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EPA Guidance on PFAS in Biosolids

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On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its “Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” (“Draft Risk...more

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Murky Waters: Making Sense of the Food Security Act’s Swampbuster Program and the Clean Water Act’s Prior Converted Cropland...

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Although colder weather makes spring construction seem far away, farmers and landowners would be wise to assess permitting and in-field environmental studies ahead of spring planting needs....more

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EPA Responds to Petition for Clean Water Act Revisions

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a letter in response to a petition filed by several environmental groups requesting that EPA revise Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations for concentrated animal...more

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Waters of the United States/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Army Corps of Engineers Proposed Rule: Agricultural Organizations...

Twenty-two agricultural organizations submitted February 7th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) addressing the federal agencies’ joint proposed rule to...more

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Confidentiality of Water Quality Management Plans in Texas

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The Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board (Soil Board) is responsible for the abatement and prevention of pollution resulting from agricultural or silvicultural nonpoint source pollution in the state of Texas, as...more

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Meat and Poultry Products Industrial Point Source Category/Clean Water Act: Center for Biological Diversity U.S. Court of Appeals...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other organizations filed a December 18th Petition for Review (“Petition”) challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) determination...more

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How Much Water Can the Federal Government Regulate?

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A controversial federal environmental regulation has been repealed, according to an announcement Sept. 12 by the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the assistant secretary of the Army who oversees...more

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Environmental Notes - January 2019

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EPA recently released a final regional office realignment plan in response to President Trump’s March 2017 Executive Order 13781. That order required EPA and other federal agencies to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and...more

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House Agriculture Committee Unveils Draft Farm Bill 2018

On April 12, 2018, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-Texas) released the Committee’s draft Farm Bill reauthorization, the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” (H.R. 2). The House Agriculture Committee...more

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Environmental Notes - May 2017

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The Clean Power Plan (“CPP”), and its companion new source review rule, is the Obama Administration’s signature regulation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Among other things, it requires states to put...more

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