VIDEO Inside Look: California Prop 65 60-Day Notices

October 8, 2019

California Prop 65 has allowed a slew of lawsuits to be brought by plaintiff attorneys against consumer retailers with products that end up in California. Hunton Andrews Kurth partners Malcolm Weiss and Shannon Broome walk through the process for Prop 65 60-day notices and tactics companies can use to respond.…

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VIDEO Inside Look: California Prop 65

By Malcolm C. Weiss & Shannon S. Broome

September 20, 2019

California Prop 65 is designed to reduce exposures to chemicals that are known to cause cancer and reproductive harm, but it has become a flash point in California environmental law. Hunton Andrews Kurth partners Malcolm Weiss and Shannon Broome outline the regulations and the impacts on businesses with products in California.…

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Nibbling on the Last Can of Who Hash…

By Shannon S. Broome

December 18, 2017

Ho Ho Ho! Happy Hanukkah! Happy New Year! And so it goes this time of year, with family and friends gathering for the holidays to share a hot toddy and some good cheer! As October and November gently glide by, Heading into December for cookies and pie, But lo, the environmental lawyer sits wearily writing at the computer, throwing fits. What will the court or the EPA say Will be due around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa…

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I’ve Been CRA’d! What Happens Now? OSHA Formally Repeals Volks Rule

By Susan F. Wiltsie, Shannon S. Broome & Daniel J. Grucza

May 11, 2017

The effects of the regulatory reform initiatives of the Trump Administration are beginning to be felt at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with the formal action by OSHA to finalize withdrawal of the “Volks Rule” regulation. On May 3, 2017, in response to a CRA resolution of disapproval, OSHA published a final rule removing amendments to OSHA’s recordkeeping regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations.…

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California Lawmakers Poised to Enact Their Own “Regulatory Freeze”

By Shannon S. Broome

March 16, 2017

You’ve likely heard that just hours after the inauguration, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus issued a Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies captioned “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.” The so-called Regulatory Freeze Memo sought to freeze midnight actions by the Obama administration. In response to President Trump’s freeze actions and expected regulatory reforms, California lawmakers are seeking to issue their own “freeze” to ensure regulations in place just before the transition…

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EPA Risk Management Plan Midnight Rule Poses Facility Security Threats and Imposes Huge Costs

By Shannon S. Broome, Charles H. Knauss & Julie A. Cress

January 11, 2017

Just before Christmas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released controversial regulations, titled Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act; Prepublication Final Rule, that EPA states will “modernize” the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7) Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations. These 1990s-era regulations, covering about 12,500 facilities across the country, require that facilities storing certain amounts of specified chemicals develop risk management plans to prevent the accidental release of those substances…

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VIDEO Inside Look: California Prop 65 60-Day Notices

VIDEO Inside Look: California Prop 65

Nibbling on the Last Can of Who Hash…

I’ve Been CRA’d! What Happens Now? OSHA Formally Repeals Volks Rule

California Lawmakers Poised to Enact Their Own “Regulatory Freeze”

EPA Risk Management Plan Midnight Rule Poses Facility Security Threats and Imposes Huge Costs

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