The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposed to adopt a Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for titanium dioxide. The rule would establish a Proposition 65 NSRL for titanium dioxide with NSRL values of 440 micrograms per day for particles with diameters of 10 micrometers or less and 44 micrograms per day for particles with diameters of 0.8 micrometers or less. Comments are due June 24, 2024.
The Building Standards Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing California green building standards. The amendments would increase electric vehicle infrastructure requirements, update bicycle parking standards, and mandate carbon dioxide monitoring in classrooms across various educational institutions. Comments are due July 1, 2024.
The Building Standards Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing California green building standards. The amendments would introduce new definitions, clarify electric vehicle charging requirements in multifamily buildings and hotels, modify mandatory provisions to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations in existing structures, and implement new bicycle parking requirements. Comments are due July 1, 2024.
The Energy Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing the Power Source Disclosure Program. The amendments would revise and reorganize sections to include both annual and hourly reporting of power sources and greenhouse gas emissions. A hearing will be held August 14, 2024. Comments are due July 3, 2024. See https://oal.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/166/2024/05/2024-Notice-Register-No.-20-Z-May-17-2024.pdf (pp.
The Department of Environmental Quality proposed amendments to regulations governing the public water system compliance assistance program. The amendments would revise the master priority list scoring criteria by adjusting scoring criteria for factors like activity date, EPA's enforcement targeting tool, maximum contaminant level violations, and operation and maintenance violations, as well as introducing a monitoring assistance program score and a technical, managerial, and financial score. A hearing will be held June 10, 2024. Comments are due the same date.
The Department of Environmental Conservation made available for public review and comment the 2024 Annual Network Plan for Ambient Air Monitoring. Comments are due June 22, 2024. See https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=215461.
A district court granted summary judgment for a fisheries biologist in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' flood control operations at a California dam. The biologist argued the operations, which released water from the dam into the Russian River, violated §9 of the ESA by unlawfully "takin...
The Seventh Circuit reversed a district court's preliminary injunction prohibiting approval of a proposed land exchange in Wisconsin for construction of a high-voltage electric transmission line that would run through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The appellate court...
The Third Circuit denied power companies' petition to review EPA's issuance of a federal implementation plan (FIP) establishing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission limits for selective catalytic reduction-equipped coal-fired electric generating units in Pennsylvania to address reasonably available control...
The D.C. Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Army Corps of Engineers and NMFS in a challenge to approval of a dredging project in Puerto Rico's San Juan Bay. Environmental groups argued the agencies failed to take the necessary "hard look" at the project's environmental effect. The district co...