Race to the finish line: DTSC releases 15-day notice for documents added to the Safer Consumer Product Regulations rulemaking file *

USA - March 14 2013
Today, the Department of Toxic Substances Control issued a 15-day notice to submit comments on: (1) nine new external scientific peer review reports…

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What will be industry’s costs to implement California’s new safer consumer product regulations? *

USA - July 27 2012
On July 27, 2012, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control proposed stringent “Safer Consumer Products” regulations to implement California’s Green Chemistry program.

Co-authors: Maureen Gorsen, David M. (Max) Williamson, Elise N. Paeffgen, Ward L. Benshoof.

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South Coast Air Quality Management District victorious in lawsuit over whether best available retrofit technology need actually be “available” *

USA - June 27 2012
On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court issued its decision in American Coatings Association, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Co-authors: Sharon F. Rubalcava.

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Obama asks EPA to withdraw proposed smog standards *

USA - September 2 2011
Citing the “importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues to recover,” President Obama has asked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to withdraw the draft National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone (smog), proposed in January of 2010.

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9th Circuit gives local air districts a back door to regulating mobile construction equipment *

USA - December 16 2010
In a recent decision, the 9th Circuit upheld a San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) rule that targets construction emissions generated by mobile sources at new development sites, a rule that might have been preempted.

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