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

Notice announcing that the EPA approved the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Proposed rule announcing a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Sonoran Desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

Proposed rule announcing 90-day findings on three petitions to add species to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act. FWS finds that the petitions to list the thick-leaf bladderpod (Physaria pachyphylla) and variable cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus variabilis) present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned actions may be warranted. Info here.

Proposed rule announcing FWS finds that a petition to recognize the Texas population of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) as a distinct population segment (DPS) and to list that DPS does not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating the petitioned action may be warranted. Therefore, FWS is not initiating a status review of the Texas ocelot population. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Temporary rule implementing a 2,000-lb possession limit for Atlantic herring for Management Area 3. Info here.