Dicamba Regulations: The Arkansas Framework for Dicamba Use and Restrictions Takes Shape
April 9, 2019
by Jordan P. Wimpy
Co-Author: Walter Wright February and March were busy months for the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Arkansas State Plant Board (“ASPB”). On February 20, 2019, the State Plant Board voted to approve regulatory changes for in-crop, over-the-top use of the herbicide dicamba on approved…
Arkansas Species/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service April 4th Notice
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) issued an April 4th prepublication Federal Register Notice (“Notice”) responding to petitions to list eight species as endangered or threatened. The species addressed included some whose range includes the State of Arkansas. Section 4 of the…
Two for One Executive Order Addressing Regulations: Three States File Judicial Challenge
The states of Minnesota, Oregon, and California (collectively “States”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against President Trump and various agency heads challenging: Executive Order 13771 –…
Worst-Case Spill Regulations/Clean Water Act: Natural Resources Defense Council Law Suit Alleging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Failure to Undertake a Non-Discretionary Duty
Three environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a failure to undertake a non-discretionary…
Livestock Fencing in the Shenandoah Valley: April 4th Environmental Integrity Project Report
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) issued an April 4th report titled: Livestock Fencing in the Shenandoah Valley (“Report”) The Report states that in regards to the efforts to address nitrogen and phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay two of the questions that have been asked include: To…