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Developed by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) at the request of CalEPA, CalEnviroScreen is a science-based tool that identifies the California communities most burdened by pollution from multiple sources and most vulnerable to its effects. The tool will be used to help implement a state law (SB 535) that requires that 25 percent of the proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions be invested in projects that benefit disadvantaged communities, including 10 percent for projects located within these areas.

OEHHA extended the public comment period for its Proposed Revised Reference Exposure Levels for Toluene Diisocyanate and Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate.

Overall CalEnviroScreen scores are calculated from the scores for two groups of indicators: Pollution Burden and Population Characteristics.

Overall CalEnviroScreen scores are calculated from the scores for two groups of indicators: Pollution Burden and Population Characteristics.

The tool uses data on 12 types of pollution and environmental factors and seven population characteristics and socioeconomic factors to create scores for each of the state’s 8,000 census tracts.

Comment Period - Proposal to amend Title 27, Cal. Code of Regulations, section 25903, Appendix A,1 to update the Proposition 65 summary that must be included as an attachment to all Notices of Violation that are served upon alleged violators of Proposition 65. This update would reconcile the regulation with the changes to Proposition 65 made in 2013 by the enactment of Assembly Bill 227 (Gatto, Chapter 581, Statutes of 2013).

Background information on CalEnviroScreen 2.0, with links to press releases, data (i.e., maps of overall scores, pollution burden scores, population characteristic scores), and a link to a mobile-freindly map of the overall CalEnviroScreen 2.0 scores.

Proposal to amend Title 27, Cal. Code of Regulations, section 25903, Appendix A,1 to update the Proposition 65 summary that must be included as an attachment to all Notices of Violation that are served upon alleged violators of Proposition 65. This update would reconcile the regulation with the changes to Proposition 65 made in 2013 by the enactment of Assembly Bill 227 (Gatto, Chapter 581, Statutes of 2013).

OEHHA extended the public comment period on its Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Guidance Manual for the Preparation of Risk Assessments.

Announcement of public comment period for air toxics hot spots draft guidance manual. OEHHA is seeking comments primarily on the utility of the draft manual for conducting a risk assessment. The new draft guidance document is part of California’s ongoing effort to address health risks from toxics in the air.