Public Workshop for the Notice of Intent to List Styrene by the Labor Code Mechanism
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has received a request from APTCO, LLC for a public workshop concerning OEHHA’s intent to list styrene as a chemical known to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly known as Proposition 65).
The workshop will be held on Thursday, February 14, 2013, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, Coastal Hearing Room, at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California. Discussions at the workshop should be limited to whether the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Report on Carcinogens has identified styrene as a human carcinogen or potential human carcinogen. OEHHA cannot consider scientific arguments concerning the weight or quality of the evidence considered by NTP.
The workshop will be webcast: The URL for the webcast (not active until the day and time of the meeting) is: http://calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/.
In conjunction with this workshop, OEHHA will extend the public comment period until February 28, 2013. OEHHA must receive comments by 5:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013. 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, and should include “NOIL for styrene” in the subject line. Comments submitted in paper form may be mailed, faxed, or delivered in person to the address below:
Mailing Address:
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010, MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax: (916) 323-8803
Street Address: 1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Any public comments received will be posted after the close of the comment period. If you have any questions, please contact Sam Delson at sam.delson@oehha.ca.gov or at (916) 445-6900.