Longtime efforts by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to amend the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings for California’s Proposition 65 appear to be nearing completion. On 13 June...more
Cannabis Company Shuts Down Unpermitted Diesel Generators 2 Years Later - SFGATE - Cannery residents paired with environmental advocacy groups Center for Environmental Health and the Environmental Democracy Project to...more
On October 6, 2022, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), provided notice of new changes to the proposed regulation. If adopted,...more
California Proposition 65: OEHHA Publishes Second Modification to Proposed Rules to Short-Form Warnings - The National Law Review - On April 5, 2022, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment...more
Two significant decisions were recently issued regarding California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65). First, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a district court’s preliminary injunction halting new...more
On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced proposed regulations that would significantly affect the warning requirements for products that cause exposure to cannabis...more
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed significant changes to the Proposition 65 warning requirements that may impact businesses’ Proposition 65...more
On January 8, 2021, California’s Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued proposed amendments to Article 6 of the regulations implementing the state’s Safe Drinking...more
On January 8, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced proposed regulations that would significantly affect how businesses may use short-form Proposition 65 warnings. Proposition...more
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) has finalized a highly anticipated Proposition 65 regulation relating to coffee. The regulation, California Code of Regulations Section 25704, takes...more
On June 15, 2018, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed a new regulation to help clarify that Proposition 65 cancer warnings are not required for coffee products. OEHHA’s proposed action is...more
On March 25, 2016, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) modified its November 27, 2015, proposed rule that would repeal and replace the Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Article 6 regulations...more
Businesses in California have been thrown another curveball in following developments related to the state’s Proposition 65, the much-criticized statute requiring prolific warnings of exposure to toxic substances and fueling...more
As this space has discussed, Proposition 65 has been the subject of attempts by the California Legislature to reform the enforcement of the law. Recently, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment...more
On January 12, 2015, California’s Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) released the long anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes changes to the warning requirements under Proposition...more
Proposed new regulations may have unintended consequences. Despite the California governor’s call for meaningful Proposition 65 reform and a reduction in frivolous enforcement lawsuits, the California Office of...more