Meetings and Workshops

Announcement of a public forum on a public Tuesday, April 20, 2010, to present scientific data and other relevant information on whether Bisphenol A meets the criteria for listing in section 25306.

Announcement of a public forum on a public Tuesday, April 20, 2010, to present scientific data and other relevant information on whether Bisphenol A meets the criteria for listing in section 25306.

Workshop on April 14, 2010, on amendments to Sections 25801, 25803, and 25805 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 27, which set out the procedures and criteria for determining an exposure level where there would be no observable effect.

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for implementation of Proposition 65 (The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Health and Safety Code section 25249.5, et. seq., hereafter referred to as Proposition 65 or the Act).  The Act requires that businesses provide “clear and reasonable” warnings for exposures to listed chemicals prior to exposure, and prohibits discharge of listed chemicals to sources of drinking water (Health and Safety Code section 25249.6). 

The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65 or the Act), which is codified as Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq., requires the Governor to publish, and update at least annually, a list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The Act describes the mechanisms for administratively listing chemicals as known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity (Health and Safety Code section 25249.8).

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has found that acrylamide meets the criteria for listing as a reproductive toxicant under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. It is therefore issuing this notice of intent to list this chemical under Proposition 65.

Notice that Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to establish a specific regulatory level having no observable effect for acrylamide. The proposed MADL is 140 micrograms per day.  Request for comments.

Comment period. BPA appears to meet the criteria for listing as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity under Proposition 65, based on findings of the National Toxicology Program’s Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list the chemicals diclofop-methyl and epoxiconazole as known to the State to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. This action is being taken under the authoritative bodies listing mechanism.

Extension of Public Comment Period on Notice of Intent To List Spirodiclofen