September 2019

Biobased and Renewable Products Update September 26, 2019   Federal DOE And NOAA Announce Prize Competition With NOAA On September 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the […]

September 25, 2019 New California Law:  Workers’ Presumed Status as Employees versus Independent Contractors Last week Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB-5).  AB-5 presumes that any person who

Austin W. Manning Joins the Environmental and Energy Law Firm of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), an environmental, energy, land use law

EPA Includes Unique Identifier Information on Updated TSCA Inventory The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on September 19, 2019, that it posted the first public Toxic Substances Control Act

Biobased and Renewable Products Update September 19, 2019   Federal OSTP Requests Information On The U.S. Bioeconomy On September 10, 2019, the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

September 10, 2019 Ninth Circuit Places Burden on Dischargers to Prove Clean Water Act Agricultural Return Flow Exception Applies The Ninth Circuit recently held that dischargers bear the burden of

Lynn L. Bergeson Named President of the Board of Directors of the Product Stewardship Society FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2019   COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Product Stewardship Society (PSS)

EPA streamlines tribal oil and gas minor NSR process September 9, 2019 | Eric L. Hiser On July 15, 2019, EPA proposed revisions to the federal implementation plan for tribal minor

Biobased and Renewable Products Update September 5, 2019   Federal   DOE Office Of Science Announces BERAC Open Meeting   On September 5, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

California Supreme Court Holds That Zoning Amendments Are Not Projects as a Matter of Law The California Supreme Court clarified an ambiguous statute and the test for what is considered