Chemical Listed Effective August 7, 2013 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer: Emissions from Combustion of Coal

Effective August 7, 2013, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding emissions from combustion of coal to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65¹.

The listing of emissions from combustion of coalis based on formal identification by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an authoritative body², that this mixture of chemicals causes cancer.  The criteria used by OEHHA for the listing of the emissions from combustion of coal under the “authoritative bodies” mechanism can be found in Title 27, Cal. Code of Regs., section 25306. 

The documentation supporting OEHHA’s determination that the criteria for administrative listing have been satisfied for the emissions from combustion of coal is included in the Notice of Intent to List published in the June 7, 2013 issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2013, No. 23-Z).  OEHHA did not receive any public comments. 

A complete, updated chemical list will be published elsewhere in this issue of the California Regulatory Notice Register and is available on the OEHHA website at www.oehha.ca.gov.  In summary, emissions from combustion of coal is being listed under Proposition 65 as known to the State to cause cancer, as follows: