8/29/2024 4:33:51 PM Litigation Over RMP Rule Paused While EPA Evaluates Petition for Reconsideration By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Sara Eddy +1 more... Show less On July 30, 2024, The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit temporarily halted litigation over the U.S....
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...
6/10/2024 5:21:21 PM The Biden Administration and U.S. Agencies Publish a Joint Policy Statement and Principles on Voluntary Carbon Markets By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less Action On May 28, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, and White House representatives published a joint Policy...
4/25/2024 7:07:43 PM U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Designates Two PFAS Compounds as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA By Peter Trimarchi Megan Haines Todd Maiden Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Nicholas Castriz Randa Lewis +4 more... Show less Introduction On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule adding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and...
3/11/2024 12:34:52 PM SEC Approves Long Awaited Climate Disclosure Rules By Jennifer Smokelin Todd Maiden Ben Patton A.J. Wissinger Peter Trimarchi Mary Balaster Megan Haines Eric Schmoll Sara Eddy +6 more... Show less On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the long awaited and controversial Climate-Related Disclosure...
2/6/2024 8:10:40 PM EPA Targets PFAS in RCRA Rulemakings By Jennifer Smokelin Casey Snyder On January 31, 2024, EPA published a press release announcing the impending publication of two proposed rules relating to PFAS and the...
1/4/2024 6:14:48 PM Washington Adopts New Refinery Process Safety Management (PSM) Rule By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Sara Eddy +1 more... Show less The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) adopted CR-103, creating a new Part B to chapter 296-67 WAC, on December 27,...
10/26/2023 4:06:23 PM OSHA’s proposed HazCom standard update imposes new burdens By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Dylan Weber A.J. Wissinger +1 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has recently submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget...
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...
8/31/2023 7:27:53 PM In Light of Sackett, EPA Announces “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’” Rule By Megan Haines Jennifer Smokelin Sara Eddy Randa Lewis +1 more... Show less On August 29, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The new...
8/17/2023 9:39:53 PM A Nation Divided: The ESG Fight at the Federal and State Level By Jennifer Smokelin Sara Eddy What is “ESG”? “ESG” is perhaps the most divisive acronym of this year’s legislative session. But what does it mean?“Environmental,...
7/31/2023 6:48:42 PM Updates to SB 253: California’s Comprehensive Carbon Disclosure Legislation By Todd Maiden Sara Eddy Eric Schmoll As previously reported, California may soon pass the most stringent Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) disclosure requirements...
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...
7/11/2023 8:33:00 PM Federal Hydrogen Fuel Bills Summary By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin Peter Trimarchi Eric Schmoll +1 more... Show less As economies pivot away from reliance on petroleum, the use of hydrogen is increasingly considered as a key component in a portfolio of...