--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | California Legislation (3) description: California Legislation | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. (3) --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Cal/OSHA Updates Safety Rules for Storage Batteries](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206183/Cal-OSHA-Updates-Safety-Rules-for-Storage-Batteries) Posted by [Deb Hunsicker](https://blog.stpub.com/author/deb-hunsicker) on Tue, Oct 06, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3411173166-jpg/images/battery.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206183/Cal-OSHA-Updates-Safety-Rules-for-Storage-Batteries) Cal/OSHA has adopted final rules, effective October 1, 2015, that update the state’s regulations relating to storage battery systems and to changing and charging storage batteries. The purpose of this action is to update standards for storage batteries to address modern types of batteries in addition to clarifying regulations applicable to traditional lead–acid batteries. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206183/Cal-OSHA-Updates-Safety-Rules-for-Storage-Batteries) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206183/Cal-OSHA-Updates-Safety-Rules-for-Storage-Batteries#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Hazcom](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazcom) ## [Safety Programs Are Essential For The Automotive Workplace](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206179/Safety-Programs-Are-Essential-For-The-Automotive-Workplace) Posted by [STP Editorial Team](https://blog.stpub.com/author/stp-editorial-team) on Tue, Sep 29, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3411172776-jpg/images/mechanic.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206179/Safety-Programs-Are-Essential-For-The-Automotive-Workplace) “No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people.” – Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206179/Safety-Programs-Are-Essential-For-The-Automotive-Workplace) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/206179/Safety-Programs-Are-Essential-For-The-Automotive-Workplace#comments-listing) Tags: [Employer Best Practices](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/employer-best-practices), [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Employee Rights](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/employee-rights), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Transportation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/transportation) ## [Valley Fever Endemic in Central California](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205755/Valley-Fever-Endemic-in-Central-California) Posted by [STP Editorial Team](https://blog.stpub.com/author/stp-editorial-team) on Thu, Jul 23, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3411170786-jpg/images/california_valley.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205755/Valley-Fever-Endemic-in-Central-California) Valley fever is an illness that usually affects the lungs and is caused by the microscopic fungus known as *Coccidiodes immitis*, which lives in the top two to twelve inches of soil. While the fungal spores may be present in soils throughout California, they are endemic in the Central Valley counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Luis Obispo, and Tulare. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205755/Valley-Fever-Endemic-in-Central-California) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205755/Valley-Fever-Endemic-in-Central-California#comments-listing) Tags: [Employer Best Practices](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/employer-best-practices), [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [Employee Rights](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/employee-rights), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs) ## [Drive Green! Save Green!](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205540/Drive-Green-Save-Green) Posted by [STP Editorial Team](https://blog.stpub.com/author/stp-editorial-team) on Thu, Jul 02, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3434048002-jpg/images/electric_car_cropped.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205540/Drive-Green-Save-Green) Did you know that “what you drive, how you drive, and what fuel you use can impact both the environment and your pocketbook?” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put together a Green Vehicle Guide website that provides useful information and answers to all your questions about how you can go green on the road and save money too. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205540/Drive-Green-Save-Green) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205540/Drive-Green-Save-Green#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Training](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/training), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Hazcom](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazcom), [Transportation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/transportation) ## [July 1 Deadline For California’s Revised Industrial Storm Water Requirements](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205768/July-1-Deadline-For-California-s-Revised-Industrial-Storm-Water-Requirements) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Jun 30, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3434047832-jpg/images/storm_drain.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205768/July-1-Deadline-For-California-s-Revised-Industrial-Storm-Water-Requirements) The federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and state water quality laws (including California’s Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act) govern activities that may affect “waters of the United States.” Routine discharges from industrial and public sources make up most potentially polluting discharges, and are subject to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits and California Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs), but additional requirements also apply to potential “storm water” runoff from rainwater and snow, which can entrain oils and other pollutants and wash them down storm drains into water bodies. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the first broad-based national program in 1990, and has revised and expanded requirements over the past quarter century (often in response to court decisions finding its efforts inadequate). States have followed suit. For example, in 2014 California updated its industrial storm water requirements, replacing a general permit adopted in 1997 with a new one that becomes effective on July 1, 2015. The new permit revises and expands requirements, including narrowing exemptions for “light industry” facilities to become conditional exemptions subject to certification requirements, and addition of detailed requirements for “preproduction plastic” materials. The remainder of this note summarizes the new California requirements, which generally are comparable to EPA’s national general permit (last updated in 2008)–so readers outside California should remember that your facilities face analogous responsibilities. