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Hearing on Repeal or Amendment of the Safe Harbor Level for Lead

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for implementation of Proposition 65.1  As part of its duties, OEHHA has authority to adopt, amend and repeal regulations related to the Act, including safe harbor levels for listed chemicals.2

On July 3, 2015, OEHHA received a Petition by Center for Environmental Health for Administrative Rulemaking to repeal or amend Proposition 65 regulations pertaining to the Maximum Allowable Dose Level [MADL] for lead, which was filed pursuant to Government Code section 11340.6.  

A hearing will be held on the Petition and OEHHA’s pre-regulatory proposal for new Safe Harbor Levels for lead on October 14, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the Coastal Hearing Room at the CalEPA Headquarters building at 1001 I Street in Sacramento.  Following is the tentative agenda for the meeting:

  1. Welcome/Introductions
  2. Background
  3. CEH Petition for Rulemaking
  4. OEHHA Pre-Regulatory Proposal
  5. Public Comments**
  6. Wrap-Up/Next Steps

** NOTE:  Public comments will be limited to 5 minutes per person in order to ensure that all persons who wish to speak have the opportunity to do so

This meeting will be webcast.  Please go to this link http://calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/ on the day of the meeting to access the webcast. 

Interested parties are encouraged to attend the hearing and participate in the discussion.  They may also submit comments regarding the petition and potential rulemaking.  Comments should be submitted in writing to the address noted below by 5:00 p.m. on October 28, 2015.  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. 

All submissions should be directed to:

Monet Vela
Regulations Coordinator
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812
Or via e-mail to monet.vela@oehha.ca.gov

If you have special accommodations or language needs, please contact Monet Vela at (916) 323-2517 or monet.vela@oehha.ca.gov by October 7, 2015.

 

1 The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, codified at Health and Safety Code section 25249.5, et seq., and commonly referred to as Proposition 65; hereafter referred to as “Proposition 65” or “the Act”.

2 See Health and Safety Code section 25249.12 and Title 27, Cal. Code of Regs., sections 25102(o) and 25801

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