California regulators obscured records in hazardous waste rulemaking

California regulators obscured records in hazardous waste rulemaking

California’s hazardous waste regulator added hundreds of pages of federal road accident reports to a rulemaking record — then gave the public a broken link to access them and directed anyone who wanted to read them to submit a public records request. The documents, obtained by Earthjustice through such a request and shared with CalMatters, describe years of incidents involving hazardous materials on public roads – including crashes, spills and o…