On February 26, 2010, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2010, No. 9-Z) a Notice of Intent to List soliciting information relevant to the administrative listing of acrylamide as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity. On the same date, OEHHA also published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for acrylamide. OEHHA proposed to establish a maximum allowable dose level (MADL) for the chemical in Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25805. The public comment periods are scheduled to close on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. As stated in both February 26 notices, in the event acrylamide is not listed for reproductive toxicity, OEHHA will not proceed with the adoption of the MADL.
OEHHA has received a request to extend the comment periods for both the administrative listing for acrylamide and the proposed MADL for acrylamide. OEHHA hereby extends the public comment periods until close of business on Thursday, May 27, 2010.
We encourage you to submit comments in electronic form, rather than in paper form. Comments transmitted by e-mail on the listing of acrylamide should be addressed to cynthia.oshita@oehha.ca.gov. Comments transmitted by e-mail on the proposed MADL should be addressed to sluong@oehha.ca.gov. Comments submitted in paper form may be mailed, faxed, or delivered in person to the respective contact persons identified above at the addresses below:
Mailing Address:
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010, MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax:(916) 323-8803
Street Address:1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
