Extension of Comment Period - Workshop on Potential Regulatory Action Exempting from the Proposition 65 Warning Requirements, Exposures from Chemicals that Form from Natural Constituents in Food During Cooking or Heat Processing
[posted 05/13/05]
On April 8, 2005 the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced a May 9, 2005 public workshop to explore a potential regulatory action exempting from the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (hereafter Proposition 65 or the Act) warning requirements, exposures to listed chemicals that form from natural constituents in food during cooking or heat processing. Comments related to this potential action were to be submitted by May 9, 2005. At the request of several interested parties, OEHHA extended the comment period to Monday, May 23, 2005 to allow workshop attendees and other interested parties the benefit of the discussions at the workshop in formulating their comments. At the May 9 workshop, requests were renewed to extend the comment period further to allow the public to review the transcript from the workshop which is expected to be available within the next two weeks. Accordingly, OEHHA is announcing the extension of the comment period for this workshop to June 6, 2005. Any written statements or arguments regardless of the form or method of transmission must be received by OEHHA by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2005, in order to be included in the initial consideration of this issue. Further opportunities for public comment will be available in the event OEHHA proposes a formal regulatory action.
Written comments may be sent by mail, facsimile, or delivered by courier to:
the Proposition 65 Office
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Proposition 65 Implementation Program
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 4010
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Street Address: 1001 I Street, 19th Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: (916) 445-6900
FAX: (916) 323-8803
Comments may also be transmitted via email addressed to: P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov. It is requested, but not required, that written statements or arguments be submitted in triplicate.