New Waters of the U.S. Rule From EPA
Last month, on the same day that the Senate passed the Farm Bill Conference Report, and a day before the House took similar action, the Trump Administration released a new proposed…
EPA: Recent Perspectives on RFS and Agriculture
Recall that in December of 2016, agricultural policy observers expressed some measure of unease with President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott…
EPA Moves to Rescind “Waters of the U.S.” Rule
Coral Davenport reported yesterday at The New York Times Online that, "The Trump administration on Tuesday took a major legal step toward repealing a bitterly contested Obama-era regulation designed to…
Clean Water Act: Des Moines Water Works Lawsuit Revisited
Recall that back in January, a FarmPolicyNews update discussed an important legal case in Iowa that challenged the general exemption for agricultural storm water discharges under the Clean Water Act,…
Waters of the U.S. Rule: Trump Executive Order
Evan Halper reported in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times that, "President Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long…
Water Quality– Iowa Case Resolves One Issue, Clean Water Act Permitting Issue Remains Open
Nutrient-impacted water runoff from farm fields can have environmental consequences. A case filed by Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) involving financial damages from treatment of this water recently made its…
Trump Nominates Scott Pruitt to Head EPA
On December 8th, Washington Post writers Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson reported that, "President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of the oil and…