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Paul Goeringer

Jan 17, 2017
5 min

Ag Law in Review: 2016 Edition

This post is not legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. Although we are now into 2017, I want to take a look back at some of the big legal developments in the area of agricultural law during 2016. We saw a few important developments last year in the field and will probably see more in 2017 with a change in presidential administrations. Keep reading here, and this site will work to keep you updated on recent developments in 2017. Rise of Solar Energy Leasin

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Apr 1, 2016
3 min

Weekly News Update: April 1st, 2016

By Mayhah Suri Wicomico County Putting Stricter Zoning Regulations on Chicken Houses As it stands now the zoning regulations in Wicomico County say a poultry house can be no less than 100 ft. away from residential dwellings, which is about a third of a football field. Monday the county council held a special work session to change that. During the work session council members approved a draft that would create setbacks of 400 ft. in A-1 agricultural areas, and a minimum of 5

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Mar 4, 2016
3 min

Weekly News Roundup: March 4th Edition

By Mayhah Suri Welcome to the Maryland Risk Management Blog! We’re happy to see that our subscriber list is growing every week. To all our new readers, welcome. To all our readers, we are interested in learning what topics you want us to cover. Feel free to comment below or contact any of us using the information in the “About” section. Supreme Court Decide to Not Hear the Challenge to the Bay’s TMDL On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review a lower court’s upho

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Nov 20, 2015
4 min

Weekly News Roundup: November 20th Edition

By Mayhah Suri Two New Proposed Positions for the Aquaculture Coordinating Council Encouraging oyster growth has been an important part of Maryland’s environmental efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay as oysters filter water. Oysters are also a growing sector of Maryland aquaculture. The federal EPA has now expressed interest in the development of best management practices by the Chesapeake Bay Program through an expert panel whose charge is to evaluate the scientific effic

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Paul Goeringer

Jul 10, 2015
4 min

Weekly News Update for July 10, 2015

Happy Friday everyone! Hopefully everyone survived the 4th of July weekend with all his or her fingers and toes (apologies to those of you who lost them). This week we have news and new resources to announce. New Farm Bill Publications: Howard Leathers and myself have pulled together 2 new farm bill publications. Estimated Payments Under the 2014 County Agricultural Risk Coverage Program in Maryland provides estimates by county and crop of potential ARC-Co payments in Mar

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Chesapeake Bay Pollution Limits

Paul Goeringer

Jul 10, 2015
3 min

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Chesapeake Bay Pollution Limits

By Ashley Ellixson and Paul Goeringer On July 6, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority in setting “total maximum daily load” (TMDLs) standards, and the standards set, for the Chesapeake Bay under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Parties Trade associations with members who will be affected by the TMDL’s implementation sued EPA. The industry groups included, but are not limited to, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF),

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