EPA Updates Safer Choice and DfE Standard The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 8, 2024, the availability of the final updated Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard (the Standard). 89 Fed. Reg. 64915. According to EPA, the update includes a name change to the title […]
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August 20, 2024 Klamath Basin Adjudication Moves Forward in Oregon Circuit Court Nearly a half-century after its formal start, Oregon’s Klamath Basin Adjudication (KBA) is lurching toward a significant milestone: a judgment in the trial court. Oregon’s water rights adjudication law establishes a two-stage process to determine water rights claims. […]
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a compliance guide for its final methylene chloride risk management rule issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to EPA, the compliance guide will help industry, workers, and other interested stakeholders understand and comply with the new regulations to […]
Last Friday, June 30th, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo et al., case number 22-451, and Relentless Inc. et al. v. Department of Commerce et al., case number 22-1219, the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated a powerful and longstanding precedent that has controlled administrative law for 40 years. […]
July 31, 2024 California Supreme Court Ruling Protects Due Process Rights in California Public Utilities Commission Administrative Proceedings As California’s climate continues to experience prolonged, intense drought years, California water utilities must now balance the need to conserve water against the financial demands required to run a profitable business. In […]