September 25, 1997 Meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC)
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 advises and assists OEHHA in compiling the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer which is mandated by Health and Safety Code Section 25249.8. The Committee 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 cancer.
A public meeting of this committee will be held in the Auditorium at 714 P Street, Sacramento, California from 10:00 a.m. until all business has been conducted, or until 5:00 p.m. on September 25, 1997.
The tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows:
I. 5-Chloro-o-Toluidine And Its Strong Acid Salts
A. Staff overview of draft hazard identification document
B. Committee discussion of possible finding that 5-chloro-o-toluidine and its strong acid salts has been clearly shown to be a carcinogen
C. Public comments
D. Committee discussion and decision
II. 2,4,5-Trimethylaniline And Its Strong Acid Salts
A. Staff overview of draft hazard identification document
B. Committee discussion of possible finding that 2,4,5-trimethylaniline and its strong acid salts has been clearly shown to be a carcinogen
C. Public comments
D. Committee discussion and decision
III. Quinoline And Its Strong Acid Salts
A. Staff overview of draft hazard identification document
B. Committee discussion of possible finding that quinoline and its strong acid salts has been clearly shown to be a carcinogen
C. Public comments
D. Committee discussion and decision
IV. Committee Update
A. Criteria for determining whether a chemical is known to the state to cause cancer
B. Committee discussion
C. Public comments
V. Staff Reports
A. Update on OEHHA's Strategic Plan and implementation of RAAC recommendations
B. Dueling authoritative bodies - legal opinion by OEHHA's Chief Counsel
C. Update on administrative listings
D. Possible reconsideration of 5 chemicals (allyl chloride, chlorodibromomethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, p-toluidine, and zineb) listed based upon authoritative body determinations which appear to have changed
E. Upcoming workshops: Authoritative Bodies and Essential Trace Elements
F. Review of correspondence and discussions on fusarin C
G. Work in progress - prioritization of potential carcinogens for CIC review and upcoming workshop
H. Committee discussion and public comments
VI. Summary Of Committee Actions
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 above. Comments sent by mail, fax, or delivered in person or courier should be directed to:
the Proposition 65 Office
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Post Office Box 4010
Sacramento, CA 95812-4010
Fax (916) 327-1097
A public notice announcing the availability of the 3 draft hazard identification documents which will be discussed at the September 25, 1997 meeting was published in the California Regulatory Notice Register on June 13, 1997. The documents were also made available on June 13, 1997 on the OEHHA web. By publishing these notices well in advance of the Committee meeting, OEHHA hopes to encourage scientific dialogue prior to consideration of topics by the Committee. It is OEHHA's intent that relevant scientific studies, and relevant interpretations and analyses of such studies, be made available early in the process of Proposition 65 consideration so that OEHHA staff can prepare materials for timely consideration by the Committee that accurately reflect the available data. 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 discussions and clarifications, rather than to extensive oral testimony. To allow adequate time for the Committee to review comments, OEHHA requests that all submittals be received at its office on or before August 20, 1997.