Extension of Comment Period - Proposed Listing of Gallium Arsenide as Known to Cause Cancer and Hexafluoroacetone, Nitrous Oxide and Vinyl Cyclohexene Dioxide as Known to Cause Reproductive Toxicity
On June 15, 2007 the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register No. 2007, 24-Z) announcing its proposal to add gallium arsenide [CAS No. 1303-00-0] to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer, and hexafluoroacetone [CAS No. 684-16-2], nitrous oxide [CAS No. 10024-97-2] and vinyl cyclohexene dioxide [CAS No. 106-87-6] to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity, for the purposes of Proposition 65. The June 15 notice announced a July 16, 2007 public workshop and initiated a 30-day public comment period which was scheduled to close on July 16, 2007. OEHHA received a request to extend the comment period to allow for the submittal of relevant information. OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period to 5 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, 2007. An announcement of the extension was made at the July 16, 2007 workshop.
Written comments in triplicate, along with any supporting documentation, may be submitted to:
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Street Address: 1001 I Street, MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95814
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4010
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax No.: (916) 323-8803
Telephone: (916) 445-6900
P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov
Comments may also be delivered in person or by courier to the above address. In order to be considered, comments must be received at OEHHA by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2007.