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Summary of the May 2021 listening session held jointly with the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California, and OEHHA

Fish Advisory for Folsom Lake.

Fish advisory for Lake Natoma.

An updated state fish advisory issued today for Lake Natoma in Sacramento County provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Chinook (King) Salmon, Common Carp, Inland Silverside, Rainbow Trout, Sacramento Sucker and sunfish species.

An updated state fish advisory issued today for Folsom Lake in El Dorado, Placer and Sacramento counties provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Chinook (King) Salmon, Rainbow Trout, sunfish species and Threadfin Shad.

PFOS and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors will be considered for possible listing under Proposition 65 at a public meeting scheduled for Monday, December 6, 2021. The meeting, which will be held virtually, will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last until all business is conducted or until 5:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting and instructions on how to participate will be provided in a future public notice published in advance of the meeting.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is releasing a draft document summarizing the carcinogenicity and derivation of a cancer inhalation unit risk factor (IUR) for 1-Bromopropane (1-BP).

The regulation will be effective on October 1, 2021. This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 2.8 micrograms per day for dibromoacetic acid for purposes of Proposition 65.

This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 17 micrograms per day for dichloroacetic acid for purposes of Proposition 65.

This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 9.9 micrograms per day for trichloroacetic acid for purposes of Proposition 65.