{"id":7498,"date":"2019-04-19T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=7498"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:21:38","slug":"april-19-2019-weekly-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2019\/04\/19\/april-19-2019-weekly-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"April 19, 2019 Weekly Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday and Happy Easter!\u00a0 Here are a few ag law stories in the news this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7538\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2019\/04\/osterkorb-2093315_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2019\/04\/osterkorb-2093315_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2019\/04\/osterkorb-2093315_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>*EPA Publishes &#8220;Interpretive Statement&#8221; on Applicability of Clean Water Act to Groundwater as Conduit.<\/strong>\u00a0 You may recall from <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2018\/12\/10\/clean-water-act-application-to-groundwater-keeping-score\/\">this prior blog post<\/a> the legal issue surrounding groundwater as a conduit.\u00a0 Basically, the question has arisen about whether the discharge of a point source pollutant into groundwater that is connected to a Water of the United States is withing the scope of the Clean Water Act.\u00a0 The Environmental Protection Agency issued an &#8220;interpretive statement&#8221; this week, stating that &#8220;releases of pollutants to groundwater are categorically excluded from the Act&#8217;s permitting requirements because Congress explicitly left regulation of discharges to groundwater to the states and to the EPA under other statutory authority.&#8221;\u00a0 Keep in mind, the US Supreme Court granted cert in a case addressing this issue, <em>Hawaii Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui,\u00a0<\/em>which is expected to be heard late in 2019. [Read related documents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/npdes\/interpretative-statement-releases-pollutants-point-sources-groundwater\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>*USDA published 2017 Census of Agriculture.<\/strong> The USDA recently published the 2017 Census of Agriculture. [View website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/AgCensus\/\">here<\/a>.]\u00a0 The report provides data on a variety of different issues and metrics.\u00a0 Some interesting takeaways include the following statistics:\u00a0 96% of farms and ranches in the US are family owned; farms with internet access increased from 69.6% in 2010 to 75.4% in 2017; the average age of the American farmer increased to 57.5 years of age, up 1.2 years from 2012; 36% of all producers are female; and average farm income was $43,053. [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmprogress.com\/farm-life\/average-age-us-farmer-climbs-575-years?NL=DFP-01&amp;Issue=DFP-01_20190415_DFP-01_948&amp;sfvc4enews=42&amp;cl=article_5&amp;utm_rid=CPG02000000698080&amp;utm_campaign=37729&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;elq2=ecb2b853422b4b0f860a59cc39043d56\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Texas court finds for landowners in Endangered Species Act case.<\/strong>\u00a0 A federal court recently ruled in favor of landowners and others challenging the US Fish and Wildlife Services&#8217;s refusal to remove the bone cave harvestman from the Endangered Species Act list.\u00a0 In 2014, the plaintiffs filed a petition to delist, which the USFWS denied.\u00a0 The court remanded that decision back to USFWS, finding the agency had failed to use the proper standard in making that determination. [Read full Opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/admin\/2019\/Press\/Bone%20Cave%20decision.pdf?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">here<\/a> and article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=0396d468-3764-4cf7-91f9-68bb1a9aa6cf\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Lawsuit brewing over Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline.<\/strong> This week, the City of Kyle and the County of Hays both voted to hire attorneys and file suit against Kinder Morgan and the Texas Railroad Commission over the Permian Highway Pipeline that will cut through the Hill Country.\u00a0 Other plaintiffs in the litigation will include Texas Real Estate Advocacy and Defense Coalition, the Braun &amp; Gresham law firm, landowners Scott and Lana Nance, and conservationist Andrew Sansom.\u00a0 The lawsuit will challenge the constitutionality of the project, among other issues. [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/san-marcos-buda-kyle\/editors-pick\/2019\/04\/16\/hays-county-and-kyle-sign-on-to-join-stakeholders-in-legal-action-against-kinder-morgans-permian-highway-pipeline\/\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><b>*Iowa court awards attorney&#8217;s fees to plaintiffs in &#8220;ag gag&#8221; case.\u00a0 <\/b>You may recall from <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2019\/01\/21\/ag-gag-litigation-update\/\">this prior blog post<\/a> that earlier this year, an Iowa court found the state&#8217;s &#8220;ag gag&#8221; law unconstitutional.\u00a0 This week, the judge awarded over $181,000 in legal fees to the plaintiffs in the case.\u00a0 The State has appealed the Court&#8217;s finding of unconstitutionality. [Read article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/federal-judge-awards-legal-fees-in-iowa-ag-gag-lawsuit-case\/508664572\/\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Upcoming Programs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next week will be quite busy for my travel schedule!\u00a0 On Tuesday, I&#8217;ll be in Canadian at the Hemphill County Beef Conference speaking an agricultural leases and liability. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hemphillcotxbeef.com\/\">Click here<\/a> for more info.]\u00a0 On Wednesday, I&#8217;ll be in Burnet for our Ranchers Leasing Workshop.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve got a few spots left, <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2019\/02\/11\/2019-ranchers-leasing-workshop-events-announced\/\">click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0 To register, <a href=\"https:\/\/agriliferegister.tamu.edu\/organizationListings\/175\">click here<\/a> or call (979)845-2604.\u00a0 Thursday will take me to Kerrville to speak at the Hill Country Land Stewardship Conference.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/soilcrop.tamu.edu\/2019-bennett-conference-april\/\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more info on that event.\u00a0 I hope to see some of you on the road!<\/p>\n<p>To see my full list of upcoming programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/upcoming-presentations\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ranchers Leasing Workshop is now available on demand to be taken anytime at your own pace. To register <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilifelearn.tamu.edu\/s\/product\/online-ranchers-leasing-workshop\/01t4x000002ciNZAAY\"><em>click here<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday and Happy Easter!\u00a0 Here are a few ag law stories in the news this week. *EPA Publishes &#8220;Interpretive Statement&#8221; on Applicability of Clean Water Act to Groundwater as Conduit.\u00a0 You may recall from this prior blog post the legal issue surrounding groundwater as a conduit.\u00a0 Basically, the question has arisen about whether the discharge of a point source pollutant into groundwater that is connected to a Water of the United States is withing the scope of the Clean Water Act.\u00a0 The Environmental Protection Agency issued an&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2019\/04\/19\/april-19-2019-weekly-round-up\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2444,"featured_media":7538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,58,12,29,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ag-gag-statutes","category-clean-water-act","category-eminent-domain","category-endangered-species-act","category-water-law","category-weekly-round-up"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>April 19, 2019 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2019\/04\/19\/april-19-2019-weekly-round-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"April 19, 2019 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Happy Friday and Happy Easter!\u00a0 Here are a few ag law stories in the news this week. *EPA Publishes &#8220;Interpretive Statement&#8221; on Applicability of Clean Water Act to Groundwater as Conduit.\u00a0 You may recall from this prior blog post the legal issue surrounding groundwater as a conduit.\u00a0 Basically, the question has arisen about whether the discharge of a point source pollutant into groundwater that is connected to a Water of the United States is withing the scope of the Clean Water Act.\u00a0 The Environmental Protection Agency issued an... 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