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Notice of proposed rulemaking, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, amendments to Section 12705b and c, Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Title 22, California Code of Regulations, section 12705 to add a new subsection providing an alternative risk level for the chemical acrylamide in breads and cereals.

Extension of comment period.  Notice of intent to list butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP), and di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) under Proposition 65 as chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity.

Extension of public comment period; Notice of proposed rulemaking. Use of specified methods of detection and analysis for listed chemicals for voluntary compliance testing.

OEHHA announced that the state's Public Health Goal (PHG) for perchlorate in drinking water is consistent with the findings of a recent report on the chemical by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

Notice of Intent to List chemical as causing reproductive toxicity under the authoritative bodies mechanism: 2-bromopropane

OEHHA will publish formal notices proposing a series of regulatory actions to address the issue of acrylamide exposures from foods under Proposition 65.

Request for comments on proposed listing of cobalt sulfate and diazoaminobenzene as known to cause cancer.

Notice of Repeal of Regulations, Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12901 Methods of Detection

Chemical Listed Effective March 4, 2005 as known to the state of California to cause cancer via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: 2,4-Hexadienal (89% trans, trans isomer; 11% cis, trans isomer).