Extension of Comment Period - Notice of Intent to List Furfuryl Alcohol

On July 31, 2015, 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 2015, No. 31-Z) announcing its intent to list furfuryl alcohol as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.¹

The notice initiated a 30‑day public comment period that was scheduled to close on August 31, 2015. OEHHA has received a request from the Flavor Extract Manufacturers Association of the United States seeking an extension of the comment period.OEHHA hereby extends the public comment period until 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
We encourage you to submit comments in electronic form, rather than in paper form. Comments transmitted by e-mail should be addressed to P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov with “NOIL - furfuryl alcohol” in the subject line. Comments submitted in paper from may be mailed, faxed, or delivered in person to the addresses below:

Mailing Address: Ms. Michelle Robinson
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010, MS-12B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010

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. Electronic files submitted should not have any form of encryption.
If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Robinson at michelle.robinson@oehha.ca.gov or at (916) 445-6900.

¹ Commonly 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.