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This rulemaking adds Sections 25607.36 and 25607.37 to Article 6 as safe harbor tailored warnings for exposures to listed chemicals that may occur through the rental of a motor vehicle.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to establish three Proposition 65[1] Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for exposure to chlorpyrifos by amending Section 25805(b) of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.

This proposed regulation would establish the naturally occurring level of lead in candies containing chili and/or tamarind as required by Health and Safety Code section 110552.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to adopt new sections to Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.[1]  Subsequent to the adoption of the new Article 6 of Title 27, California Code of Regs on August 30, 2016 and the amendments to the regulations on November 20, 2017 to clarify and make more specific certain provisions of Article 6, OEHHA received a request to adopt tailored safe harbor exposure warnings for exposures to listed chemicals from rental v

In August 2016, OEHHA adopted the new Article 6 of Title 27, California Code of Regulations, Section 25600 et seq. OEHHA adopted amendments to the regulations on November 20, 2017 to clarify and make more specific certain provisions of Article 6.  Based upon questions received and additional input from stakeholders, this rulemaking proposes additional clarifying changes to Section 25600.2, subsections (b), (c), and (f).

This proposed regulatory action would amend subsection (a) to clarify that where a business presents evidence for the “level in question” of a chemical listed as causing reproductive toxicity in a food product based on the average of multiple samples of that food, the level in question may not be calculated by averaging the concentration of the chemical in food products from different manufacturers or producers, or that were manufactured in different facilities from the product at issue.

Proposal to adopt Proposition 65 Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for n-hexane. The proposed oral MADL for n-hexane is 28,000 micrograms per day and the proposed inhalation MADL for n-hexane is 20,000 micrograms per day.

A public hearing will be held on August 16, 2018, at which time any person may make comments orally or in writing on the proposed action described in this notice. 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations[1], section 25603.

OEHHA has received a request to adopt tailored safe harbor exposure warnings for exposures to listed chemicals that can occur at residential rental properties, and is proposing this rulemaking in response to that request.