NSGLC's monthly e-newsletter with publication and research highlights,

as well as news alerts on other major activities.

The NSGLC is pleased to offer the August 2022 issue of Ocean and Coastal Case Alert. The August 2022 edition includes a challenge from commercial herring fishing companies to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s approval of an Omnibus Amendment and issuance of a Final Rule that establishes industry funded at-sea monitoring programs in New England.

The NSGLC blog featured three posts written by our summer interns: 

• California Passes Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act
• Court Says Happy the Elephant is Not a Person
• Supreme Court Issues Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA 

Minnesota Sea Grant contacted the NSGLC for information on what enforcement mechanisms are available for subsurface sewage treatment systems (SSTS) in Minnesota. The NSGLC provided a brief description of the SSTS program in the state. Although there are state laws and regulations governing SSTSs in Minnesota, the state delegates inspection and enforcement to county governments.

The NSGLC congratulates Georgia Sea Grant for being selected to receive funding through the 2022 Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Law Research Fellowship Program. Georgia Sea Grant will serve as a host office for a postgraduate Law Research Fellow.

Later this year, the NSGLC will be releasing a call for proposals for research projects examining the effectiveness of coastal adaptation and resilience laws and policies. The competition will be open to Sea Grant Programs, colleges, universities, and nonprofit, non-academic institutions directly associated with research activities (e.g. public policy organizations).

Oyster Policy Brief Webinar: September 20, 2022 — 2pm (CST)

Register now for our September webinar about the impacts of water quality stressors on early life stages of oysters and what that means for oyster restoration policy in Mississippi!

National Sea Grant Law Center

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