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Court of Appeals Rules Against Animal Ag Reporting Exemption in Two Environmental Laws

Paul Goeringer

May 10, 2017
4 min

Court of Appeals Rules Against Animal Ag Reporting Exemption in Two Environmental Laws

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. The smells of livestock are common if you live on or next to a farm. If livestock numbers reach certain sizes, two federal environmental laws, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), may require the producer to report the release of hazardous substances to the Natio

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Maryland Court of Appeals Rules in Nutrient Management Plan Confidentiality Case

Paul Goeringer

Jul 28, 2014
2 min

Maryland Court of Appeals Rules in Nutrient Management Plan Confidentiality Case

Recently, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest state court in Maryland, ruled on the confidentially of nutrient management plan summaries on file with the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA). The background of the case involves requests under the Public Information Act from the Waterkeeper Alliance and Assateague Coastkeeper to MDA to disclose certain nutrient management plan summaries on file with MDA for farms on the Eastern Shore. Maryland Farm Bureau (MFB) had

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Counties Ban GMO Production and Confidentiality of Nutrient Management Plans

Paul Goeringer

May 22, 2014
2 min

Counties Ban GMO Production and Confidentiality of Nutrient Management Plans

Oregon Counties Ban GMOs This week was Election Day for many states around the country. Oregon had two counties with interesting provisions on their ballots. Jackson and Josephine counties in Oregon had ballot measure that would ban the use of GMO crops in their counties. The electorate in both counties approved the measures by 66 percent in Jackson and 57 percent in Josephine (Click here to view Jackson’s ordinance and click here to view Josephine’s ordinance). Both ordi

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