The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to amend the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations to decrease the value assigned to imported cotton for the purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. This amendment is required each year to ensure that assessments collected on imported cotton, and the cotton content of imported products, will be the same as those paid on domestically produced cotton. In addition, AMS is updating the Import Assessment Table to account for changes since the last assessment adjustment in 2024.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving with conditions, no-migration variances for four categories/groups of wastes, containing up to a combined 250 temporary disposal units ("put piles") at any one time, from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) standards at Clean Harbors' Grassy Mountain (Clean Harbors) commercial treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) in Tooele County, Utah. These variances will allow Clean Harbors to temporarily store treated hazardous wastes that are awaiting LDR compliance verification in put piles within its Subtitle C (hazardous waste) landfill. The petitioner demonstrated, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the put piles for as long as the wastes remain hazardous. Additionally, once LDR compliance is verified, the put piles will be disposed within the onsite RCRA hazardous waste landfill cell and will be subject to the conditions set out in the Compliance Monitoring Plan section of this document.
NMFS is issuing final regulations to remove the Cordell Bank Groundfish Conservation Area off central California for all groundfish fisheries and implement a new Groundfish Exclusion Area for all groundfish fisheries to protect sensitive habitat. The purpose of this action is to simplify regulatory complexity associated with overlapping fishery closures in the Cordell Bank area, and to increase fishing opportunities while still protecting the Cordell Bank ecosystem.
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are amending the definition of "shellfish" in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by removing the phrase "having a shell" and adding specific taxa. This amendment will clarify that squid, cuttlefish, octopus, and other cephalopods are included within the regulatory definition of shellfish. This action is deregulatory in nature, as it reduces regulatory ambiguity, aligns the Service's regulations with current biological understanding and commercial practice, reduces regulatory burden and is within the Service's purview to amend definitions as needed.
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are revising the migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations in Alaska. Subsistence harvest regulations allow for the continuation of customary and traditional subsistence uses of migratory birds in Alaska and establish when and where the harvesting of certain migratory birds may occur within each subsistence region. Subsistence harvest regulations, including the changes set forth in this document, were developed through a cooperative process involving the Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and Alaska Native representatives.
Supporting innovation in animal health is central to Canada’s efforts to ensure the long-term sustainability and resiliency of our food system. Research into alternatives to antibiotics helps the poultry sector adapt to evolving challenges, promote food safety, and strengthen consumer confidence.
[ESG경제신문=김제원 기자] 철강산업의 경쟁력 강화와 탄소중립 전환을 지원하기 위한 이른바 ‘K-스틸법’이 지난 17일부터 본격 시행되면서 국내 철강업계의 탈탄소 전환에도 제도적 기반이 마련됐다. 이러한 가운데, 법 시행에서 멈추지 않고 전기와 수소를 안정적으로 공급할 기반을 만들어야 한다는 의견이 나왔다. 철강 생산 방식을 저탄소 공정으로 바꿀 수 있도록 구체적인 지원책을 빠르게 마련해야 한다는 분석이다.포스코경영연구원이 최근 발간한 "철강 주권을 사수하라!: 변화하는 글로벌 철강 정책 패러다임" 보고서는 철강산업을 단순한 전통
The Northern shrimp fishery has long been an important source of income for coastal communities in eastern Canada. The Government of Canada is continuing to support Canada’s fishing industries and those whose livelihoods depend on it.
[ESG경제신문=김대우 기자] 최근 사상 최대규모의 기업공개를 완수한 민간 우주기업 스페이스X가 글로벌 ESG 평가기관의 ESG평가에서 최하위 수준의 점수를 받은 것으로 나타났다.세계 최고 수준의 기술력과 성장성을 인정받고 있음에도 불구하고 불투명한 지배구조와 과도한 지배력 집중 구조가 ESG 리스크로 부각되면서 기업의 장기 지속가능성에 대한 우려도 커지고 있다.22일 업계에 따르면 일론 머스크가 이끄는 스페이스X는 최근 MSCI(모건스탠리 캐피털인터내셔널)의 ESG 평가에서 최하위 ‘CCC’ 등급을 부여받았다. CCC는 ‘해당 산