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OEHHA is providing notice of additional changes to the proposed regulation to add section 25904 to Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.

Notice of a public hearing on a request for a safe use determination for diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in certain single-ply polyvinylchloride (PVC) roofing membrane products.

Public comment period on the request for a Safe Use Determination for diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in certain single-ply polyvinylchloride (PVC) roofing membrane products.

Extension of public comment period of the hazard identification document on female reproductive toxicity of Bisphenol A.

Extension of comment period for styrene for listing as causing cancer via the authoritative bodies mechanism

Extensive list of external sources of information for ecological risk assessment provided for informational purposes.

Announcement of Public Hearing for Proposition 65 lead agency website. This regulation would establish a framework for a website operated by OEHHA to provide information about potential exposures to listed chemicals.

March 2015 public hearing and comment period repeal of article 6 and adoption of new article 6 : Clear and Reasonable Warnings.  These new regulations would further the “right-to-know” purposes of the statute and provide more specific guidance on the content of safe harbor warnings for a variety of exposure situations, and corresponding methods for providing those warnings.

October 2015 addition of Atrazine, Propazine, Simazine and their chlorometabolites DACT, DEA and DIA as known to the State of California to cause reproductive toxicity. [listing delayed pending the court ruling on Syngenta’s Request for a Temporary Stay in Syngenta v OEHHA (Third District Court of Appeal case# C082128)]

Beta-Myrcene listed effective March 27, 2015 as known to the state of California to cause cancer via the authoritative bodies mechanism.