Notices

2015 addition of Aloe vera, non-decolorized whole leaf extract and Goldenseal root powder to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.

2,5-hexanedione (CAS No. 110-13-4) listed effective December 4, 2015 as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the State's Qualified Experts listing mechanim. Additional endpoint listed for methyl-n-butyl ketone (CAS No. 591-78-6).

Public hearing on January 13, 2016 on new regulations that would further the “right-to-know” purposes of the statute and provide more specific guidance on the content of safe harbor warnings for a variety of exposure situations, and corresponding methods for providing those warnings.

Proposal to repeal Article 6 and at the same time adopt a new Article 6.  Modifications to the proposed regulatory language have been made.  Public hearing January 2016.

Topiramate listed effective November 27, 2015 as known to the state of California to cause reproductive toxicity via the "Formally Required to be Labeled or Identified" listing mechanism

OEHHA is issuing this SUD only to CFFA for DINP in SP PVC roofing membrane products with a nominal finished thickness of between 1.016 to 2.438 mm, containing no more than 15 percent DINP and heated to surface temperatures up to and including 210ºC during installation.

Diaminotoluene (mixed) delisted effective November 20, 2015 as known to the state of California to cause cancer.

 45-day public comment period on the revised hazard identification document on the reproductive toxicity for methyl-n-butyl ketone  and its active metabolite, 2,5-hexanedione

The Carcinogen Identification Committee meets Wednesday, November 4, 2015, in the Coastal Hearing Room of the California Environmental Protection Agency headquarters building located at 1001 I Street, Sacramento beginning at 10:00 am and continuing until all business is conducted or 5:00 pm

Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) meeting possible delisting of nitrapyrin and diaminotoluene (mixed).

Intent to list “pentachlorophenol and by-products of its synthesis (complex mixture)” as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Request for comments as to whether pentachlorophenol and by‑products of its synthesis (complex mixture) meets the criteria set forth in the Proposition 65 regulations for authoritative bodies listings

OEHHA is considering amending Title 27, CCR Section 25821(c), Level of Exposure to Chemicals Causing Reproductive Toxicity to clarify that the reasonably anticipated rate of intake or exposure to a listed chemical must be calculated as the arithmetic mean of daily intake or exposure for product users.

Preregulatory workshop to discuss possible amendments to existing regulations in Section 25821(a) concerning the calculation of the concentration of listed chemicals in foods.

Notice of intent to list topiramate as known to the State to cause reproductive toxicity via the “Formally Required to Be Labeled or Identified” listing mechanism. 

Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2015.

OEHHA is referring nitrapyrin and diaminotoluene (mixed) to the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC), the state’s qualified experts for carcinogenicity determinations under Proposition 653, for review for possible delisting at a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

Extension of public comment period concerning the pre-regulatory workshop for potential new regulation: naturally occurring background levels for certain chemicals found in unprocessed foods

Extension of comment period for the adoption of maximum allowable dose levels (MADLs) of 100 micrograms per day for oral exposure to atrazine, propazine, simazine, 2,3-diamino-6- chloro-s-triazine (DACT)*, des-ethyl atrazine (DEA), and des-isopropyl atrazine (DIA).

Announcement of public comment period for the notice of intent to list parathion, malathion and glyphosate as known to the State to cause cancer via the Labor Code mechanism.