Carcinogen Identification Committee Meeting - November 29, 2012

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; Health and Safety Code Section 25249.8 et seq.).

The Carcinogen Identification Committee of OEHHA’s Science Advisory Board identifies chemicals for addition to the Proposition 65 list: 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 29, 2012 at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, Coastal Hearing Room, at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will last until 5:00 p.m. or until all business is conducted.

This meeting will be webcast: The URL for the webcast (not active until the day and time of the meeting) is: http://calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/.

If you have special accommodation or language needs, please contact the Proposition 65 Office at (916) 445-6900 or sam.delson@oehha.ca.gov by November 20, 2012.  TTY/TDD/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service.

The tentative agenda for this meeting is given below. 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.

1. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
2. CONSIDERATION OF CHEMICALS AS KNOWN TO THE STATE TO CAUSE CANCER

• 2,6-Dimethyl-N-Nitrosomorpholine
  • Staff presentation
  • Committee discussion
  • Public comments
  • Committee discussion and decision
• C.I. Disperse Yellow 3
  • Staff presentation
  • Committee discussion
  • Public comments
  • Committee discussion and decision

3. UPDATE OF THE SECTION 27000 LIST OF CHEMICALS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY TESTED AS REQUIRED
4. STAFF UPDATES
5. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTIONS

Governor Brown announces appointments to the Carcinogen Identification Committee and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee

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