Legal Alerts

January 24, 2018 City of Oroville Sues DWR for Damage Allegedly Caused by Oroville Dam Failure On January 17, 2018, the City of Oroville (City) filed suit in Butte County Superior Court against the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).  The suit is based on DWR’s alleged mismanagement that caused […]

Biobased and Renewable Products Update January 18, 2018 USDA  Rural Prosperity Task Force Presents Findings To President Trump On January 8, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue presented to President Donald Trump the findings of the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity.  The Task Force was established […]

China Issues List of Priority Chemicals for Management (First Batch) On December 27, 2017, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) jointly issued the List of Priority Chemicals for Management (first batch) to control strictly chemicals that are […]

  Biobased and Renewable Products Update January 11, 2018 B&C News B&C’s 2018 Chemical Regulatory Policy Forecast On January 4, 2018, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) released its much anticipated and highly acclaimed annual Forecast, “Predictions and Outlook for U.S. Federal and International Chemical Regulatory Policy 2018.”  In the Forecast, […]

Environmental Law & Policy Alerts January 10, 2018 Draft Environmental Document Released for Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project Just before the New Year, the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the […]