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OEHHA adopts amendments to Proposition 65 'clear and reasonable warnings' regulations (short-form warnings changes effective Jan 1, 2025)
OEHHA adopted amendments to the Proposition 65 'clear and reasonable warnings' safe-harbor regulations, including updates impacting use and content of short-form warnings (e.g., requiring identification of at least one listed chemical). The amendments are effective January 1, 2025. Compliance teams should update labeling/artwork, online warnings, and related procedures to meet the amended safe-harbor content requirements and transition provisions.
EPA proposes 2026 NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) with report-only PFAS indicator monitoring for certain sectors
EPA’s Proposed 2026 NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) fact sheet includes a new provision for certain industrial sectors to conduct quarterly, report-only indicator analytical monitoring for PFAS. The fact sheet references monitoring for a suite of PFAS compounds aligned with EPA Method 1633, with analysis using EPA Method 1633. Facilities that rely on MSGP coverage should evaluate whether their sector would be subject to PFAS monitoring and prepare for potential sampling/lab capacity and internal reporting workflows if finalized.
EPA releases proposed 2026 NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) fact sheet describing quarterly 'report-only' PFAS indicator monitoring
EPA published a fact sheet for the proposed 2026 NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) describing 'report-only' indicator analytical monitoring for PFAS on a quarterly basis (as described in the fact sheet). This signals potential new monitoring and reporting expectations for MSGP-covered industrial sectors if finalized; environmental compliance teams should review whether their facilities would be covered and plan for sampling, lab capacity, and data management impacts pending final permit issuance.
EPA proposes PFAS indicator monitoring in proposed 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for industrial stormwater
EPA released a pre-publication Federal Register notice for the proposed 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for industrial stormwater that includes a new provision for PFAS “indicator monitoring” (described as quarterly, report-only analytical monitoring for PFAS for many sectors). This creates a potential new PFAS monitoring expectation for facilities operating under the MSGP in EPA-permitting areas. Compliance teams should identify affected sites/sectors, assess sampling/analytical feasibility and cost, and prepare to submit comments once the proposal is formally published (comment deadline stated as 60 days after Federal Register publication).
CARB releases draft TEAMs package proposing targeted administrative modifications to the Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde ATCM (labeling/documentation/testing clarifications)
CARB published a Potential Targeted Administrative Modifications (TEAMs) rulemaking package that includes proposed edits to provisions within the Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde ATCM (17 CCR §93120–§93120.12). The draft describes intended clarifications/administrative changes such as aligning equivalence testing ranges with U.S. EPA ranges, removing certain compliance-information options (e.g., barcode option for finished goods compliance info and bill-of-lading option for statement of compliance), and clarifying that compliance language must be in English. Compliance teams should monitor this package because, if adopted, it could change documentation/labeling and testing demonstration practices for regulated composite wood products and finished goods sold in California.
OEHHA adopts amendments to Proposition 65 ‘clear and reasonable warnings’ regulations (effective Jan 1, 2025)
The Office of Administrative Law approved OEHHA’s rulemaking updating the Proposition 65 ‘clear and reasonable warnings’ regulation (safe harbor warning methods and content). The amendments became effective January 1, 2025, impacting how businesses may structure compliant warnings (including content and format elements) for listed-chemical exposures in California.
CARB releases draft TEAMs package proposing targeted administrative modifications to the Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde ATCM (§§93120–93120.12)
CARB published a draft package under its Potential Targeted Administrative Modifications (TEAMs) rulemaking process proposing administrative/clarifying edits to the Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde ATCM (17 CCR §§93120–93120.12). The draft materials describe proposed changes including: aligning equivalence testing ranges with U.S. EPA ranges (draft edits referenced to §93120.9), clarifying statement-of-compliance information is in English, streamlining how/where statements of compliance are provided (including removing certain documentation/labeling options as described in the draft cover/attachments), and adding explicit labeling language for panels moved through California for testing only (e.g., “For CARB/TSCA Title VI testing only, not for sale in California,” shown in draft edits to §§93120.3, 93120.5, 93120.6). Compliance teams should track this proposal because, if adopted, it could change documentation/labeling/testing expectations for regulated panels and finished goods.
