December 4, 2002 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee

Oct 18, 2002

Notice to Interested Parties December 4, 2002 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) 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 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant (DART) Identification Committee of OEHHA's Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity, which is mandated by 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 reproductive toxicity.

A public meeting of this committee will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 722 Capitol Mall, Employment Development Department, Auditorium, Sacramento, California, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until all business has been conducted, or 5:00 p.m.

OEHHA is committed to public participation and external scientific peer review in its efforts to implement Proposition 65. OEHHA welcomes public input on any of the agenda items identified below. The Committee prefers that information for its consideration be presented in writing prior to its meetings so that it can give due consideration to the material and so that it can devote time at the meetings to discussion and clarification, rather than to extensive oral testimony. The public comment period for the draft hazard identification documents on the two chemicals named below will close on November 19, 2002. Any other written comments on any of the other agenda items should also be submitted by November 19, 2002 to the Proposition 65 Office, Proposition 65 Implementation Office, 1001 I Street, 19th floor, Sacramento, California 95814 or P.O. Box 4010, Sacramento, California 95812-4010. Oral comments may be made to the Committee at the meeting on December 4, 2002.

The draft documents describing the "Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Diuron" and "Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Bromacil Lithium Salt," are available from the Proposition 65 Implementation Office at (916) 445-6900 or from the downloads section below. Copies of the materials related to the possible designation of the Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction as an authoritative body, and consideration of the requests for the expedited review of perchlorate and 1-bromopropane for Proposition 65 listing are also available from the Proposition 65 Implementation Office or from the hyperlinks provided.

The order in which the Committee takes up items is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair. The tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows:

I. INTRODUCTION OF NEWLY APPOINTED CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBER

A. Administering Oath of Appointment

II. CONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY

A. Diuron - Hazard Identification Document