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Coleman & Horowitt LLP provided a presentation to the American Council of Engineering Companies/ San Joaquin Chapter on January 9, 2019 regarding the revised CEQA Guidelines. After several years of regulatory efforts, in 2018 the most recent changes to the CEQA guidelines were finalized, and went into effect in December of the same year. While there are a number…
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Coleman & Horowitt LLP partner Lee N. Smith is participating in AB 617 South Fresno Steering Committee. In mid-December and January dozens of residents, business representatives and other community members attended the first meeting of the South Central Fresno Steering Committee as part of AB 617 Assembly Bill (“AB”) 617 (C. Garcia, Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017) was approved by the…
Government Code§ 1090 and the Political Reform Act This article is part of presentation that was made to the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) by David Weiland on January 9, 2019. Government Code § 1090 Fresno Law Firm Government Code § 1090(a): Members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers…
COLEMAN & HOROWITT LLP ARTICLE ON AB 617 WAS PUBLISHED IN THE WINTER ISSUE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOR.
Lee N. Smith of our office will be participating in a Water Law and Regulations Conference in Sacramento on January 16, 2019. Mr. Smith will be discussing Water Quality issues in California. His talk will encompass the origins of water quality regulation, the relevant agencies, liability under the Water Code, and touch upon several of the emerging issues including the…
On Tuesday December 11, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency released the long awaited (promised by President Trump) proposed rule that would reduce the types of areas covered by the wetlands programs under the federal Clean Water Act. ( Pre-publication version of the Federal Register notice, the supporting analyses and fact sheets are available at: https://www.epa.gov/wotus-rule) The proposed rule from the…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Findings in the Federal Register (62720 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 234 / Thursday, December 6, 2018) on Thursday that the PM 2.5 Attainment Plan for the Central Valley is overdue and that if it not completed and incorporated into the State Implementation Plan within 18 months-sanctions will be imposed that…
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted amendments to the Clear and Reasonable Prop 65 regulations on November 20, 2017 to clarify certain provisions. The changes relate to two mains topics:The first is to clarify the definition of a Registered Agent for the purposes of providing notice of the Prop 65 requirements. These changes were required as manufacturers…
(OEHHA) has proposed changes to the regulations that govern how Prop 65 reproductive toxicants in foods should be calculated. The proposed changes to the Prop 65 regulations amend 27 CCR §25821(a) and 27 CCR §25821(c) (2) purportedly to prevent incorrect or inconsistent determinations as to the applicability of Prop 65. https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/crnr/proposed-amendment-sections-25821a-and-c-level-exposure-chemicals-causing § 25821. Level of Exposure to Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity (a) For purposes of the Act, “level…