There is a new TCEQ notification requirement for facilities with certain types of permits without an expiration date (open-ended), including certain Air Permits by Rule (PBR), Standard Permits (SP) and Tire Registrations. Companies with these types of permits must now report the operational status of the permitted facility annually to TCEQ. These are not the [...]
The 2025 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) are expected to be published in the Federal Register soon. This generally occurs at the end of the year. The AEWR is the minimum hourly wage an H2A worker can be paid. The AEWR is established using the USDA National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) Farm Labor Survey (FLS) [...]
As the year ends, time is rapidly running out for passage of an economic assistance package in Washington. The National Cotton Council is requesting all of our help right away. Please take a moment to review the information below and to contact your congressman. The National Cotton Council urges all members to contact their Congressman [...]
We are still gathering some information on this decision, but the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This case questioned the CTA's constitutionality and its impact on small business. This will most likely result in a long legal [...]
As you may know, there was recently a serious accident resulting in two fatalities at a cotton gin in the Mid-South. Two people walking across the gin yard were struck by a front-end loader carrying a round cotton module. Our understanding is one was an employee and the other was a contractor. They were standing [...]
It is now time to complete your required filings under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The court challenges seem to be completed, and the rule is still in effect, with a deadline of January 1, 2025, which is prior to the time when we will change administrations. There are substantial fines for failing to follow [...]
FDA reminds Human and Animal Food Facilities to Register or Renew Registration between October 1 and December 31, 2024. This is a renewal that occurs on all “EVEN” numbered years. Owners, operators, or agents in charge of a domestic or foreign facility engaged in manufacturing/processing, packing, or holding food for consumption by humans or animals [...]
In partnership with the National Cotton Council (NCC), USDA is piloting a program for the 2024-2025 cotton crop that will allow bales to be shipped in four-bale groupings that use averaged quality data. These groupings of four bales or multiples of four bales will carry the same official USDA classing data for all eight quality [...]
TCEQ is sending out the notice shown below to many facilities in the state which currently have a standard permit or permit by rule registered for their facility. The reporting requirement specified in the notice is a result from the TCEQ Sunset process that occurred last legislative session. Many of these standard permits or permits [...]
The National Cotton Council recently added another Round Module Wrap to the listing of wraps that meet the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE) Round Module Wrap Standard. The official National Cotton Council list of approved product wraps can be seen at this link - RMW Listing
