Legal Opinion
Mateel Envtl. Justice Found. v. Office of Envtl. Health Hazard Assessment
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 5, 2018No. A148711PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtKline, P.J.
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In 1989, the predecessor to respondent Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency charged with implementing California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) ( Health & Saf. Code, § 25249.5 et seq. ), adopted a regulation setting a "maximum allowable dose level" or MADL for lead as a reproductive toxicant. ( Cal. Code Regs., tit. 27, § 25805, subd. (b).)1
In 2015, appellant Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation (Mateel) sued OEHHA, seeking a writ of mandate ( Code Civ. Proc., § 1085 ) and other relief to compel OEHHA to…
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