On September 19, 2018 California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 2334(Thurmond), which requires Cal/OSHA to monitor federal electronic recordkeeping requirements and, depending on federal action, to convene an…
On September 11, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the holding of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and held that §1910.134(d) of the…
In the Federal Register published on September 4, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of proposed consent decree for Center for Biological Diversity, et al., v. Wheeler, No. 4:18-cv-03544 (N.D. Cal.).…
In a decision published on August 23, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) primary national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for…
On August 20, 2019, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld EPA’s attempt to repeal the Once In, Always In Policy (“OIAI”) because the guidance document…
In the August 22, 2019 Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule modifying its substantive and procedural requirements for water quality certification under section 401 of the…
In the September 3, 2019 Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that in a final agency action, EPA would not amend its hazardous substance discharge regulations promulgated under…
In the August 27, 2019 edition of the Federal Register, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adopted three…
The UKs Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee has published a report addressing the UK’s progress towards meeting its carbon reduction targets. The report criticises recent policy changes implemented by…
In the August 23, 2019 edition of the Federal Register, US EPA announced that it was proposing to designate 20 chemical substances as High-Priority for Risk Evaluation as required by…