Chemicals Selected by OEHHA for Consideration for Listing by the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee and Request for Relevant Information on the Reproductive Toxicity Hazards of Deltamethrin and Xylene

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of Proposition 65¹.  The Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC) of OEHHA’s Science Advisory Board serves as the State’s qualified experts for rendering an opinion as to whether a chemical has been clearly shown through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause reproductive toxicity.  The chemicals identified by the DARTIC are added to the Proposition 65 list, which must be updated annually.

OEHHA has selected the chemicals below for the DARTIC’s review for possible listing under Proposition 65.  OEHHA is initiating the development of hazard identification materials on these chemicals.

These chemicals were selected using the procedure described in the document entitled: “Process for Prioritizing Chemicals for Consideration under Proposition 65 by the State’s Qualified Experts.”  This document is available on the Internet.

OEHHA selected these chemicals from those prioritized by the DARTIC in 2011.  Hazard identification materials for the chemicals in the table above will be presented at future meetings of the DARTIC for Committee review for possible listing under Proposition 65. 

By this notice, OEHHA is giving the public an opportunity to provide information relevant to the assessment of the evidence of developmental and male and female reproductive toxicity for deltamethrin and xylene.  Interested parties or members of the public wishing to provide such information should send it to the address given below. 

The publication of this notice marks the start of a 60-day data call-in period.  This period will end on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.  The information received during this data call-in period will be reviewed and considered by OEHHA as it prepares the reproductive toxicity hazard identification materials on these chemicals.

Hazard identification materials are made available to the public for comment prior to the DARTIC’s consideration of the chemical for possible listing.  The availability of the hazard identification materials will be announced in the California Regulatory Notice Register and on OEHHA’s website.  The time, date, location, and agenda of the DARTIC meeting where a chemical will be considered for listing will be published in the California Regulatory Notice Register and will also be posted on OEHHA’s website.

We encourage you to submit information in electronic form, rather than in paper form.  Comments transmitted by e-mail should be addressed to P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov.  Please include the chemical name in the subject line.  Comments submitted in paper form may be mailed, faxed, or delivered in person to the appropriate address below.

Mailing Address: 
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Proposition 65 Implementation
P.O. Box 4010, MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax: (916) 323-8803
Street Address:  1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
E-mail Address:  P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov

Any public comments received will be posted after the close of the comment period. 

In order to be considered at this point in the process, the relevant information must be received at OEHHA (if delivered in person or sent by FAX) by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.

Link to Public Comments

Chemical Reference

• Deltamethrin
• Xylene

Related Notices

• Availability of Hazard Identification Document for Deltamethrin

  Oct 12, 2012
• Availability of Hazard Identification Document for Xylene

  Sep 28, 2012
• July 12 and 13, 2011 Meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee

  Jun 24, 2011