12/6/2025 1:15:37 AM SB 54 Regulations Should Be Approved or Disapproved by Early January 2026 By Chris Rendall-Jackson On November 24, 2025, CalRecycle submitted its proposed regulations implementing SB 54 to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for...
12/2/2025 5:45:38 PM CARB will not enforce against covered entities that do not post and submit SB 261 reports by January 1, 2026 By Chris Rendall-Jackson On December 1, 2025, CARB issued an Enforcement Advisory stating that it will not enforce SB 261 against covered entities that do not...
8/25/2025 3:55:41 PM CalRecycle has one year to finalize its proposed regulations implementing SB 54 By Chris Rendall-Jackson On August 22, 2025, CalRecycle's Notice of Proposed Action was published, and CalRecycle now has one year to finalize and submit its...
7/28/2025 8:21:07 PM Risks Remain For Housing Developers After Recent CEQA Reforms By Don Sobelman John Ugai On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law significant reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act...
6/24/2025 6:50:42 PM Reason Rules in Seven County SCOTUS Decision By Linda Gilleran On May 29, 2025, SCOTUS delivered a unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. The project...
3/24/2025 9:41:51 PM California Legislature Sets First Hearing on New “Climate Superfund” Bill That Would Impose Wide-Ranging Liability on Fossil Fuel Industry By Don Sobelman On April 2, 2025, the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee will hold the first hearing on SB 684 – the Polluters Pay Climate...
1/4/2025 12:35:09 AM SB 707: The Nation's First EPR Law Specific to Textiles By Chris Rendall-Jackson CalRecycle, the agency overseeing California’s recycling and waste management programs, reports that Californians dispose of 1.2 million...
12/3/2024 7:17:09 PM The Impacts of the Nation’s First Textiles EPR Law By Chris Rendall-Jackson California Senate Bill (S.B.) 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 28 and is the...
4/10/2024 12:43:00 AM Where Are We Now, Following Maui County, Sackett, and the Latest EPA Guidance? By Sarah Bell John Ugai The last few years have seen significant developments in our understanding of the reach of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). (Indeed,...
11/28/2022 6:00:00 PM Regulatory and Litigation Risks From California’s New Recycling Laws By Elizabeth Dorsi Don Sobelman California is a leader on plastics reduction, passing legislation regulating recyclability and sustainability claims, promoting the use...
11/21/2022 9:47:37 PM California Attorney General’s Office Files PFAS Lawsuit By Sarah Bell Linda Gilleran The California Attorney General’s Office has turned its focus to PFAS, filing litigation that is likely to be one of the larger of the...
4/19/2022 10:52:13 PM Summary of Latest Federal Action Regarding PFAS By Sarah Bell A few considerations practitioners should keep in mind when dealing with contamination involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
6/16/2020 10:39:12 PM Key PFAS Regulatory Standards Set in California By Don Sobelman John Ugai In support of California’s efforts to investigate and evaluate the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the...
6/11/2020 11:23:02 PM The Winding Trail Home: Marin County Secures Key Multi-Use Trail Access Decision By Farella Braun and Martel With Marin County’s Mt. Tamalpais often considered the birthplace of mountain biking, it should not be surprising that the County finds...
6/5/2020 5:06:12 PM New Screening Levels for Key PFAS Chemicals Will Spur Regulatory Action at Contaminated Sites By Don Sobelman John Ugai In support of the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Board) efforts to investigate and evaluate the public health effects of...
6/4/2020 7:08:34 PM New EPA Clean Water Act Rule Attempts to Streamline Permitting Process By Sarah Bell Linda Gilleran Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the “Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule” (Rule). The...