In an opinion filed May 14, and later ordered published on June 11, 2025, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) affirmed a judgment dismissing a CEQA action challenging an approval for a City parking lot redevelopment/affordable housing project due to the Petitioner’s failure to timely join the necessary and indispensable real party developer
Navigating OSHA’s Updated Inspection Strategy
In May 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) released an updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Inspection Program directive. The SST Inspection Program is OSHA’s main site-specific programmed inspection initiative for non-construction workplaces that have 20 or more employees. The SST Inspection Program uses employer-submitted injury and illness information (i.e., Form 300A data) to
EPA Proposes Granting Texas Primacy for Class VI Wells
The proposal could accelerate the permitting process for carbon capture and storage projects in the state.
By Joshua T. Bledsoe, JP Brisson, Nikki Buffa, Michael Dreibelbis, Jennifer Roy, Nolan Fargo, and Samantha Yeager
On June 9, 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a proposed rule that, if
EPA Proposes Repeal of Power Plant GHG Emissions Standards
If finalized, the rule would eliminate both Obama- and Biden-era limits on GHG emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
By Karl A. Karg, Stacey L. VanBelleghem, Nikki Buffa, Devin M. O’Connor, and G. Jack Mathews
On June 11, 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule under the
Pause Continues in Litigation Over PFAS MCLs and Hazardous Substances Designation
EPA has again obtained extensions of the stays in the litigation challenging the MCLs for six PFAS and the litigation challenging the hazardous substance designation for PFOS and PFOA.
EPA requested the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to grant a 45-day extension in the stay of the litigation challenging six MCLs (PFOA,
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Use of Environmental Review as a Roadblock
On May 29, 2025, in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (2025) 605 U.S. ____, the Supreme Court gave instruction that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) “is a procedural cross-check, not a substantive roadblock,” and that NEPA’s goal “is to inform agency decisionmaking, not to paralyze it.”
Specifically, the Court overturned the
Trump Budget Plan Proposes Big Cuts to OSHA, Lowering Head Count and Limiting Enforcement Capabilities
The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal includes big cuts for OSHA. The Fiscal Year 2026 Congressional Budget Justification is available here. The plan includes an 8% overall budget cut to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The proposed budget would reduce OSHA’s funding from $632.3 million in FY 2025 to $582.4
Déjà vu? FWS Solicits Feedback to Update Section 10(a) of the ESA
On Monday, June 9, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) opened a short, 30-day public comment period soliciting information and comments to, “improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness” of Section 10(a) take permitting under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If it seems like Section 10(a) just underwent a comment period not too long ago,
Nominee for OSHA Chief David Keeling Testifies Before Senate Committee, Outlines Workplace Safety Priorities and Workplace Violence Plans
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday, June 5, 2025, OSHA Nominee David Keeling testified that he plans to adopt a more cooperative, proactive approach and pursue a new workplace violence regulation.
As we previously blogged, on February 11, 2025, President Trump nominated David Keeling as Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, pending Senate confirmation. In the
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 10, 2025
Next Week: An Overview of State Grain Dealer Statutes in the United States, Wed. June 18 at noon. Center Director Ross Pifer presents with the National Agricultural Law Center.
Dairy Policy: Pennsylvania Milk Board Publishes Order Continuing $1 Over-Order Premium 
On June 4, 2025, the Pennsylvania Milk Board (PMB) published Official General Order No.