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Comment Period - Proposed Section 25904 Listings by Reference to the California Labor Code and Proposed Amendments to Section 25302 Science Advisory Board

Announcement of a Public Workshop on a Possible Regulation Concerning the Listing of Chemicals under the Proposition 65 Labor Code mechanism

Announcement of a Public Workshop on Proposed Amendments to Section 25302, Regulations Governing Qualifications for Members of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) and the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DART-IC)

Announcement of two public pre-regulatory workshops on June 17, 2013: possible regulation concerning the listing of chemicals under the Proposition 651 Labor Code mechanism ; and possible amendments to the regulations governing qualifications for members of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) and the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DART-IC).

Information on CalEnviroScreen 1.0, including the report, a summary of major changes from the 1.0 draft, response to major comments, and sensitivity analysis.

CalEnviroScreen 1.0 is a science-based tool that identifies the California communities most burdened by pollution from multiple sources and most vulnerable to its effects.

Chemical listed effective April 11, 2013 as known to the state of California to cause reproductive toxicity: Bisphenol A (BPA).

Effective April 19, 2013, OEHHA is removing bisphenol A (BPA) (CAS No. 80-05-7) from the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity

OEHHA is withdrawing the notice to adopt a specific regulatory level having no observable effect under Section 25805 for bisphenol A.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing  Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs) for the chemical methanol.