181. EPA Announces "Waters of the United States" Rewrite & USDA's Socially Disadvantaged Farmer Loan Forgiveness Temporarily Restrained

EPA announced that it intends to rewrite the definition of "Waters of the United States" and a federal court issued a temporary restraining order against USDA's loan forgiveness program for socially disadvantaged farmers. Also, USDA announced $1 billion in Emergency Food Assistance Program purchases and a California state court refused to dismiss a suit requesting that processed meats be listed as carcinogenic.  Hosted by Audry Thompson, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & Written by Audry Thompson Material from the Agricultural Law Weekly Review—Week Ending June 11, 2021 Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law https://aglaw.psu.edu/  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law This material is based upon work supported by the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Music is "Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)" by Edson Lopes is licensed under CC BY 3.0.