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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 29, 2024
New Podcast Episodes: Farmland Energy: Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (Apr. 29, 2024) Agricultural Law: USDA Takes New Approach in HPAI Outbreak in Dairy Cattle (Apr. 26, 2024) Avian Influenza: USDA Issues Order Requiring Testing, Reporting for Interstate Dairy Cattle Movement 🌾 On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued an order requiring mandatory testing and reporting for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in dairy cows prior to the interstate movement of dairy cattle. Also announced by USDA, the order lists the following requirements, effective April 29, 2024: [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 22, 2024
Webinars This Week! Apr. 23, 2024, U.S. State Milk Pricing & Supports, Part 1 Apr. 26, 2024, Understanding the Basics of Producer Protections for Buyer Default Nutrition Programs: USDA Publishes WIC Final Rule—Includes White Potatoes, Reduces Milk 🌾 On April 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published in the Federal Register a final rule (89 FR 28488) finalizing revisions to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Also announced by USDA, the final rule enacts numerous changes, including Allowing the purchase of white potatoes, fresh cut herbs, and larger [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of April 29, 2024
Public Lands: DOI and BLM Issue Final Conservation and Leasing Rule for Public Lands ⚡ On April 18, 2024, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a final rule relating to the BLM’s management and conservation of public lands. The Public Lands Rule mandates that the BLM manage the landscape of public lands as a whole with land health in mind, in order to protect watersheds, local ecosystems, and wildlife habitats. The Rule also provides for restoration leases seeking to restore degraded lands, and mitigation leases, which will allow lessees to offset their [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of April 22, 2024
Methane Emissions: DOT and PHMSA Announce Pipeline Repair Funding to Reduce Emissions ⚡ On April 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced that $392 million of funding will be dedicated to modernizing pipeline systems and infrastructure with the stated goal of preventing methane pollution emissions. The funding will be divided amongst 130 projects proposed by municipality and community owned utility companies across 26 states. The selected projects involve repairing or replacing almost 500 miles of pipelines, for what PHMSA has said will result in a reduction of methane pollution [...]
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