Amends existing procedures governing service of a 60-day notice under Proposition 65 by establishing an alternative procedure for serving notices on prosecutors via electronic mail, if the prosecutor has consented to that method of service.
OEHHA announces the availability of the amended regulatory text and the supporting rulemaking documents,Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Sections 12705 and 12805.
Amendment to Section 12805. Specific regulatory levels of reproductive toxicants: 2,4-D butyric acid (2,4-DB, 2,4-dichlorophenoxybutyric acid), m-dinitrobenzene, hydramethylnon and N-methylpyrrolidone.
Adoption of changes to the Safe Use Determination regulations to delete existing language in subsection (a) providing that Safe Use Determinations are advisory only and replace it with language providing that the Safe Use Determinations shall have presumptive effect, increase the filing fee for a Safe Use Determination request from $500.00 to $1000.00 in subsection (d)(1), and to create in subsection (g) a time limit of sixty (60) days for submission of additional material requested by OEHHA.
Approved amendment to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b)(1), that adopt 8.2 micrograms per day as the No Significant Risk Level for 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) for purposes of Proposition 65.
This rulemaking action clarifies the original intent of the regulation and allows for the most current and appropriate methodology to be applied to quantitative risk assessment. This amendment also provides default age-specific bodyweights to be used in calculation of the maximum allowable dose level. The amendment is effective on April 16, 2011.