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May 29, 2009 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Carcinogen Identification Committee

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65).

The Carcinogen Identification Committee of OEHHA’s Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer (Health and Safety Code section 25249.8).  The Committee serves as the “State’s Qualified Experts” for determining whether a chemical has been clearly shown, through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles, to cause cancer.

A public meeting of this committee will be held on Friday, May 29, 2009 at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, Sierra Hearing Room, at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until all business has been conducted, or 5:00 p.m.  If you have special accommodation or language needs, please contact the Proposition 65 Office at (916) 445-6900 or sam.delson@oehha.ca.gov by May 21, 2009.  TTY/TDD/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service.

The tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows. 

I.  WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

II.  PRIORITIZATION OF CHEMICALS FOR CARCINOGEN IDENTIFICATION COMMITTEE REVIEW

  • Committee members discuss and propose priority rankings for each of the 38 chemicals assigned to them for review

  • Committee discussion

  • Public comments

  • Committee discussion and recommendations

III.  CONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER

A.        Marijuana smoke

  • Staff presentation (Jay Beaumont, Ph.D., Rajpal Tomar, Ph.D., and Jennifer Hsieh, Ph.D., OEHHA)

  • Committee discussion

  • Public comments

  • Committee discussion and decision  

IV.   STAFF UPDATES

  • Chemical listings and safe harbor level development (Sam Delson, Proposition 65 Implementation, OEHHA)

  • Proposition 65 litigation (Ms. Carol Monahan-Cummings, Chief Counsel, OEHHA)

V.  SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS, ADVICE AND CONSULTATION, AND CLOSING REMARKS

Note that the order of items on the agenda is provided for general reference only.  The order in which items are taken up by the Committee is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

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