Extension of Comment Period - Amendments to Section 12705: Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk, Amendments to Section 12601: Clear and Reasonable Warnings
On April 8, 2005, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced three separate but related proposals to amend: (1) Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12705 to add a new subsection providing an alternative risk level for the chemical acrylamide in breads and cereals; (2) Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12705(b) to propose a level which would supersede the current regulatory level for acrylamide in Section 12705(c); and (3) Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 12601 to add new “Safe Harbor” provisions specific to warnings for acrylamide exposures from food.
In these April 8 notices the public comment periods were scheduled to close on May 24, 2005. OEHHA received requests that the comment periods be extended for these regulatory actions in order for interested parties to have an opportunity to review the transcript of the May 9, 2005 public workshop concerning a conceptual regulation addressing natural constituents in foods that form listed chemicals when they are cooked or heat processed, along with the written comments submitted related to the workshop. Accordingly, OEHHA is announcing the extension of the public comment periods on the three proposed regulations to June 24, 2005.
Any written statements or arguments concerning any of these three regulatory actions, regardless of the form or method of transmission, must be received by OEHHA by not later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 24, 2005, which is hereby designated as the close of the three written comment periods.
Written comments regarding these three proposed regulatory actions may be sent by mail, facsimile, or delivered by courier to:
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Proposition 65 Implementation Program
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 4010
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
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Sacramento, California 95814
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