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

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.

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).

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Announcement of public comment period for air toxics hot spots draft guidance manual.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 The new draft guidance document is part of California’s ongoing effort to address health risks from toxics in the air.

OEHHA released for public comment its draft Reference Exposure Levels for Toluene Diisocyanate and Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate, and held accompanying workshops.

Metam potassium will not be listed as a reproductive toxicant under the Authoritative Bodies mechanism at this time.

OEHHA adopted its revised Reference Exposure Levels for Benzene after approval by the Scientific Review Panel.

Announcement of public comment period for air toxics hot spots draft guidance manual.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 The new draft guidance document is part of California’s ongoing effort to address health risks from toxics in the air.