January 21, 2021 Bureau of Reclamation Updates Its Approach to ESA Section 7 Consultations for Klamath Project Operations, Applying Recent Legal Authorities and New Solicitor Guidance The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) released three documents related to its consultation obligations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for its operation of […]
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Jan 21, 2021
Use of EPA Method 204 to Regulate Fugitive Emissions – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox
January 20, 2021 Will Hitchcock MGKF Newsflash EPA’s Method 204 is a procedure designed to determine whether an enclosure surrounding a process is capable of capturing 100 percent of the process emissions, so that they may be wholly directed to a stack or emissions control device. Emissions that are not directly […]
Jan 21, 2021
Proposition 65: OEHHA Proposes Significant Changes to “Short-Form” Warnings – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
On January 8, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed significant revisions to its Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 “clear and reasonable warnings” regulations for “short-form” warnings. When OEHHA’s revisions to the warning requirements were issued in 2016 (and in full effect as of August 30, 2018), OEHHA […]
Jan 20, 2021
EPA and OSHA Sign MOU Regarding EPA’s Review of New Chemicals under TSCA – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 12, 2021, that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “that advances collaboration and communication on EPA’s review of new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).” The goal of the MOU is to […]
On December 28, 2020, the House overrode President Trump’s veto and passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) by a vote of 322 to 87, and the Senate passed the bill on January 1, 2021, by a vote of 81 to 13. Subtitle E of Title II […]