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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, commonly referred to as OEHHA (pronounced oh-EEE-ha), is a specialized department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency ( CalEPA) with responsibility for evaluating health risks from environmental chemical contaminants. OEHHA is the scientific adviser within ...
These locations are known as Superfund sites and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. [2] As of March 10, 2011, there were 94 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in California. [2]
The Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites List, also known as the Cortese List—named for Dominic Cortese—or California Superfund, is a planning document used by the State of California and its various local agencies and developers to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act requirements in providing information about the location ...
Loaded 0%. Death Valley, Calif., set a record Thursday for the highest recorded temperature for the month of September, hitting 127 degrees Fahrenheit. The new record comes as California bakes in ...
High temperature records continued to fall across California on Tuesday, as the most brutal heat wave of 2022 reached its peak, offering a grim preview of what climate change has in store for the ...
Warmer winter temperatures in California could make ‘storms more hazardous,’ report says. ... The update showed 0% of California has “moderate drought,” down from 0.07% on Oct. 10. Roughly ...
The California Health and Safety Code is the codification of general statutory law covering the subject areas of health and safety in the state of California. [1] It is one of the 29 California Codes and was originally signed into law by the Governor of California on April 7, 1939. [2]
Oak Fire (2022) / 37.5509366; -119.9234728. The Oak Fire was a destructive wildfire that burned north of the community of Bootjack in Mariposa County, California and in the Sierra National Forest, during the 2022 California wildfire season. [2] The fire was reported on July 22, 2022, and burned 19,244 acres (7,788 ha) before being fully ...