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OEHHA released a draft report on their analysis of the potential public health impacts of ethanol as an oxygenate in gasoline.

Notice of Intent to List Chemicals: Carbon black, Palygorskite fibers, Simvastatin and Pravastatin sodium

Allyl chloride, chlorodibromomethane, p-toluidine, and zineb are delisted effective October 29, 1999.

Chemicals listed effective October 29, 1999 as known to the state to cause cancer: Bis(2-chloromethylethyl)ether, technical grade, 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene, and estragole.

OEHHA announces a public workshop to discuss 12 draft technical support documents for Public Health Goals (PHGs) for chemicals in drinking water.  These chemicals are: aluminum, benzene, carbofuran, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, diquat, nickel, simazine, tetrachloroethylene, thiobencarb, uranium, and vinyl chloride.

Public meeting on Thursday, October 7, 1999 of OEHHA's Cancer Identification Committee on criteria for identifying chemicals for listing as "Known To The State To Cause Cancer", consideration of chemicals known to cause cancer, and consideration of chemicals, listed via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism, for removal from the list.

Extension of public comment period for draft criteria for identifying chemicals for listing as "known to the State to cause cancer".

OEHHA has provided a number of comments on the risk characterization methodology and conclusions on the draft RCD for N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET).

The CalTrans Risk Asssessment Implementation Plan 1996 was  in response to Executive Order W-137-96 requiring the implementation of recommendations made by the Risk Assessment Advisory Committee (Committee) to improve the risk assessment process in all California state agencies, departments, boards and offices. The study included a detailed review of the Committee recommendations, selection of recommendations that apply to Caltrans’ programs, review of the current status of those programs in context with the recommendations and an implementation plan to make any needed improvements to the current Caltrans policies and procedures.

Notice of intent to list chemicals: Methazole and tributyltin methacrylate.