Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed Senate Bill 680, the Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act, into law. The law limits the import and sale of shark fins to those commercial entities with existing permits and requires that the state conduct a sustainability study on shark finning in Florida.
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This Week's Spotlights
Legislative Updates - Passed State Actions
Florida Governor Signs Shark Finning Bill
Case Law Updates - Federal Case Law Updates
State Attorneys General Threaten ESA Suit Over New NEPA Regulations
A group of state attorneys general have notified the federal government that it intends to file a challenge under the Endangered Species Act to the administration’s recent overhaul of regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act.
A group of state attorneys general have notified the federal government that it intends to file a challenge under the Endangered Species Act to the administration’s recent overhaul of regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Legislative Updates
Passed State Actions
Florida Governor Signs Shark Finning Bill
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed Senate Bill 680, the Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act, into law. The law limits the import and sale of shark fins to those commercial entities with existing permits and requires that the state conduct a sustainability study on shark finning in Florida.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed Senate Bill 680, the Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act, into law. The law limits the import and sale of shark fins to those commercial entities with existing permits and requires that the state conduct a sustainability study on shark finning in Florida.
Case Law Updates
Federal Case Law Updates
PCRM Files Suit Challenging FDA’s Constructive Denial of Cheese Labeling Petition
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has filed suit against the Food and Drug Administration, claiming that the agency’s failure to respond to the organization’s petition requesting that the agency require a breast cancer mortality risk warning on all dairy cheese products amounts to a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act’s proscription against “unreasonable delay.”
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has filed suit against the Food and Drug Administration, claiming that the agency’s failure to respond to the organization’s petition requesting that the agency require a breast cancer mortality risk warning on all dairy cheese products amounts to a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act’s proscription against “unreasonable delay.”
State Attorneys General Threaten ESA Suit Over New NEPA Regulations
A group of state attorneys general have notified the federal government that it intends to file a challenge under the Endangered Species Act to the administration’s recent overhaul of regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act.
A group of state attorneys general have notified the federal government that it intends to file a challenge under the Endangered Species Act to the administration’s recent overhaul of regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Agency Updates
FWS Reopens Atlantic Pigtoe Comment Period
The Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is reopening its comment period for its proposal to list the Atlantic pigtoe as a threatened species with a section 4(d) rule and to designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency is now accepting comments until October 22, 2020.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is reopening its comment period for its proposal to list the Atlantic pigtoe as a threatened species with a section 4(d) rule and to designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency is now accepting comments until October 22, 2020.
FWS Reopens Nashville Crayfish Comment Period
The Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is reopening the comment period for its proposal to remove the Nashville crayfish from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. The agency is now accepting comments until October 23, 2020.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is reopening the comment period for its proposal to remove the Nashville crayfish from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. The agency is now accepting comments until October 23, 2020.