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November 16, 2006 Meeting of the Science Advisory Board’s Carcinogen Identification Committee

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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 (CIC) of OEHHA’s Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to 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 determining 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 on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2006 at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, Byron Sher Auditorium, at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until all business has been conducted, or 5:00 p.m. Please note the room change. The date and time of the meeting has remained the same as previously announced.

The tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows. It should be noted that the order of items on the agenda is provided for general reference only. The order in which items are taken up by the Committee is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

I. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

II. INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER (IARC) CARCINOGEN CLASSIFICATION GUIDELINES

  • Presentation: Vincent James Cogliano, Ph.D.
  • Committee discussion

III. MECHANISMS OF HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS

  • Presentation: Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ph.D., Georgetown University
  • Committee discussion
  • Presentation: Paul Foster, Ph.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Committee discussion

IV. RECONSIDERATION OF A CHEMICAL LISTED AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER: VINCLOZOLIN

  • Staff presentation
  • Committee discussion
  • Public comments
  • Committee discussion and decision

V. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF PETITION TO CONSIDER PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) FOR LISTING AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER

  • Staff presentation
  • Public comments
  • Committee discussion

VI. STAFF UPDATES

VII. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS

 

DOCUMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM IV:

 

DOCUMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM V:

Comments on the Petition to OEHHA RE: PFOA

  • Allen C. Weidman, Executive Director, Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (letter dated April 28, 2006)
  • Stanley W. Landfair, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Counsel for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (letter dated March 20, 2006)
  • Angie Wei, Legislative Director, CA Labor Federation, AFL-CIO; Dan Jacobson, Legislative Advocate, Environment California; Terry L. Bonds, Director, District 12, United Steelworkers; Dave Kins, Sub-District Director, District 12, United Steelworkers; Bill Magavern, Senior Legislative Representative, Sierra Club (letter dated October 23, 2006)
  • Stanley W. Landfair, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Counsel for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (letter dated November 2, 2006)

Attachments to November 2, 2006 letter:

OEHHA Response to PFOA Petition:

Link to Public Comments