Extension of Comment Period - Intent to List: Nitrite in Combination with Amines or Amides
On February 7, 2014, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2014, No. 6-Z) announcing its intent to list nitrite in combination with amines or amides as known to the State to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.1
The February 7 notice initiated a 30‑day public comment period that was scheduled to close on March 10, 2014. OEHHA has received requests from the American Meat Institute and the North American Meat Association seeking an extension of the comment period. OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period until 5 p.m., Thursday, May 8, 2014.
We encourage you to submit comments via e-mail, rather than in paper form. Comments transmitted by e-mail should be addressed to P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov with “NOIL-nitrite in combination with amines or amides” in the subject line. Hard copy comments may be mailed, faxed, or delivered in person to the addresses below:
Mailing Address:
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010, MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax: (916) 323-2265
Street Address:1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Comments received during the public comment period will be posted on the OEHHA web site after the close of the comment period.
If you have any questions, please contact the Proposition 65 office at (916) 445‑6900.
1Commonly known as Proposition 65, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 is codified in Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq.