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PFAS: Concerns Mount Regarding Biosolid Applications

[The following article is co-authored with Khara Grieger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Applied Ecology, NC State University; a shortened version will soon publish in Southern Agriculture Today]Johnson…

Topographic map showing Concord Lake, Coldwater Creek, Heilmans Mill, Edgason Lake, roads

Bona Fide Farm: Court Limits Exemption in Stream Protection Buffer Zone

The North Carolina Court of Appeals in December upheld a Cabarrus County Zoning Board’s revocation of a building permit for a barn set inside a Waterbody Buffer Zone. At issue in the case of Arstark…

Bald cypress trees with buttress trunks surrounding a duckweed-covered swamp at sunset

Wetlands: Branan and Burchell Provide Overview on Jurisdiction Changes

On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Professor Michael Burchell, PhD and Associate Professor Robert Andrew Branan, JD presented a webinar on recent changes in wetlands protection policy at the national…

Cross-section: upland, fresh water wetlands, rivers/streams/lakes/ponds; Section 404 and Section 10

WOTUS: Branan's Presentation to 54th Annual NC Irrigation Society Meeting (November 4, 2022)

For those interested, here is Robert Andrew Branan's presentation on history and update to the definition for Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972…

Water-filled drainage ditch running through plowed field to the horizon

WOTUS: Webinar to Address Proposed Changes to Clean Water Act Jurisdiction (1-11-2020 @10:30am)

There are many questions concerning the recent ruling by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to end the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), reverting to the pre-2015 "Clean Water Rule"…

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Last Week in Agriculture and Natural Resource Law (May 2, 2020)

[This is a weekly posting summarizing (and yes, some aggregating) legal developments - case decisions, new statutes and regulations, policy changes - of the past week in the realm of agricultural,…

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Clean Water Act:  EPA Issues Draft WOTUS Rules for Comment

On February 14, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers (under the Department of Defense) released their proposed draft rule redefining WOTUS and the effective…