CARB issues draft TEAMs package proposing targeted administrative modifications to the Composite Wood Products ATCM (labeling/documentation/testing clarifications)
CARB released a draft package titled “Potential Targeted Administrative Amendments” (TEAMs) describing proposed administrative modifications to the Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde ATCM (17 CCR §§93120–93120.12). The draft indicates possible changes to compliance labeling/documentation options (e.g., removing certain options such as barcode or bill of lading statements), clarifying language requirements (English), aligning equivalence testing range language with U.S. EPA ranges, and adding “testing only/not for sale in California” labeling language for panels moved/imported for testing. This is not an adopted amendment but signals potential upcoming rulemaking that could alter compliance documentation and labeling workflows for composite wood panels and finished goods sold in California.
CARB releases draft TEAMs rulemaking package proposing targeted administrative modifications to the Composite Wood ATCM
CARB published a draft “Potential Targeted Administrative Modifications (TEAMs) Rulemaking” package that includes proposed edits to the Composite Wood Products Formaldehyde ATCM (17 CCR §§93120–93120.12). The draft indicates potential changes such as aligning equivalence testing ranges with U.S. EPA ranges, removing the bar code option for providing finished-good compliance information, removing the bill-of-lading option for a statement of compliance, and clarifying that required compliance language must be in English. Because this is workshop/draft material (not an adopted CCR amendment), compliance teams should monitor the rulemaking for any finalized administrative changes affecting labeling/documentation, equivalency testing, and compliance statements.
Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847) published/entered into force, establishing Annex III ‘important products’ framework and empowering implementing acts for categorisation
Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (Cyber Resilience Act) is the binding baseline instrument establishing the Annex III ‘important products with digital elements’ construct and the associated additional/stricter compliance pathway (notably via conformity assessment) compared with default CRA products. For Annex III compliance, the CRA is the legal basis defining ‘important products’ and providing the Commission with powers to adopt further implementing/delegated acts that clarify or operationalize Annex III categorisation (e.g., technical descriptions later provided in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2392). Compliance teams should treat this as the controlling text for Annex III obligations and track related implementing/delegated acts that refine Annex III application in practice.
China adopts revised Mineral Resources Law adding Mineral Resource Reserves and Emergency Response framework (effective 1 July 2025)
China adopted a major revision to its Mineral Resources Law that introduces a new chapter on Mineral Resource Reserves and Emergency Response. The framework provides legal authority for strategic mineral reserve systems (including product reserves/stockpiles, production capacity reserves, and resource site reserves) and emergency measures during disruptions, which can affect critical-minerals security planning and operational requirements for mining rights holders and related supply chains. The revision enters into force on 2025-07-01, as stated in the secondary policy summary and consistent with the official law publication.
ENISA publishes CRA requirements-to-standards mapping to support implementation of Annex I essential cybersecurity requirements
ENISA published a “Cyber Resilience Act Requirements Standards Mapping” document mapping CRA requirements to relevant standards. Although non-binding and not an amendment to CRA Annex I, the mapping is directly relevant to implementing and evidencing conformity with Annex I essential cybersecurity requirements by helping manufacturers and compliance teams identify applicable standards and where they support Annex I controls (e.g., security updates, vulnerability handling, and baseline product security measures).
CDC/NIOSH opens Federal Register public comment period on five draft Skin Notation Profiles (Allyl alcohol, Formamide, Formic acid, Phenothiazine, Picric acid) and solicits input on removing/including SI ratio content
CDC/NIOSH published a Federal Register notice opening a docketed public comment process (CDC-2024-0085; NIOSH-153-F) for five draft NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles: allyl alcohol (CAS 107-18-6), formamide (CAS 75-12-7), formic acid (CAS 64-18-6), phenothiazine (CAS 92-84-2), and picric acid (CAS 88-89-1). For compliance and EHS teams, this signals potential forthcoming updates to NIOSH skin notation determinations used in occupational hazard communication and exposure control programs. The notice also highlights a methodological/documentation change in the draft profiles (removal of skin-to-inhalation dose (SI) ratio content from individual profile documents based on reviewer feedback) and explicitly requests stakeholder input on whether SI ratio information should be removed or included going forward.
