(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Info here.

Notice announcing that the EPA has determined that the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) is in the public interest and is necessary in connection with the performance of EPA’s duties. Accordingly, the FRRCC will be renewed for an additional two-year period. Info here.

Notice announcing that pesticide-related information submitted to the EPA pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including information that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information by the submitter, will be transferred to the U.S. Department of Justice and parties to certain litigation. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Temporary rule prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by non-American Fisheries Act crab vessels that are subject to sideboard limits, and operating as catcher vessels using pot gear, in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska. Info here.