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Trump Executive Orders Signal Potential Changes in Environmental Policy Impacting Agriculture

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The new Administration under President Trump is now over a month old, but there remains some uncertainty as to how the Administration will approach agricultural policy. The Administration’s first wave of environmental...more

Wiley Rein LLP

EPA’s BPPD Extends and Expands the Experimental Use Permit Authorizing Trial Releases of Oxitec’s Genetically Engineered Aedes...

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A May 6, 2020 Wiley Alert discussed the granting of an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) by the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Pesticide...more

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EPA Approves Use of 10 Pesticide Products on Hemp

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December 19th, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its approval of 10 new pesticides for use on hemp products. EPA’s approval of nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide provides greater...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

FIFRA: Final EPA Rule Requires Stronger Standards for Applying Riskiest Pesticides

On January 4, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule revising its regulation concerning the certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUP). EPA states that the final...more

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LCB Updates List of Approved Pesticides

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With reports of significant non-approved pesticide use by some in the industry, the LCB has increased its focus upon pesticides. In addition to emergency regulations addressing product recalls and pesticide action...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Makes Available Supporting Documents for Endangered Species Biological Evaluations

On December 11, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) made publicly available several documents associated with the Biological Evaluations (BE) for the first three “pilot”...more

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