Notices

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment will convene a meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee for possible listing of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and its salts, and perfluorodecanoic acid and its salts, under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. This will also opening a 45-day public comment period on the hazard identification document for these chemicals.

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment proposes to adopt Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Levels for 1,3-dichloropropene by amending Title 27, California Code of Regulations, section 25705(b). The proposed NSRLs for oral and inhalation exposures to 1,3-dichloropropene are 3.7 micrograms per day.  

PFOS and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors will be considered for possible listing under Proposition 65 at a public meeting scheduled for Monday, December 6, 2021. The meeting, which will be held virtually, will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last until all business is conducted or until 5:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting and instructions on how to participate will be provided in a future public notice published in advance of the meeting.

The regulation will be effective on October 1, 2021. This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 2.8 micrograms per day for dibromoacetic acid for purposes of Proposition 65.

This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 17 micrograms per day for dichloroacetic acid for purposes of Proposition 65.

This regulation establishes a No Significant Risk Level of 9.9 micrograms per day for trichloroacetic acid for purposes of Proposition 65.

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list the following chemicals as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986: Tetrahydrofuran, 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate, Methyl acrylate, Trimethylolpropane triacrylate.

 OEHHA has received a request to hold a public hearing on the proposed amendments, and has scheduled a public hearing on May 10, 2021, that can be viewed on YouTube. There are two ways that you can view the Public Hearing.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announces the release of Interpretive Guideline 2021-01.

At the request of the Dow Chemical Company, OEHHA hereby extends the request for information on 1,3-dichloropropene that will inform OEHHA’s development of a safe harbor level for this chemical. The request for information will now close on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. 

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts and transformation and degradation precursors (referred to hereafter as “this chemical”) for the Carcinogen Identification Committee's (CIC) review for possible listing under Proposition 65.

A meeting of the Proposition 65 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee (DARTIC), DARTIC provided the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) with its advice concerning the relative priority of 22 chemicals (or chemical groups) for possible consideration for listing at future meetings of the DARTIC.

California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has selected perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) and its salts, perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts, perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and its salts, and perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA) and its salts for the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee's (DARTIC)  review for possible listing under Proposition 65

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding molybdenum trioxide (CAS No. 1313-27-5) and indium tin oxide (CAS No. 50926-11-9) to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer for purposes of Proposition 65

OEHHA has scheduled a public hearing on March 11, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will be conducted remotely and the public comment period for this regulatory action is being extended to March 29, 2021, to accommodate the hearing. There are two ways that you can view the Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Regulations under Article 6 – Short Form Warnings.

Substantive changes relate to the methods for providing warnings for alcoholic beverages purchased over the internet or through mobile apps.

OEHHA will be using the GoToWebinar platform for this meeting.  If you wish to provide oral public comments at the meeting, you must register as an attendee. While we encourage advance registration and request that registered attendees join the webinar at least 5 minutes before the 10:00 am meeting start time, registration will not close until after the meeting is adjourned.

Effective December 18, 2020, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding the developmental endpoint to the existing reproductive toxicity (female endpoint) listing of bisphenol A (BPA) (CAS RN. 80-05-7) on the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.  The listing now includes an additional endpoint, developmental toxicity.

Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) of 23 micrograms per day for the chemical p-chloro-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene (PCBTF).  The regulation will be effective on April 1, 2021. 

The order of items on the agenda is provided for general reference only. The order in which items are taken up by the Committee is subject to change at the discretion of the Committee Chair.