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EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (Army Corps of Engineers) R.D. James, yesterday announced EPA’s revised wetland rule under the Clean Water Act of 1977 (CWA) which will replace the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule promulgated in 2015. Since the 2015 WOTUS rule was issued it has been temporarily blocked by the courts in 28 states and thus is in effect in 22 states. The new rule will cover all 50 states. Over the past several years, the 2015 federal regulation covered Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, and Oklahoma; most of the rest of the Midwest and Plains states grain belt and Southern soybean states were operating under pre-2015 rules on an interim basis. The re...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.