January 7, 2022
Newsletter for January 7, 2022
This Issue:
  • If You Read This Early Enough – Your Absolute Final Reminder For Jan. 7th Workshop Of Department of Business and Industry Plans Regulations
  • Also As A Reminder -- Nevada Cattlemen’s 2022 Update – Jan. 10 Through 14th
  • Busy January (and likely busy 2022)
  • Action Request Launched To Tell EPA What We Think About Water Regulations
If You Read This Early Enough – Your Absolute Final Reminder For Jan. 7th Workshop Of Department of Business and Industry Plans Regulations 
It was a bit of a coin flip on whether this blurb should be left in as a final reminder, but recent personal experiences has pointed out that final reminders are a good thing…  the Nevada Department of Business and Industry is planning to implement requirements pertaining to worker protection for heat issues. The proposed regulations will be covered in a Business and Industry workshop on January 7th at 10 a.m..  Their intentions are to adopt by reference the “Heat Stress and Strain” portion of the 2020 edition of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices published by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.  

You are encouraged to participate in this workshop.  In order to participate in the workshop that will be held on a virtual platform, use this link to connect.
Also As A Reminder -- Nevada Cattlemen’s 2022 Update – Jan. 10 Through 14th
The 2022 Cattlemen’s Update will be held across the state, January 10-14th.  This year’s schedule includes:  (All of the venues, except the virtual session, will have meals connected to the program)

  • January 10 – 5:30 p.m. – Sierra Grange Hall – 92203 Hwy 70, Vinton, CA
  • January 11 – 10:00 a.m. – Carson Valley United Methodist Church – 1375 Centerville Ln, Gardnerville
  • January 11 – 5:30 p.m. – Fallon Convention Center – 100 Campus Way, Fallon
  • January 12 – 5:30 p.m. – Bristlecone Convention Center – 150 W. 6th St, Ely 
  • January 13 – 12:30 p.m. – Dalling Hall – 600 Commercial St, Elko
  • January 14 – 10:00 a.m. – Humboldt Extension Office – 1085 Fairgrounds Rd, Winnemucca
This link will provide greater details and information.

Registration fees for the update sessions is $20 per ranch.  Contact Staci Emm at 775-475-4227  Staci’s Email is - emms@unr.edu
Busy January (and likely busy 2022)
As we settle into the start of 2022 and get accustomed to getting the right year written on the checks we are writing (at least a function that some of us older persons still do) we also start considering what is coming up with the start of the new year.  So far we haven’t had to look into too many places to find out that the start of the new year will be on the hectic side.

During the 2021 Nevada Legislative Session a major change for the interim legislative process was passed into law and instead of a few regular legislative committees and a few assigned specific study projects, the new version will be a full slate of combined Assembly/Senate standing committees.  A number of these “Joint Interim Committees” will be kicking off the calendar of meetings on January 11, 2022.

January 11, 2022 – 9 a.m. – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government Affairs, Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop, Chair  (The committee meeting will be held virtually with the opportunity to “participate” by connecting to the video platform provided on the Nevada Legislative website.

January 11, 2022 – 1 p.m. – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Commerce and Labor, Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, Chair (The committee meeting will be held virtually with the opportunity to “participate” by connecting to the video platform provided on the Nevada Legislative website.

January 12, 2022 – 10 a.m. – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure, Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, Chair (The committee meeting will be held virtually with the opportunity to “participate” by connecting to the video platform provided on the Nevada Legislative website.

January 14, 2022 – 9 a.m – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Judiciary, Senator Melanie Scheible, Chair (At this point there isn’t an agenda available for the meeting.)

January 20, 2022 – 9 a.m. – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, Assemblywoman Sarah Peters, Chair (At this point there isn’t an agenda available for the meeting.)

January 20, 2022 – 9 a.m. – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education, Senator Moises Denis, Chair (At this point there isn’t an agenda available for the meeting.)

January 21, 2022 – 9:30 a.m. – Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Assemblyman Howard Watts, Chair  (At this point there isn’t an agenda available for the meeting.)
Action Request Launched To Tell EPA What We Think About Water Regulations
When the crowd of Farm Bureau members gather in Atlanta, GA for the opening session of the 2022 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting, Monday, January 10th, the next major push for letting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hear about their latest attempt to define “Waters of the United States” will start.  The political plan by the Biden Administration of throwing out the regulatory structure that the Trump Administration had started (the Navigable Waters Protection Rule) is underway with the EPA and Army Corp of Engineers going through the steps of coming up with their desired definition for what they think the federal government should be controlling.

It will be essential that Farm Bureau members literally flood the public comment system with input on what should be foundational concepts in whatever the federal government is going to try to do this time around.  AFBF’s website is already prepared for members to click their way to submitting comments for input on the rewrite of WOTUS. Please click on the “rewrite of WOTUS” link and be part of the effort to share your input!

On Thursday, January 6, the Small Business Administration hosted an Environmental Roundtable session which focused on agricultural producers providing their thoughts for the proposed regulations that EPA and the Army Corp of Engineers are working on.  Several Farm Bureau leaders/members offered comments on how the planned changes are going to harm agricultural producers and impact their private property.  For their part the participating federal agency representatives down-played their intentions of doing anything that would go beyond the requirements of the Clean Water Act and the protections that are part of the legislation for agricultural operations.  Agricultural producers though pushed back in drawing attention to the way in which past efforts to regulate and control with out-of-control grabs through WOTUS regulations did not stay within bounds of legislation or even court rulings.
Have a great weekend!