As of 2024 California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”) officially required an initial site report and annual report for all warehouses greater than 100,000 square feet under its Warehouse Actions and...more
California legislators and regulators continue to create various challenges for warehouse owners and operators throughout the Golden State. Two recent developments in particular serve as stark reminders to owners and...more
A district court has ruled that federal law does not preempt an indirect source rule that targets emissions associated with warehouses in Southern California. On December 14, 2023, a US federal judge rejected claims that...more
A federal court heard motions for summary judgment in challenge to first-in-nation rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies. By Joshua Bledsoe, Nick Cox, and Jennifer Garlock On April 17, 2023, a US federal judge...more
A local air district in Southern California approved a rule requiring warehouses to reduce trucking emissions and adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. Latham & Watkins attorneys examine it's requirements and say...more
The State and NGOs seek to defend an emissions rule that trucking and airline trade groups are challenging in federal court. On October 13, 2021, the State of California, on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General...more
On February 23, 2021, Benesch published an article on titled Government Gone Wild! Another First-Of-Its-Kind Regulations Targets the Logistics Industry. The article examined California’s South Coast Air Quality Management...more
A local air district approved a rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. At a contentious board hearing on May 7, 2021, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a...more
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”) is pursuing a new rule to regulate distribution warehouses. The SCAQMD’s focus is not on emissions generated by the warehouses or their equipment. Rather, its focus...more
The early days of the Biden Administration have given commercial users and providers of transportation and logistics services a lot to consider. In the first week of his presidency alone, President Biden signed 22 executive...more
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