7/2/2025 11:55:00 PM OSHA Proposes Significant Deregulation, Eliminating Many Regulatory Requirements By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less Overview of OSHA’s Deregulatory Initiative On July 1, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a...
3/25/2025 5:27:43 PM California Legislature Moves to Set Integrity Parameters for Carbon Removal Credits By Jennifer Smokelin A.J. Wissinger California lawmakers recently took a step towards regulating the integrity of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies. If the law passes,...
3/17/2025 4:43:40 PM French Ban on PFAS By Nicolas Walker Targeted by environmental associations and NGO in France for several years, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have...
3/13/2025 2:42:17 PM EPA to Roll Back 31 Environmental Rules By Jennifer Smokelin Yesterday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will undertake 31 historic actions in the...
3/3/2025 4:49:55 PM Trump Administration Attempts Another Overhaul of NEPA By Jennifer Smokelin Background The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published an interim final rule (Rule) in the Federal Register that removes its...
2/11/2025 10:21:00 PM Environmental Health and Safety Changes Anticipated Under the New Administration By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less As President Trump begins his second term, companies should prepare for significant shifts in environmental health and safety (EHS)...
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...