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Comment Period on the Notice of Intent to list mitoxantrone hydrochloride as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 via the “Formally Required to Be Labeled or Identified” listing mechanism.

Comment Period on the Request for Relevant Information on the Carcinogenic Hazards of Diaminotoluenes

OEHHA received a petition from Big Lots Stores, Inc. for reconsideration of listing for diaminotoluene (mixed) on October 21, 2014.  The CIC will consider the available scientific evidence on the chemical group diaminotoluene and individual isomers and decide whether diaminotoluenes as a group, the mixtures or any individual isomers should be listed under Proposition 65

OEHHA released its draft RELs for Carbonyl Sufide for public comment, and held supporting workshops.

Initiation of reviews for nine chemicals: Carbofuran, Diquat, Endrin, Radium-226, Radium-228, Strontium-90, Thiobencarb, Toxaphene and Tritium.

OEHHA released a draft version of the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Guidance Manual for the Preparation of Risk Assessments for the Scientific Review Panel, incorporating adjustments made after public comment.

Safe eating advice for Upper Feather River.

The recommendations for each fish species are based on levels of methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish sampled from the Feather River and Oroville-area waterbodies.

The advisory for the Feather River and Oroville-area water bodies offer safe eating advice on more than a dozen species of fish. The advisories cover the Upper Feather River, Lower Feather River, Thermalito Forebay, and Thermalito Afterbay.

The advisory for the Lower Feather River offer safe eating advice on more than a dozen species of fish.