Apr 11, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By: Lee N.Smith Attorneys representing a Ventura County farmworker and environmental justice groups filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) in January 2017 alleging that the California state agency did not do enough to protect...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
To download the PDF click here. In August 2016 OEHHA finalized the new Prop 65 Warning regulations. In summary, there is new safe harbor language, a new website for consumers, and attempts to clarify liability as between manufacturers and retailers. The new...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
Download the PDF here. Oeeha has revised the new notice regulations requesting comments by June 6, 2016. following is quoted from the Oehha site. The The most significant changes are summarized below: In Section 25600(e) the term “fully” was removed. This provision...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By: Lee Smith The recent revisions of the Prop 65 regulation have been revised, again. Proposed Section 25205 concerns the content of the Lead Agency Website. Under this section the agency is to maintain a web-based portal to collect and display information provided...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
By Lee N. Smith & Craig A. Tristao The new Greenhouse gas legislation “package” extends California’s Gas Cap & Trade program and sets new emission reduction goals for 2030. It further sets emission reductions for methane. The legislation has the...
Mar 27, 2017 | Environmental law, News
To download this PDF, Click here OEHHA, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, has released yet another iteration of the “fair and reasonable” standard for Prop 65 warnings. This March draft contains numerous changes mostly minor changes to try to...