A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu

LEGISLATIVE:

S. 2848: Water Resources Development Act of 2016. This bill has been added to the Senate’s floor schedule for the next legislative day.

S. 3310: A bill to establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management, and for other purposes. This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor. Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

MEETING: House Committee on Agriculture Meeting. H.R. 470, H.R. 845, and H.R. 5883. September 14 at 9:30 a.m. Location: LHOB 1300.

REGULATORY: Includes EPA, FDA, FS, NOAA, and RUS rules and notices.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Rule amending an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of acrylic polymers when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation under 40 CFR 180.960 to include the monomers lauryl acrylate and acrylamidopropyl methyl sulfonic acid. Details here.

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION:

Rule FDA amends the animal drug regulations to reflect withdrawal of approval of those parts of a new animal drug application for a 3-way, fixed-ratio, combination drug Type A medicated article that pertain to use of the procaine penicillin component for production indications in swine and to reflect the reformulation of the Type A medicated article as a 2-way, fixed-ratio, combination drug product without penicillin. Details here.

Notice FDA solicits comments regarding establishment of appropriately targeted durations of use of antimicrobial drugs of importance to human medicine when administered in the feed or water of food-producing animals for therapeutic purposes. Info here.

Notice FDA withdraws approval of those parts of a new animal drug application for a 3-way, fixed-ratio, combination drug Type A medicated article that pertain to use of the procaine penicillin component for production indications in swine. Details here.

FOREST SERVICE: Notice The Fremont and Winema Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Lakeview, Oregon. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION: Rule NMFS specifies a 2016 limit of 2,000 mt of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. participating territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands). Info here.

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE:  Rule RUS corrects a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of June 9, 2016 (81 FR 37121). Details here.