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Updated Public Health Goals (PHGs) for nitrate and nitrite in drinking water, technical support document, received comments, and responce to comments.

The report presents 36 indicators that show how climate change is affecting California. The report is intended to promote scientific analysis to inform decision-making on mitigating and adapting to climate change and to serve as a resource for decision makers, scientists, educators, and the public.

Report covers temperature, wildfires, drought, Sierra Nevada snowmelt, species migration, shifting ranges of many species of California plants and animals.

Safe fishing advisory for Del Valle reservoir.  Advisory based on mercury.

The advisory issued provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Inland Silverside, Striped Bass, sunfish species, and Threadfin Shad.

The adopted RELs cover different types of exposure to EGBE in air: infrequent 1-hour exposures, repeated 8-hour exposures, and continuous long-term exposure.

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the California Environmental Protection Agency have partnered with Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc. and the University of Washington to examine the quality of canal water used for domestic purposes in the Imperial Valley. Their study, “Water Quality Assessment for Rural Communities in Imperial County,” has the following aims: • Identify and quantify contaminants in the canal water at connections to Imperial households.

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.

Fish advisory for Cache Creek.

Advisory based on mercury and PCBs. For information relating to biotoxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs) that may be found in California water bodies, see below.