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

REGULATORY: Includes AMS, EPA, FWS, NOAA

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

Notice proposing revision to the U.S. Standards for Beans, pertaining to the grade determining factors Moisture and Contrasting Chickpeas in the class Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans, under the United States Agricultural Marketing Act. Info here.

Notice announcing that AMS is making no changes regarding the U.S. Standards for Wheat under the U.S. Grain Standards Act. Info here.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Final rule establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Lysate of Willaertia magna C2c Maky in or on raw agricultural commodities and processed food, when used in accordance with label directions and good agricultural practices. Info here.

Final rule establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of dimethyl sulfoxide when used as an inert ingredient (solvent, co-solvent), in pesticide formulations for pre-harvest applications, including post-emergence use. Info here.

Final rule establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of siloxanes and silicones, di-Me, Me hydrogen, reaction products with vinyl group-terminated di-Me siloxanes, when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. Info here.

Proposed rule notifying the public that the EPA Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture a draft final rulemaking regulatory document concerning “Pesticides; Addition of Chitosan (Including Chitosan Salts) to the List of Active Ingredients Permitted in Exempted Minimum Risk Pesticide Products (RIN 2070-AK54).” The draft regulatory document is not available to the public until after it has been signed and made available by EPA. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Proposed rule announcing findings on the status of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) rangewide and in the eastern (east of the Mobile and Tombigbee Rivers) and western (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee Rivers) portions of the range under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

Notice announcing that FWS received an application from Weyerhaeuser Timber Holdings, Inc., for an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Notice announcing that permits and permit amendments have been issued under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. Info here.