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OEHHA released a draft of the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program Risk Assessment Guidelines Part II: Technical Support Document for Describing Available Cancer Potency Factors. 
 

Notice of intent to list chemicals as causing reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: 2,4-D butyric acid, 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester, 2,4-D 2-ethyl-4-methyl pentyl ester, progargite, and triforine.

Correction to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity: MeIQx(2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5f]-quinoxaline.

Chemicals listed effective April 16 or 27, 1999 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Myclobutanil, 2,4-DP(dichloroprop), dichlorophene, ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate.

Chemicals listed effective March 26, 1999 or March 30, 1999 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Fenoxaprop ethyl, metiram, and nitrapyrin.

Notice of intent to list chemicals as causing reproductive toxicity via the authoritative bodies mechanism: Bromacil lithium salt, bromoxynil octanoate, terbacil and thiophanate methyl.

Notice of intent to list 21 chemicals via the authoritative bodies and formally required mechanisms.

Chemicals listed effective March 19, 1999 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Cycloate and linuron.

Chemicals listed effective March 30, 1999 as Known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Amitraz, disodium cyanodithiomidocarbonate, nabam, potassium dimethyl-dithiocarbamate, sodium dimethyl-dithiocarbamate, and triadimefon.

Candidates for listing via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism found not to meet the scientific criteria (22 CCR 12306(g)): Dicamba, dimethoate , fenoxycarb, potassium N-methyldithiocarbamate, propachlor, sodium dicamba, simazine, tebuthiuron, triphenyltin chloride.