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Biofuels Rules: EPA Guidance Stands

In a decision published on August 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a...

Up for Debate: FWS Proposes Definition for “Habitat”

On August 5, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively “the...

WOTUS Update: Injunction Issued As Lawsuits Progress

On June 22, 2020, the long-awaited Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“Navigable Waters Rule”) officially went into legal effect. The Navigable Waters...

To List or Not to List: Possible Consequences of The Monarch Butterfly’s Final Listing Decision

By December 15, 2020, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) will issue its final decision on whether to list...

To List or Not to List: Monarch Butterfly ESA Decision Due at End of 2020

In 2014, several environmental groups petitioned the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) to list the monarch butterfly under the...

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Pesticide Pressures: Enlist Duo Registration Before Ninth Circuit

In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) registered a pesticide called Enlist Duo under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...

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Label-Free: Court Concludes No Warning Label For Glyphosate

A federal judge in the Eastern District of California has upheld the court’s earlier decision that the state of California cannot...

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The Deal with Dicamba: Plaintiffs Challenge EPA Cancellation Order

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated three pesticide registrations for dicamba-based herbicides,...

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The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Issues Cancel Order for Dicamba Herbicides

UPDATE: Late on June 11, 2020, the plaintiffs filed a motion with the court seeking to have EPA’s cancellation order overturned....

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Assistance Available for Producers Facing Depopulation

One of the many problems the agriculture industry has faced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is the temporary closing...

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Two Cases Dismissed and One Advances in ESA Dispute

In August, 2019, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively, “the Services”)...

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WOTUS Update: Navigable Waters Rule Faces Backlash

On April 21, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the long-awaited Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“Navigable Waters Rule”) in the...

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Cleanup of Abandoned Oilfield Locations: Who is Responsible?

Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney The oil and gas industry is cyclical by nature.  Sometimes the economics of the industry are...

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Supreme Court Issues Opinion in “County of Maui”

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States published its opinion in a case concerning the role of groundwater in the...

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Revisiting WOTUS: Tracking Regulatory Changes to Critical CWA Term

On April 21, 2020, EPA published the Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register. That rule establishes a new definition...

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The Deal With Dicamba: Part Eight

The previous articles in this series have all looked at lawsuits initiated by plaintiffs who alleged that they were harmed by...

EPA Issues Guidance On Environmental Compliance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a guidance document on March 26, 2020, regarding the agency’s legal enforcement of environmental legal...