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The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adopting new Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) for Chromium, Trivalent (Inorganic Water-Soluble Compounds) (Cr(III)) for use in the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program.

A state fish advisory issued today for Collins Lake in Yuba County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, crappie species, and sunfish species.

Fish advisory for Antelope Lake in Plumas County.

A state fish advisory issued today for Antelope Lake in Plumas County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, bullhead species, Golden Shiner, and sunfish species.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the release of a second draft document for public review describing proposed Public Health Goals (PHGs) for the five regulated haloacetic acids (HAAs) found in drinking water as a result of disinfection methods: monochloroacetic acid (MCA), dichloroacetic acid (DCA), trichloroacetic acid (TCA), monobromoacetic acid (MBA), and dibromoacetic acid (DBA)

On August 4, 2022, the Office of Administrative Law approved amendments to Title 27, California Code of Regulations by adopting Sections 25697.38 through 24607.47 into Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations. The new sections address exposures to listed cannabis (marijuana) smoke and Delta-9-THC.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has adopted an NSRL of 3.7 micrograms per day for exposures to 1,3-dichloropropene by the oral and inhalation routes.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board acute notification level recommendations for four cyanotoxins. Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, during algal blooms. These acute NL recommendations represent the recommended maximum concentrations that people can consume over a 24-hour period.

Disadvantaged Community Designation (May 2022)

The proposed rulemaking to amend the regulation related to short-form Proposition 65 warnings was initially noticed in the California Regulatory Notice Register in January 2021. OEHHA has allowed the rulemaking to lapse as provided for under the Administrative Procedure Act OEHHA intends to restart the rulemaking process on the short-form with a new regulatory proposal, informed by comments on the previous proposal, in the next several weeks.