Tue Oct 4th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
The Poseidon desalination plant is a 50-million gallon per day facility to be located adjacent to the AES Huntington Beach Power Station. It is scheduled to be operational by 2019. The plant’s development permit was on the agenda to be considered by the California Coastal Commission on Sept 7th or 8th, but that agenda item has been postponed to a future date. On May 5, 2015, the State Water Resources […]
Fri Sep 9th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
California’s three-year effort to improve and clarify Proposition 65 “clear and reasonable” warning requirements has culminated with the adoption of a new regulation proposed by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) last November. On August 30, 2016, the Office of Administrative Law approved the adoption of amendments to Article 6, Clear and Reasonable Warnings, of the California Code of Regulations. The new regulation provides, among other things, new […]
Tue Aug 30th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
On August 15, 2016, the Ninth Circuit ruled that ESA does not require an Incidental Take Statement for endangered plants. In Center for Biological Diversity, et al., v. Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Land Management was challenged for failing to include a Biological Opinion with an “Incidental Take Statement” for a “threatened species” under the Endangered Species Act, a plant known as the Peirson’s milkvetc, in BLM’s analysis […]
Thu May 26th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed increases in renewable fuel volume requirements for all four types of biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for the year 2017, and the proposed applicable volume of biomass-based diesel for 2018. Entities potentially affected by these increases are those involved with the production, distribution, and sale of transportation fuels, including gasoline and diesel fuel or renewable fuels […]
