EPA has agreed to conduct a rulemaking regarding the establishment of regulations to address potential spills of hazardous substances similar to the existing  “Spill Prevention, Countermeasure and Control” (SPCC) program for oil.  In a consent decree reached with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other environmental groups, published in the Federal Register on February 3, the agency agreed to issue a proposed rulemaking within two years of the final date of the consent decree…

On January 31st, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments aimed at clarifying certain provisions of the Proposition 65 warning regulations governing internet, electronic, and catalog sales.  The proposal comes in response to ongoing questions about the requirement in the current regulations (i.e., the “safe harbor” warning provisions of Article 6 that were substantially updated in 2016) to provide a warning both on the internet site where a product is sold…