AB 32 California Global Warming Solutions Act

Senate Bill Proposes Major Market-Based Remodel of Cap-and-Trade ProgramWhat You Need to Know about the Proposed Revisions to Cap and TradeU.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Dispute over California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Agribusiness

White Paper Finds No Evidence of Elevated Threat to Human or Crop Safety from Use of Oil Field Produced Water to Irrigate CropsState Water Board to Hold Additional Winery General Order Fees Stakeholder Meeting on April 28, 2021State Water Board to Hold Upcoming Winery General Order Fees Stakeholder Meeting and Public Training Workshop Webinars in March and April 2021

Air Quality

EPA Reconsiders New Risk Management Program Regulations, but Regulations Remain in EffectOhio v. EPA: SCOTUS Issues Stay in EPA’s Multi-State Air FIPSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE – NEW AIR QUALITY AND OIL & GAS REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

California

California’s New Climate-Related Disclosure LawsState Water Board to Consider Adoption of proposed Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit at September 8, 2022 MeetingEffective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MW

Causes / Issues

SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsEPA Reconsiders New Risk Management Program Regulations, but Regulations Remain in EffectOhio v. EPA: SCOTUS Issues Stay in EPA’s Multi-State Air FIP

CEQA: The California Environmental Quality Act

Updates to CEQA Guidelines for Transportation Impacts Analysis Under SB 743Environmental Challenge Blasts Kern County Oil and Gas RulesEnvironmental Justice Lawsuit Accuses L.A. of Discriminatory Oil Permitting

Clean Water Act

SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsState Water Board to Consider Adoption of proposed Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit at September 8, 2022 MeetingState Water Board Receiving Limited Comments on Its Proposed Reissuance of the Statewide NPDES Construction Stormwater General Permit; Will Consider Adoption At July 19, 2022 Meeting

Climate Change

SEC Stays Its Climate Disclosure RulesThe New SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Will Drive Risk Mitigation and Value Creation

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

COVID-19

State Water Agencies Expect Water Use Reporting to Continue as Normal as California Shelters in Place

Endangered Species Act

U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List the Monarch Butterfly as Threatened, Seeks Comments on Developing a Final RuleEndangered Species Act Final Regulatory Revisions ReleasedUp the Creek Without a Paddle: District Court Holds that Biological Opinion Must Consider Climate Change Impacts

Energy

Effective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MWCDFW Proposes New Regulations for Oil Spill Management Team Certification with a September 14 Comment DeadlineHow California’s Oil Industry May Help Preserve Agriculture in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley – Recycled, Oil Field Produced Water Found Safe for Crop Irrigation

Environmental Contamination

SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsEPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLAForce Majeure Probably Doesn’t Permit Smoke Taint Rejection

High Speed Rail

Construction For The California High-Speed Rail Is Chugging Right AlongHigh-Speed Rail Authority Issues Progress ReportHigh-Speed Rail Authority Under Fire for Disrupting San Joaquin Kit Fox Habitat

Industries

New EPA Rule on PFAS: Urgent Action Required for Manufacturers & ImportersEffective Immediately, California Energy Commission Jurisdiction Expands to Include Non-Thermal Projects Greater Than 50 MWWhite Paper Finds No Evidence of Elevated Threat to Human or Crop Safety from Use of Oil Field Produced Water to Irrigate Crops

Laws / Regulations

Fed up with Federal Rules?  OMB Implements a Federal Deregulation Idea Solicitation Process on White House Urging.SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsU.S Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List the Monarch Butterfly as Threatened, Seeks Comments on Developing a Final Rule

Manufacturing

New EPA Rule on PFAS: Urgent Action Required for Manufacturers & Importers

Minnesota

Minnesota Enacts Sweeping PFAS Restrictions

NEPA

Federal Government Finalizes Significant Changes to NEPA Regulations

NPDES

SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsState Water Board to Consider Adoption of proposed Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit at September 8, 2022 MeetingState Water Board Receiving Limited Comments on Its Proposed Reissuance of the Statewide NPDES Construction Stormwater General Permit; Will Consider Adoption At July 19, 2022 Meeting

Oil and Gas

White Paper Finds No Evidence of Elevated Threat to Human or Crop Safety from Use of Oil Field Produced Water to Irrigate CropsSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE – NEW AIR QUALITY AND OIL & GAS REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTSCDFW Proposes New Regulations for Oil Spill Management Team Certification with a September 14 Comment Deadline

Proposition 65

9th Circuit Ruling Halts Prop 65 Acrylamide Lawsuits, AgainCalifornia Landlords May Need to Take Additional Steps by July 2019 to Comply with Prop 65A Prop. 65 Win for Winemakers: No Separate Warning Required for Inorganic Arsenic

Regulations

SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsThe Chevron Doctrine's Gone, but the APA Lives OnSupreme Court 2024: Key Rulings Reshape Federal Regulatory Authority

States

California’s New Climate-Related Disclosure LawsMinnesota Enacts Sweeping PFAS RestrictionsState Water Board to Consider Adoption of proposed Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit at September 8, 2022 Meeting

Timber

California Water Commission Adopts Regulations For Changing Groundwater Basin BoundariesSupreme Court Rejects Logging Road Permit Requirement

Uncategorized

Be Careful of What You Wish For – Environmental Groups Complain about the Environmental Study of Hydraulic Fracturing That They Sued BLM to doOSPR Extends Rulemaking Comment Period for Inland FacilitiesStatus of Oil and Gas-related Bills Proposed in California's 2015-2016 Legislative Session

Water Quality

SCOTUS Strikes Down “End-Result” Limitations in NPDES PermitsState Water Board to Consider Adoption of proposed Statewide Construction Stormwater General Permit at September 8, 2022 MeetingState Water Board Receiving Limited Comments on Its Proposed Reissuance of the Statewide NPDES Construction Stormwater General Permit; Will Consider Adoption At July 19, 2022 Meeting

Water Rights

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Government’s Obligation to Secure Water for the Navajo Nation

Wine

State Water Board to Hold Additional Winery General Order Fees Stakeholder Meeting on April 28, 2021State Water Board to Hold Upcoming Winery General Order Fees Stakeholder Meeting and Public Training Workshop Webinars in March and April 2021Update: State Water Board Adopts Final Winery General Order

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