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04.16.20

Environmental Compliance in the Time of COVID-19: CalEPA and US EPA Enforcement Policies

As with many government organizations, environmental agencies are continuing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking actions to inhibit the spread of the virus while balancing such measures with agency missions.


04.09.20

CA Exempts PPE From Sales and Use Taxes Before Agreeing to Acquire 200 Million PPE Items Monthly

As requirements for donning personal protective equipment (PPE) grow for essential workers, the government is working to balance PPE demand while taking unprecedented steps to obtain supply.   


04.04.19

California Readies for Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility for Pharma Waste

The sale of needles (sharps) and pharmaceutical drugs in California is estimated to be on the order of $50 billion per year.


11.07.18

Proposition 65 PFOA and PFOS Warning Requirements Take Effect November 10

Starting November 10, 2018, businesses must start warning individuals about exposures to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known as “Proposition 65.”


08.21.17

California Businesses Will Have to Stop Landfilling Organic Waste

Pending regulations now being developed by CalRecycle will have a significant impact on persons generating, transporting, recycling and disposing of organic waste in California.


08.11.17

California Mandatory Packaging Waste Management Initiative

CalRecycle, the California state agency responsible for solid waste and recycling regulatory programs, estimates that packaging represents about one-quarter of California's total disposal stream. 


07.13.17

Revised California Air Resources Board (CARB) Enforcement Policy

CARB is in the process of revising their existing Enforcement Policy.


01.30.17

TSCA Reset to Affect Nearly All Manufacturers, Importers and Processors

Companies that have manufactured or imported chemical products in the U.S. in the past ten years (alone or formulated in products and mixtures) should plan now to comply with new rules requiring them to identify and report each of those substances to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...


01.17.17

EPA's First Regulation of Nanomaterials May Impact Supply Chains

On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a controversial rule requiring all persons who propose to commence manufacturing or processing certain nanoscale materials, or who have done so in the past three years, to prepare and submit a comprehensive report for each ...


10.21.16

Retailers Navigate Shifting Environmental Regulatory Landscape

The past decade has witnessed a monumental shift in regulatory oversight of retailers' environmental compliance programs.