CDC/NIOSH opened public comment period on five draft Skin Notation Profiles (Allyl alcohol, Formamide, Formic acid, Phenothiazine, Picric acid)
CDC/NIOSH published a Federal Register notice requesting stakeholder comments on draft skin notation (SK) assignments and Draft Skin Notation Profiles for five chemicals: allyl alcohol, formamide, formic acid, phenothiazine, and picric acid. The notice also solicits feedback on a methodological/document-structure issue—removal of the skin-to-inhalation dose (SI) ratio information from individual profile documents—and indicates drafts will be finalized after addressing comments. Compliance/IH teams may want to review draft SK assignments and anticipate potential updates to internal dermal hazard communication, PPE selection rationales, and chemical risk assessments that reference NIOSH skin notation rationale documents.
EU Cyber Resilience Act Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 published on EUR-Lex (authoritative Annex I baseline requirements text)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (Cyber Resilience Act) is available on EUR-Lex as the authoritative legal text, including Annex I essential/baseline cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements. This provides the controlling baseline for Annex I compliance mapping, technical documentation, and conformity assessment preparation. (No recent amendment to Annex I itself is identified in the provided research; this entry captures the binding act as the source-of-truth reference surfaced in the official-source review.)
ASEAN commenced review of AHTN 2022 to support development/implementation of AHTN 2028 aligned with WCO HS 2028
ASEAN announced the start of a review of the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2022 by the Technical Sub-Working Group on Classification, with the stated objective of supporting development and implementation of AHTN 2028 aligned with the WCO Harmonized System 2028. Trade compliance and customs classification teams should monitor this workstream for upcoming tariff classification changes that could affect product coding, origin documentation, duty treatment, licensing, and import/export declarations across ASEAN Member States.
Commission opens infringement procedures against Portugal and Slovakia for failure to transpose RoHS Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/232 (recovered rigid PVC profiles exemption conditions)
The European Commission opened infringement procedures (letters of formal notice) against Portugal and Slovakia for failure to communicate national transposition measures for Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/232 by the required deadline stated in the research text (31 July 2024). The delegated directive amends RoHS to enable certain uses of recovered rigid PVC in plastic profiles for electrical/electronic windows and doors under specified conditions (including cadmium and lead concentration limits and marking/traceability requirements as described in the research text). This enforcement action is relevant for companies relying on Member State implementation of the exemption and indicates increased Commission scrutiny on timely transposition of RoHS delegated directives.
Technology Services Board minutes state replacement of Standard 141.10 is complete via approvals of successor security policies/standards
Technology Services Board (TSB) meeting minutes for the Sept. 12, 2024 quarterly full board meeting state that approvals of newer security policies/standards “mark the completion to replace the previous Standard 141.10 Securing Information Technology Assets.” For compliance teams, this is a governance signal that 141.10 should be treated as a legacy framework and that control mappings, audit criteria, and contract/security requirement references should be updated to the applicable WaTech SEC-series policies/standards that supersede the relevant 141.10 sections.
RMI announces upcoming EMRT 2.0 scope expansion to add copper, natural graphite, lithium, and nickel
RMI announced that the upcoming EMRT 2.0 release would expand the EMRT reporting scope by adding four minerals—copper, natural graphite, lithium, and nickel—alongside existing EMRT minerals (cobalt and mica). This scope expansion is relevant for compliance teams because it increases supplier data-collection requirements and due-diligence coverage for energy-transition and battery-related minerals.
TSB Security Subcommittee materials describe SEC-06-01-S replacing 141.10 authentication requirements and setting January 1, 2026 password policy change
Technology Services Board (TSB) Security Subcommittee agenda materials (Aug. 8, 2024) describe SEC-06-01-S Identification and Authentication Security Standard as expanding on and replacing 141.10 sections 6.2 and 6.3, and include an explicit future-dated change: beginning Jan. 1, 2026, password length and expiration requirements increase (minimum 15 characters; maximum 365-day expiration). This is a concrete implementation milestone for agencies’ authentication/password policies derived from the 141.10 successor standards. Because the agenda book is meeting material (not the final adopted standard text), treat the regulatory status as proposed unless separately confirmed as adopted in an official issued standard document.