Wed Oct 21st, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
The comment period for the Draft Stage 1 Alternatives Analysis Guide (AA Guide) has been extended until November 16, 2015. The Guide is considered guidance only, as an advisory resource. It is not a regulatory document or legal standard. The Guide is intended for broad use and is not specific to a particular geographic location, company size, or product type and not all of the content will be applicable to […]
Mon Oct 19th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
DTSC has proposed changes to its regulations to update three of the citations to the authoritative lists that comprise its Candidate Chemicals list. Health and Safety Code section 25252 requires DTSC to adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize those chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered a Chemical of Concern. This section also requires DTSC to reference and use available information from […]
Thu Oct 8th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
The California Safer Consumer Products (“SCP”) program released the Draft Stage 1 Alternatives Analysis Guide (“AA Guide”) for comments. The AA Guide provides tools and examples of how to fulfill the first stage AA required by the SCP regulations. The AA guidance is an advisory resource. It is not a regulatory document or legal standard. Comments are due to Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) before noon on October 23, […]
Thu Oct 1st, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has provided the University of California at Santa Barbara (“UCSB”) a grant of close to $800,000 to the model the ecological and toxicological impacts of chemicals in the environment. The grant is funded by the Science to Achieve Results (“STAR”) program. The STAR grants are part of EPA’s Chemical Safety for Sustainability research program’s efforts to develop new methods to improve chemical evaluation and […]
