7/11/2024 2:31:59 PM OSHA Releases Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the official text of its Heat Injury and Illness...
6/18/2024 4:24:33 PM OEHHA Moves Forward with Changes to Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Requirements By Todd Maiden Sara Eddy On June 13, 2024, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) opened a 15 day public comment period (expiring...
10/20/2023 6:53:34 PM How to Prepare for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Law By Michele Gehrke Ben Patton Mary Balaster Sara Eddy A.J. Wissinger +2 more... Show less On September 30, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-553 into law. SB-553 is the nation’s first workplace violence...
9/21/2023 2:45:20 PM Coming Soon: California Climate Disclosure Bills By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll Sara Eddy California Governor Gavin Newsom recently pledged to sign two groundbreaking climate disclosure bills into law. These bills will mandate...
7/20/2023 5:30:15 PM California Hydrogen Updates By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll As we previously covered in our blog last week, both the Federal and certain State governments are proposing legislation to subsidize or...
3/28/2023 2:06:59 PM Full Value Chain Emission Disclosures – A California ESG Bill Resurrected By Todd Maiden Sara Eddy Eric Schmoll The California Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (“SB 253”) was recently introduced and passed the state’s Senate Environmental...
10/13/2022 6:20:29 PM California’s new carbon capture and storage laws By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll Sara Eddy California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed three bills addressing carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) and carbon...
8/23/2022 1:36:49 PM EPA Proposes Expansive Changes to EPA RMP Rule By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger As anticipated, on Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed Risk Management Program (RMP) Safer...
4/28/2022 7:11:08 PM Boron: Increase in domestic production for important mineral on the horizon By Eric Schmoll Boron can be found in electric vehicles, vital military hardware, wind turbines, solar panels, satellites, and more. The mineral –...
2/22/2022 4:47:17 PM California Clean Hydrogen Bill Targets Alternative Energy Sources for Expansion By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll A new “Clean Hydrogen Bill” (SB 1075, Skinner) has been introduced in the California Legislature as a means of achieving the State’s...
1/6/2022 3:14:01 PM California extends comment period for proposed modifications to Proposition 65 warnings By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has extended the public comment period for the proposed amendments...
12/14/2021 5:24:33 PM California proposes further modifications to its “Short-Form” Proposition 65 warnings By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll As we reported this past year, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) seeks to significantly amend the...
7/26/2021 9:03:55 PM Electrifying transportation network companies in CA: Updates to SB 1014’s Clean Miles Standard + Incentive Program By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll Musa A. Faidi As we reported, the California Legislature passed SB 1014 – the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program (the “Clean Miles Program”) –...
6/21/2021 1:01:09 PM Revised Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Standard Approved by Board and Fast-Tracked by Governor Newsom By Mara Curtis Ben Patton Mary Balaster Michele Gehrke Eric Schmoll +2 more... Show less On Friday June 11, 2021, the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) published new proposed text for...
6/7/2021 9:53:52 PM Cal Safety Standards Board approves second COVID-19 ETS By Ben Patton Mara Curtis Mary Balaster Late last week, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Standards Board”) reconvened in a public meeting to...
5/20/2021 11:30:21 PM Cal Safety Standards Board defers voting on second COVID-19 ETS until June By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Mara Curtis Earlier today, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board held a public meeting to consider, among other items, the...