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Proposal to allow 60-day notices of violation to be sent to certain state and local prosecutors via electronic mail, if the prosecutor has consented to such service.

Draft technical support document for a proposed Public Health Goal (PHG) for benzo(a)pyrene in drinking water. This is an update of the risk assessment for benzo(a)pyrene published in 1997.

Request for information as to whether clodinafop-propargyl, diclofop-methyl, and epoxiconazole meet the criteria for listing as causing cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 via the authoritative bodies listing mechanism.

Request for relevant information on chemicals being considered for listing by the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: Clodinafop-Propargyl, Diclofop-Methyl, and Epoxiconazole

Request for relevant information on chemicals being considered for listing as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity by the Authoritative Bodies mechanism: DDE and nitrobenzene.

OEHHA is requesting information as to whether bromochloroacetic acid and cumene meet the criteria for listing under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Public comment period for  3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol,1,3-dichloro-2-propanol, fluoride and its salts, diisononyl phthalate (DINP), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors, the 5 chemicals selected by OEHHA in 2009 for consideration for listing by the Carcinogen Identification Committee.

3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol,1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol, Fluoride and its salts, Diisononyl phthalate (DINP), Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors are chemicals selected by OEHHA for the CIC’s review for possible listing under Proposition 65.

On October 14, 2009, OEHHA presented a talk entitled “Update on OEHHA's Hazard Trait Research” for the Green Ribbon Science Panel Meeting. The presentation is attached.