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

REGULATORY: CFTC, EPA, FWS, NOAA

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Notice announcing an opportunity for public comment on the burdens associated with the following aspects of the Commission’s Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants. Info here.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Notice announcing that EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a public webinar for the third installment of a Pollution Prevention Finance Forum to support the EFAB Pollution Prevention workgroup and its charge ( https://www.epa.gov/​waterfinancecenter/​efab#meeting). Due to interest from the full Board, this webinar is being opened to the public. Info here.

Notice announcing the availability of EPA’s interim registration review decisions for the following chemicals: Laminarin and Linalool. In addition, this notice announces the closure of the registration review case for nabam and denatonium saccharide because the last U.S. registrations for these pesticides have been canceled. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Notice announcing that FWS is initiating 5-year status reviews of five species under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Notice that NOAA/NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during geophysical surveys in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Info here.