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OEHHA announces the availability of the amended regulatory text and the supporting rulemaking documents,Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Sections 12705 and 12805.

Proposal to allow 60-day notices of violation to be sent to certain state and local prosecutors via electronic mail, if the prosecutor has consented to such service.

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendment to Section 12601. Clear and Reasonable Warnings Amendment to Section 12201. Definitions

Opportunity to comment on the re-drafted concepts re: exposures to a human and plant nutrient in a food. Workshop held December 12, 2008.

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.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to establish specific regulatory levels posing no significant risk for benz[a]anthracene, benzene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[j]fluoranthene, bromoform, chrysene, 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole, dibenzo[a,h]pyrene, dibenzo[a,i]pyrene, and 5-methylchrysene and to establish a specific regulatory level representing 1/1000th the observable effect for arsenic.

OEHHA has determined that certain sections of the Proposition 65 regulations are not organized in a manner that is easily understood by persons not trained in law. As part of an ongoing project to clarify and update these regulatory provisions, OEHHA is considering reorganizing section 25601of Title 27, California Code of Regulations to make it more user-friendly.

Notice of Amendments to Text of Regulations, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12204 (renumbered from Section 12104)

OEHHA is proposing to move the Proposition 65 regulations from Title 22 to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). Placing Proposition 65 regulations in Title 27, together with other environmental regulations, would facilitate future searches by stakeholders.

 OEHHA is proposing an additional minor clarification and one substantive change to the proposed amendments of Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25204.