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Modification: Mateel Environmental v. Office of Environmental Health

Ruling by

J. Anthony Kline

Lower Court

Alameda County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Winifred Y. Smith
Agency's use of OSHA standard as safe harbor lead standard not improper where decision not 'arbitrary and capricious.'



Court

California Courts of Appeal 1DCA/2

Cite as

2018 DJDAR 6097

Published

Jun. 25, 2018

Filing Date

Jun. 21, 2018

Disposition Type

Affirmed


MATEEL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT et al.,

Defendants and Respondents;

CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE et al.,

Intervenors and Respondents.

 

No. A148711

(Alameda County

Super. Ct. No. RG15-754547)

California Courts of Appeal

First Appellate District

Division Two

Filed June 21, 2018

 

Trial Judge: Hon. Winifred Y. Smith

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant: Lexington Law Group, Eric S. Somers, Howard J. Hirsch, Joseph Mann, Casey Fisher, Klamath Environmental Law Center, William Verick, David H. Williams

Attorneys for Defendants and Respondents: Attorneys General of California, Xavier Becerra, Kamala D. Harris, Susan S. Fiering, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Harrison M. Pollak, Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Interveners and Respondents: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Trenton H. Norris, Sarah Esmaili

Amicus Curiae David Roe, in pro. per.

 

BY THE COURT:

 

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on June 5, 2018, be modified to correct several small technical errors as follows:

 

Page 6, footnote 6, next to last line:

 

Existing Language: "and 'µg/100m' - have the same meaning."

Modification: "and 'µg/100ml' - have the same meaning" and remove the final quote after the word "meaning" at the end of the sentence in footnote 6.

 

Page 8, first full paragraph, first line:

 

Existing Language: "setting the 0.5 MADL for lead"

Modification: "setting the 0.5 micrograms per day MADL for lead"

 

Page 8, second full paragraph, first line:

 

Existing Language: "the 0.5 microgram per day (0.5 micrograms/100g)"

Modification: "the 0.5 microgram per day (0.5 micrograms/day)"

 

Page 11, Heading A:

 

Existing Language: "30 Micrograms per Day"

Modification: "30 Micrograms per 100 Grams"

 

Page 17, Heading B:

 

Existing Language: "Exposure to 500 µg of Lead per Day"

Modification: "Exposure to 0.5 µg of Lead per Day"

 

Page 19, line 3:

 

Existing Language: "(the state qualified experts. . . .)"

Modification: "(the State's qualified experts. . . .)"

 

Page 21, last line of second full paragraph:

 

Existing Language: "no observable reproductive effects level of under 30 micrograms per day and OEHHA."

Modification: "no observable reproductive effects blood lead level of under 30 micrograms per 100 grams."

 

Page 21, last line of third full paragraph:

 

Existing Language: "would achieve its surrogate NOEL of 30 micrograms per day."

Modification: "would achieve its surrogate NOEL blood lead level of 30 micrograms per 100 grams."

 

Page 23, line 8 of first paragraph in section E:

 

Existing Language: "identify in its ISOF or its FSOR"

Modification: "identify in its ISOR or its FSOR"

 

 

Dated:

Kline, P.J.

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