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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—May 17, 2024
Upcoming Webinar! May 24, 2024, Understanding the Basics of Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Area Security Law New Podcast Episodes! Agricultural Law: USDA Takes First Regulatory Steps on Carbon Credit Production (May 14, 2024) Farmland Energy: Agrivoltaics & Large-Scale Solar Energy in Pennsylvania Update (May 15, 2024) Food Safety: FDA Publishes Final Rule for Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register a final rule (89 FR 37448), which amends the requirements and procedures for assessing “pre-harvest agricultural water” used on covered produce, other than sprouts. Under the final rule, producers must [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—May 10, 2024
Agricultural Labor: Department of Labor Publishes H-2A Final Rule 🌾 On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published in the Federal Register a final rule (89 FR 33898) titled “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States.” Also announced by DOL, the final rule includes the following provisions: Requires that employers seeking H-2A workers assure that they “ha[ve] not and will not . . . in any manner discriminate against” a worker because that worker has “engaged in activities related to self-organization” or the worker has “refused to [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of May 20, 2024
National Energy Policy: DOE Announces Actions to Advance American Artificial Intelligence ⚡ On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy announced several actions intended to advance the use and safety of artificial intelligence across a variety of fields including modernizing the electrical grid, clean energy, national security, climate forecasting, environmental modeling, and emergency response. DOE also published a report titled “AI For Energy: Opportunities for Modern Grid and Clean Energy Economy,” which specifically discusses “AI’s near-term potential to support the growth of America’s clean energy economy and Advanced Research Directions in AI For Energy, a report developed by DOE’s [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of May 13, 2024
Infrastructure: DOE Finalizes Rule Banning the Use of Fossil Fuels in Federal Buildings ⚡ On May 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program published in the Federal Register a final rule titled “Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings” (89 FR 35384). This rule seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out the use of on-site fossil fuels for ends uses in federal buildings. The rule will require new federal construction projects starting between 2025 and 2029 to reduce the building’s on-site use of fossil fuel by 90%, with [...]
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