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205768/July-1-Deadline-For-California-s-Revised-Industrial-Storm-Water-Requirements) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/205768/July-1-Deadline-For-California-s-Revised-Industrial-Storm-Water-Requirements#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Hazcom](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazcom) ## [Environmental Compliance: Are You Using Water Efficiently?](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204735/Environmental-Compliance-Are-You-Using-Water-Efficiently) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Mar 11, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3434044122-jpg/images/drought.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204735/Environmental-Compliance-Are-You-Using-Water-Efficiently) Although day-to-day environmental regulations tend to focus on water *quality*, water *quantity* is also an issue … and can be a critical one. Here in California, we’re experiencing the third year of a drought of historic proportions; our Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 18% of average as winter ends. As the drought continues, state and local agencies are taking stronger and stronger measures to limit water use. The State Water Resources Control Board SWRCB) has just proposed to expand emergency regulations adopted in July 2014. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204735/Environmental-Compliance-Are-You-Using-Water-Efficiently) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204735/Environmental-Compliance-Are-You-Using-Water-Efficiently#comments-listing) Tags: [Corporate Governance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/corporate-governance), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) ## [Have You Completed Your Hazardous Materials Management Plan?](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204545/Have-You-Completed-Your-Hazardous-Materials-Management-Plan) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Feb 25, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3411078891-jpg/images/fire_code.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204545/Have-You-Completed-Your-Hazardous-Materials-Management-Plan) A wide variety of federal, state and even local laws apply environmental, health and safety (EH&S) protection requirements to chemicals. EH&S compliance personnel are accustomed to complying with chemical management requirements imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration ([OSHA](http://www.stpub.com/search.asp?keyword=osha&search=GO)), and their state equivalents. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204545/Have-You-Completed-Your-Hazardous-Materials-Management-Plan) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204545/Have-You-Completed-Your-Hazardous-Materials-Management-Plan#comments-listing) Tags: [Corporate Governance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/corporate-governance), [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Greenhouse Gas](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/greenhouse-gas), [ghg](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ghg), [Hazcom](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazcom) ## [California Law Requires Long-Life Batteries in Smoke Detectors](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204318/California-Law-Requires-Long-Life-Batteries-in-Smoke-Detectors) Posted by [STP Editorial Team](https://blog.stpub.com/author/stp-editorial-team) on Mon, Feb 16, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-3411078351-jpg/images/smoke_detector.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204318/California-Law-Requires-Long-Life-Batteries-in-Smoke-Detectors) How many times have you popped the batteries out of those old smoke detectors when the alarm blasted over burnt toast…and then failed to put the batteries back in? Or how about not replacing the batteries when they die or checking to see if the alarm is still in working order? Is there even a smoke detector in the house? [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204318/California-Law-Requires-Long-Life-Batteries-in-Smoke-Detectors) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/204318/California-Law-Requires-Long-Life-Batteries-in-Smoke-Detectors#comments-listing) Tags: [Corporate Governance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/corporate-governance), [Business & Legal](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal), [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Transportation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/transportation) ## [Great Environmental Fiction for Summer Reading](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/200501/Great-Environmental-Fiction-for-Summer-Reading) Posted by [Jane MacVicar](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jane-dunne) on Thu, Aug 21, 2014 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-1395807012-jpg/images/books.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/200501/Great-Environmental-Fiction-for-Summer-Reading) I love a good novel with an environmental theme and reading in the summer is one of the best ways to relax. There have already been many days this summer where it’s too hot to do anything except sit under a tree, sip a cold drink and get immersed in a novel. So I have created a list of books that I think are some of the best environmental fiction reads. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/200501/Great-Environmental-Fiction-for-Summer-Reading) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/200501/Great-Environmental-Fiction-for-Summer-Reading#comments-listing) Tags: [Business & Legal](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal), [California Legislation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california-legislation), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) ## [Creative Uses for STP Binders and CDs](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/200220/Creative-Uses-for-STP-Binders-and-CDs) Posted by [Jane MacVicar](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jane-dunne) on Fri, Aug 15, 2014 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-1344590603-jpg/images/cd_wreath_2.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/200220/Creative-Uses-for-STP-Binders-and-CDs) Now that you’ve switched from ordering paper or CD publications to online ones from STP, I thought I’d share a few creative ways to make your old binders and CDs useful! 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