Legal Alerts

On October 4, 2019, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed modifications to amendments it proposed on November 16, 2018, to the Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulations setting forth the circumstances when a “retail seller” is responsible for providing consumer product exposure warnings.  OEHHA first proposed amendments clarifying retail seller […]

By G. Alan Perkins alan@ppgmtlar.com In response to President Trump’s Executive Order 13783, “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth,” section 1(c) (March 28, 2017), EPA reviewed the 2012[1] and 2016[2] rules for new source performance standards (NSPS) and national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) that apply to the oil […]

On September 6, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. Glaser. Glaser involved the Central Valley Project, the largest federal water management project in the nation, and the Grasslands Bypass Project, a tile drainage system that consists of a […]

Court Orders Ameren to Install Controls at Two Plants October 7, 2019 | Eric L. Hiser On September 30, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered judgment in the long-awaited remedy phase of United States v. Ameren Missouri.  In a 157-page opinion, the court ordered Ameren to […]

October 7, 2019 Results of Hearing Board’s First Proceeding Regarding the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Public Fleet Rule The South Coast Air Quality Management District (District) is one the few local air quality districts with authority to regulate mobile sources.  One manifestation of this authority is District Rule […]