Apr 8, 2018 | Environmental law, News
A Superior Court Judge in the latest in a series of Prop 65 cases involving coffee industry has tentatively ruled that the Prop 65 warnings are required. CERT v. Starbucks.( LA Ct. NO. BC435759). The chemical at issue, Acrylamide, is formed in coffee beans during the...
Mar 20, 2018 | Environmental law, News
Read the article here. This memorandum addresses AB 617 Garcia (the Community Air Protection Program), Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017. There is also a short discussion of the recently released (2/7/2018) California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) “Concept Paper” and the...
Feb 26, 2018 | Environmental law, News
Under California Proposition 65, which requires that the public be provided warnings with regard to the exposure to certain identified chemicals, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California...
Jan 23, 2018 | Environmental law, News
The FDA announced in early January that the agency would be using its discretion not to enforce certain of the rules promulgated under the Food Safety Modernization Act the as they apply to specific entities or activities. The enforcement discretion applies to...
Jan 20, 2018 | Environmental law, News
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District received more than $88 million in Cap and Trade funds from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the air district reported on January 22, 2018. The largest portion of the $80 million, will be used to support...
