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Oct 30, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Thomas Brill |Alice Kessler |Madeline Orlando
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Effective Jan. 14, 2025, a new CA law expands CEC authority to
regulate refineries, allowing it to require minimum inventory
levels of transportation fuels.
The CEC can establish minimum inventory levels, maximize use of
existing storage infrastructure, and identify conditions for
inventory adjustments.
Refineries violating the CEC requirements face potential
penalties of up to $1,000,000 per day after a three-day notice
period.
On Oct. 14, 2024, California Gov.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Thomas Brill |Alice Kessler |Barbara Jones |Madeline Orlando
On Sept. 27, 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 219, delaying implementation
of California's emissions and climate-related financial risk
corporate disclosure laws. As we reported in a previous GT Alert, SB 219 amends some of
the California Air Resources Board (CARB)'s requirements for
implementing SB 253 and SB 261.
As amended by SB 219, CARB must adopt Scope 1, 2, and 3
emissions reporting regulations for companies by July 1, 2025, a
delay of six months from the Jan.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Will Wagner |Madeline Orlando |Alexandra Lizano |LindsayN. Aherne
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Requirements related to EPR law implementation.
PRO registration and administration.
Recycling advertising claims and the chasing arrows
symbol.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws continue to
proliferate in the United States, presenting significant
operational challenges for consumer packaged goods companies.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Will Wagner |Madeline Orlando |Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff |Tammana Malik
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pair of bills (A.B. 1008 and S.B. 1223) that amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) by adding a “consumer’s neural data” to the definition of “sensitive personal information” and specifying that “personal information” can exist in various formats, such as “abstract digital” formats.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Thomas Brill |Alice Kessler |Barbara Jones |Madeline Orlando
On Sept. 27, 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 219, delaying implementation of California’s emissions and climate-related financial risk corporate disclosure laws. As we reported in a previous GT Alert, SB 219 amends some of the California Air Resources Board (CARB)’s requirements for implementing SB 253 and SB 261. As amended by SB 219, CARB must adopt Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions reporting regulations for companies by July 1, 2025, a delay of six months from the Jan.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Will Wagner |Madeline Orlando |Alexandra Lizano |Lindsay N. Aherne
Go-To Guide:Requirements related to EPR law implementation. PRO registration and administration. Recycling advertising claims and the chasing arrows symbol. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Laws at a GlanceExtended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws continue to proliferate in the United States, presenting significant operational challenges for consumer packaged goods companies.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Laura Rabinowitz |Donald S. Stein |Madeline Orlando
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De minimis shipments to be limited.
Section 301 tariffs on certain products of China to
increase.
Exclusion process for manufacturing equipment to be
announced.
The de minimis exception, found in Section 321 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, currently allows imports valued at less than $800 to enter
the United States without duties or a formal entry. In a Sept.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Laura Rabinowitz |Donald S. Stein |Madeline Orlando
Go-To Guide:De minimis shipments to be limited. Section 301 tariffs on certain products of China to increase. Exclusion process for manufacturing equipment to be announced. On Sept. 13, 2024, the Biden administration and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced proposed changes to the de minimis duty exception standard and Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alice Kessler |Madeline Orlando |Thomas Brill
On Aug. 13, 2024, California State Sen. Scott Weiner introduced
proposals to Senate Bill (SB) 219 that would delay
implementation of California's historic emissions and
climate-related financial risk corporate disclosure laws.
Signed into law in 2023, SB 253 and SB 261 establish greenhouse
gas (GHG) emission and climate-related financial risk reporting
requirements for corporations that meet certain criteria.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Thomas Brill |Alice Kessler |Madeline Orlando
On Aug. 13, 2024, California State Sen. Scott Weiner introduced proposals to Senate Bill (SB) 219 that would delay implementation of California’s historic emissions and climate-related financial risk corporate disclosure laws. Signed into law in 2023, SB 253 and SB 261 establish greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and climate-related financial risk reporting requirements for corporations that meet certain criteria.
