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California's Summer Blockbuster, Continued!: Newly Enacted Non-Housing CEQA Reforms

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Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

TO BUILD A POND: Does it impact your agricultural use exemption?

A landowner inherited a family timber tract located in Charleston County originally purchased by their grandfather as a timber investment property in 1936. Since that initial purchase, the family, through three (3)...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Aftermath of Martinez-Cuevas v. DeRuyter Brothers Dairy: ESSB 5172 and Overtime Pay for Agricultural Workers

Washington’s Supreme Court disrupted the state’s agricultural industry on November 5, 2020, when it held that the agricultural overtime exemption at RCW 49.46.130(2)(g) violated the state’s constitution as applied to dairy...more

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EPA Approves New Fungicide to be Delivered by the Bees Themselves

EPA has been a hive of activity regarding the declining bee population. The agency recently approved an organic fungicide that is to be delivered to crops via “bee vectoring”—a process by which commercially-reared bees walk...more

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Sino-US and EU-US trade wars continue to cause hardship for manufacturers

The year-long trade conflict between the U.S. and China has caused a number of economic casualties. North American farmers have struggled, as they watched their primary market for soy and pork disappear,...more

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EPA Proposes Rule to Exempt Farm Animal Waste Reporting

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In a new effort to clarify the breadth of exemptions for farm animal waste emission reporting, EPA has proposed a rule that exempts such emissions from the reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community...more

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FSIS Issues Guidance on Retailer and Restaurant Exemptions from Inspection Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently released a guidance document to help companies determine whether their operations are exempt from the inspection requirements of...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: CAFOs: Protect Against Future Liability; Make Continuous Release Report on November 15

On November 15, the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that invalidated the U.S. EPA’s rule exempting hog, chicken, dairy cow and other concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) from reporting air...more

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Appeals Court Decision Requires Air Emissions Reporting for Animal Waste

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On April 11, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit vacated a 2008 EPA rule, which had exempted certain agricultural operations from federal air emission reporting requirements...more

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Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Wait, Maybe He Didn’t.

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In March 2015, Katie and Chris Brewer bought 22 acres in Chapel Hill, Orange County – a rural, wooded spot – through an entity called Southeast Property Group, LLC. Among other things on their property, the Brewers intended...more

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DC Circuit Finds OSHA “Interpretation” Narrowing Retail Exemption Under the Process Safety Management Standard Really a...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a challenge brought by trade associations for the farm supply and fertilizer industries, the D.C. Circuit vacates OSHA memorandum narrowing the retail exemption from the PSM standard. The U.S....more

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Sixth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment as to Class, Based on FLSA Agriculture Exemption

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Is the saying “fish or cut bait” dead? If you are ever in need of sleep, pull out your copy of the U.S. Code and traipse through the exemptions contained in section 13 of the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 213. We’re all familiar with the...more

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